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  • By: Al Sweeney
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces that construction for Highway 413 is about to begin (Photo Courtesy Doug Ford/X).
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VIDEO: Premier Doug Ford is pushing ahead with his call to give people in Ontario the choice of a whole new level of self-protection. Ford and his government are demanding Ottawa clear the way for people to carry and use pepper spray, but Hamilton’s police chief is warning that it could increase the risk of crime.

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