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ONTARIO: Eventbrite suit seeks $5M in wake of Roxodus festival fiasco

ONTARIO: Eventbrite suit seeks $5M in wake of Roxodus festival fiasco

Just days before the Roxodus cancellation, organizer transferred $650K out of MF Live account, leaving no money to refund ticket-holders
ONTARIO: Trial for Ottawa bus driver accused in double-decker crash to start in 2021

ONTARIO: Trial for Ottawa bus driver accused in double-decker crash to start in 2021

Aissatou Diallo was at the wheel of a double-decker bus which slammed into the pedestrian platform overhang at Westboro Station back in January, killing three people
CANADA: Items up for auction from Roxodus Music Festival that never happened

CANADA: Items up for auction from Roxodus Music Festival that never happened

Roxodus Music Festival merchandise, audio-visual and cooking equipment just some of the 420 lot items up for sale
ONTARIO: Small act of kindness by Guelph Police officers goes a long way

ONTARIO: Small act of kindness by Guelph Police officers goes a long way

While on patrol last week, two Guelph police officers purchased a pair of warm socks and boots for a woman walking barefoot in the cold
ONTARIO: Heavy fine for couple buying black bear gall bladders

ONTARIO: Heavy fine for couple buying black bear gall bladders

In some cultures, there is the traditional belief that black bear gall bladders have medicinal powers
CANADA: Post-humous ruling for prof a win for academic freedom, union says

CANADA: Post-humous ruling for prof a win for academic freedom, union says

Michael Persinger, who died last year, was improperly removed from teaching first-year psychology course in 2015, arbitrator rules
ONTARIO: High school teachers to start administrative work-to-rule campaign on Tuesday

ONTARIO: High school teachers to start administrative work-to-rule campaign on Tuesday

It will coincide with a similar campaign by Ontario elementary teachers
ONTARIO: Vaughan-area doctor jailed for role in Sudbury drug ring

ONTARIO: Vaughan-area doctor jailed for role in Sudbury drug ring

He wrote prescriptions for fentanyl patches that were sold to addicts here
ONTARIO: Waterloo Brewing bilked of $2.1 million in cyberattack

ONTARIO: Waterloo Brewing bilked of $2.1 million in cyberattack

Waterloo Brewing says it is working to recover the missing money but there is no guarantee it will get it back
ONTARIO: Details of extortion allegations heard at former Thunder Bay mayor's trial

ONTARIO: Details of extortion allegations heard at former Thunder Bay mayor's trial

It's a weird one