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We’re not ready to lock up my dad with Alzheimer’s. But we’re hiding the knives
My dad is three and a half years into his Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and it might be prudent to place him in a nursing home. But in his case, the line between safety and selfhood is muddled
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Rosie DiManno: ‘It’s hard to believe.’ Kade Foster, 11, meets Maple Leafs one week after lonely birthday party tweet went viral
No one showed up to Kade Foster’s birthday party, but he’s received an outpouring of support on social media
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First he mopped floors. Then this B.C. janitor put Canada’s potentially abusive employers on notice
As his employer denies wrongdoing, being granted an open permit for migrant workers at risk of abuse means Ravinder Singh can tell his own story.
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Kevin Dickman died a broken man, homeless and alone in a city grappling with a housing crisis
Kevin Dickman’s body was pulled from the Don River on Oct. 5, a month after he lost his housing — again. He was 62.
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A detailed look at the $27,000 dinner that cost Jim Karygiannis his job on city council
The expenses are spelled out in invoices that Jim Karygiannis’s campaign filed with the city’s elections office.
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