Lorenda Reddekopp
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CBC News reporter working at Queens Park covering #onpoli. Originally from Saskatchewan. I’ve also worked in Latin America and the Yukon.
Toronto, ON
Joined January 2010
Girl pleads guilty to setting student on fire at Saskatoon school https://t.co/h8geY028tY
cbc.ca
A teenage girl has pleaded guilty to attempted murder for splashing a liquid onto a fellow student and setting her on fire in a hallway at a Saskatoon high school.
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Breaking: Toronto axes its traffic camera pilot to fight gridlock following the Ford government's ban on speed cameras #onpoli
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Toronto has cancelled an automated traffic enforcement pilot intended to help fight congestion in the wake of the provincial government’s ban on speed cameras in Ontario, CBC Toronto has learned.
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The Premier is now here, post-question period, for a couple votes
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⬆️ That's according to Opposition researchers, who looked into that, as I'd heard it had been a long time since the legislature had been in session this little
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At Queens Park, it's the last day of question period for 2025. The legislature has sat for just 51 days this year. I'm told that's the fewest since 2007 #onpoli
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The details in this story are too good. So fitting that Darwin the Ikea monkey’s favourite show is Curious George
thestar.com
Now an adult at five-foot-four and 20 kilograms, the Japanese macaque lives a shy life at a sanctuary north of the city after making global headlines 13 years ago.
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My first tweet was sent out in a hurry. The company Get A-Head, which received SDF money, is being investigated. The government flagged it after a forensic audit connected to other funding, from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities
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This is the case of the company called Get A-Head that the Ford government contacted the OPP over after irregularites found in a forensic audit
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The auditor general on billing by doctors: a few billed for working more than 24 hours in a day or 365 days a year, without proper oversight by the province #onpoli
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Ontario is not properly overseeing doctors' billings, including cases of physicians billing for more than 24 hours in a day — money that could be going toward adding more family doctors, the auditor...
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Colleen Jones asked me to interview her a couple of months ago during a chemotherapy appointment. She told me to write one heck of a story. I hope I did her proud. About always believing something wonderful is about to happen. My tribute to Colleen:
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Colleen Jones was a tour de force. When you were with her you felt invincible and that anything was possible. She made you a believer.
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Premier Doug Ford's 'find a job' comment makes news in the US #onpoli
nytimes.com
During a raucous hearing, the Ontario legislature passed a bill backed by Premier Doug Ford meant to expedite housing development and the eviction of tenants who are behind on their rent.
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Ontario NDP MPPs walk out of intimate partner violence committee in protest #onpoli Story by @fitz_meagan
https://t.co/kQxeMEsjPJ
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A legislative committee studying the issue of intimate partner violence is preparing its final report, but NDP MPPs say they can't support it and, on Thursday, walked out of a meeting. Procedural...
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Hundreds of Quebec doctors apply for Ontario licenses following controversial Quebec pay reform law
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Over 250 Quebec doctors are applying to be able to work in Ontario, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The surge of applications is happening in the wake of a controver...
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on being groped out on the street: "If this happens to the president, what will happen to all the young women in our country"
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that she had filed a criminal complaint against a man who groped and tried to kiss her as she greeted members of the public, a day after a video...
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The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa, according to witnesses
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The U.S. ambassador to Canada delivered an expletive-laced tirade at Ontario's trade representative at an event in Ottawa on Monday, multiple witnesses tell CBC News
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