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Paul Galiwango and his seven-month-old son Paul Jr., left, pose with brother Joseph Galiwango and with his daughter, 16-month-old Dominique, at Paul’s Pickering home on June 16, 2016. Paul and Joseph’s father, Dr. Joe Galiwango, a huge figure in the Windsor community, was found dead last week, having never met his grandchild Paul Jr. 

Cole Burston/For Windsor Star

Incredibly mysterious and complex story here - http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/mysterious-circumstances-surround-death-of-former-windsor-doctor

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Some pictures from my brief time spent with the South African firefighters who were working to extinguish hotspots left behind but the Fort McMurray Wildfires. Shot for AFP

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Protestors gather out front of the Toronto Police Headquarters in Toronto, Ont., on Monday March 21, 2016. A group of Black Lives Matter protestors have set up to occupy a space in front of Toronto Police HQ after the Special Investigations Unit cleared a Toronto police officer of any wrongdoing in the shooting death of 45-year-old Andrew Loku from this past July. 

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A story on an Ottawa shelter’s harm reduction techniques of giving wine to alcoholics and the doctors and characters involved.

/Dr. Jeff Turnbull performs house calls for the residents of The Oaks facility for alcoholics in Ottawa on March 24, 2016.  The Oaks is a joint program in harm reduction, between The Shepherds of Good Hope homeless shelter and Ottawa Inner City Health. 

/Ray MacQuatt, program manager at The Oaks facility for alcoholics stands amongst barrels of homemade wine, at the facility in Ottawa.

/Resident Jerry Boisvert gets a shave from volunteer Luc Legault at The Oaks.

/Irwin Windsor, a resident is pictured in his room at The Oaks.

/Residents and staff at The Oaks facility for alcoholics.

/Resident Anvar Yassuvy has a smoke break at The Oaks facility for alcoholics in Ottawa.

Shot for The Guardian - Story here https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/26/homeless-shelter-ottawa-gives-wine-to-alcoholics

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Patrons of The Drake Hotel enjoy a night out on April 28, 2016, as they wait for rapper Drake's new album 'Views' to be streamed over the speakers. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star

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 Marlee Scott, 27, had no choice but to get a hysterectomy to remove the Essure Permanent Birth Control System, a device that was causing painful complications in her body. The device is the source of thousands of complaints across North America. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star

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Story about how a Hong Kong Ginseng company’s money problems are affecting the Ontario Ginseng Farmers who sell to them.

Cole Burston for Bloomberg. 1/ The head table is set prior to the start of the Ontario Ginseng Growers Association's 2016 AGM in Delhi, Ontario, about 150 km Southwest of Toronto. In recent years, half of Ontario's ginseng crops were sold overseas to Hang Fat Ginseng in Hong Kong.  2/  Chairman of the board and Ginseng grower Carl Atkinson speaks during the Ontario Ginseng Growers Association's 2016 AGM in Delhi, Ontario, about 150 km Southwest of Toronto. In recent years, half of Ontario's ginseng crops were sold overseas to Hang Fat Ginseng in Hong Kong. 

3/Farmer Peter Van Berlo drives by his ginseng fields on a muddy day on his farm in Simco, Ontario, about 150 km Southwest of Toronto. In recent years, half of Ontario's ginseng crops were sold overseas to Hang Fat Ginseng in Hong Kong. 

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 Toronto Argonaut Jermaine Gabriel poses for a photo during warm ups alongside teammates at Downsview Park's The Hangar on April 29, 2016. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star

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John Peller, chief executive officer of Andrew Peller Ltd., sits for a photograph at the Peller Estates Winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada, on Friday, April 20, 2016. Ontario's wine exports are increasing as the provincial government loosens the Prohibition-era liquor laws that govern domestic markets. Grocery stores will begin to stock Ontario wine starting in the autumn, the first time sales will be allowed outside government-run liquor stores and specialty wine stores. Cole Burston/Bloomberg

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Toronto-Dominion Bank's chief economist Beata Caranci speaks during an interview at Bloomberg's office in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, March 11, 2016. Cole Burston/Bloomberg

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 Indigenous artists' Veronica Johnny, right and Aqua Nibii Waawaaskone lead a singing and drumming workshop with Syrian refugee children at the Toronto Plaza Hotel on March 12, 2016. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star

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Toronto lawyer Fay Faraday advocates for exploited workers through her social justice law practice in Toronto.  Faraday is pictured in her Toronto neighbourhood on April 12, 2016. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star 

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TORONTO, ON - May 25, 2016 - Sage Paul, left, and Erika A. Iserhoff are two indigenous women and artists who are working together to showcase indigenous artwork and shine a spotlight on cultural appropriation. Cole Burston for The Toronto Star

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Mississauga, ONTARIO - April 13  -  Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie poses at Community Common Park in Mississauga on April 13, 2016. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star

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Toronto, ONTARIO - March 8  - Canadian type designer Rod McDonald prepares to give a dry run of his presentation for the Type Directors Club on his journey in creating the typeface Classic Grotesque, at Coach House Books on March 8. 2016. Cole Burston For The Toronto Star 

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Toronto rapper Drake leaves a Queen St. West pop up shop where he was handing out t-shirts to promote his new album in Toronto, Ont., on Sunday April 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Cole Burston

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TORONTO, ON: MAY 19, 2016 -- Toronto Raptors fans watch a live broadcast of Game 2 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers from Jurassic Park, outside of the ACC on May 19, 2016. (Cole Burston for National Post)