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• Ontario’s associate housing minister opposed ‘crazy’ 11-storey tower idea during election

  25-03-2025 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  As part of Doug Ford's cabinet reshuffle last week, Graydon Smith was made Associate Minister of Housing. During the campaign, he stood against an 11-storey building.
  
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• Ontario’s associate housing minister opposed ‘crazy’ 11-storey tower during election

  25-03-2025 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  As part of Doug Ford's cabinet reshuffle last week, Graydon Smith was made Associate Minister of Housing. During the campaign, he stood against an 11-storey building.
  
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• Blue Jays sign Kirk to five-year extension

  25-03-2025 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have signed catcher Alejandro Kirk to a US$58-million, five-year extension, the team announced Tuesday.
  
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• Toronto FC reserve side signs 15-year-old Jamaican youth international forward

  25-03-2025 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  At 15 years, the Jamaican youth international is the youngest player to sign an MLS Next Pro contract in Toronto FC II history. Nolan has already played in Jamaica's top league.
  
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• Ontario consumption sites free to relocate, court hears, contrary to past statements

  25-03-2025 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lawyers for the province say Ontario's supervised consumption site law does not ban them entirely and those deemed too close to schools and daycares can relocate farther away.
  
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• Town of Ajax stands in solidarity with the Muslim Community - Town of Ajax

  25-03-2025 19:53
  Town of Ajax stands in solidarity with the Muslim Community  Town of Ajax
  
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• Canadian Muslim organization shares victim statement from Ajax library attack - CBC

  25-03-2025 19:18
  Canadian Muslim organization shares victim statement from Ajax library attack  CBC
  
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• Canadian Muslim organization shares victim statement from Ajax library attack - Yahoo News Canada

  25-03-2025 19:17
  Canadian Muslim organization shares victim statement from Ajax library attack  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• Tips from the Call Centre

  25-03-2025 18:51
  
  Welcome to my first CARP/Zoomer call centre column.
   
  I’m Nancy Coghill, a CARP Ambassador. My goal is to offer advice on how best to work with CARP.
   
  First, a bit about me: I started working for CARP/ZoomerMedia over six years ago after retiring from a long, happy and successful career in the Employee Benefits field–group insurance and company pension plans. With CARP, I was presented an opportunity to work at outbound calling, and at trade shows, Zoomer shows, the Ashken
  
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• An inside look at Canada’s largest immigration holding centre

  25-03-2025 18:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  When Osama Al-Hadad arrived from Yemen and applied for asylum at Toronto's Pearson airport, he was taken into custody because he lacked documentation to prove his identity.
  
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• Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax - MSN

  25-03-2025 17:24
  Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax  MSN
  
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• ‘It wasn’t a joke’: Toronto-area workers in disbelief after $60M lotto win

  25-03-2025 17:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are five new millionaires across the Greater Toronto Area after a group of employees at a construction firm in Etobicoke hit a $60-million Lotto Max jackpot in January.
  
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• Advocating for Co-Housing

  25-03-2025 17:10
  
  Gwen Kavanagh’s passion for homing solutions
  Gwen Kavanagh is very concerned about housing for seniors. The Chair of Barrie’s CARP Chapter is well aware of the multiple difficult situations aging adults face in Ontario and throughout the country. But one problem is central to her: With Canada’s population increasingly becoming older, where will aging adults live and will they be able to truly enjoy their home environments?
   
  One of the five priorities for CARP 2025 is Home
  
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• Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax - Global News Kingston

  25-03-2025 16:45
  Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax  Global News Kingston
  
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• Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax

  25-03-2025 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Toronto city councillor Jennifer McKelvie is running as the federal Liberal candidate in Ajax.
  
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• Hudson’s Bay likely to find buyers for assets like leases, stripes: experts

  25-03-2025 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  As Hudson’s Bay continues to seek ways to stabilize and restructure what little will soon be left of its ailing business, it’s opening itself up to selling its assets.
  
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• A Dynamic New Chapter Opens in Vancouver

  25-03-2025 16:27
  
  CARP Adds A Key Branch in British Columbia
   
  When CARP’s President Rudy Buttignol travels to his home province, British Columbia, to participate in an inaugural event for the Vancouver Chapter, it is the kind of good news story we can all embrace in this time of too many gloomy headlines.  Buttignol was pleased to participate on St. Patrick’s Day as part of a successful CARP members’ event, the first in Vancouver since the Chapter was reestablished last year. In an ex
  
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• More Loblaw employees to wear body cameras across Canada, company says

  25-03-2025 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  More Loblaw employees across the country will be wearing body cameras as the company is expanding its pilot project to more provinces.
  
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• First half will be key for Blue Jays’ future

  25-03-2025 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  With homegrown stars Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette in the final year of their contracts and a competitive window that's open — for now — the Toronto Blue Jays need to make a statement over the first half of the season.
  
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• I was paralyzed with shock, then overwhelmed with terror: Ajax hate victim - Durham Post

  25-03-2025 13:56
  I was paralyzed with shock, then overwhelmed with terror: Ajax hate victim  Durham Post
  
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• Man convicted of threatening to bomb ‘every’ Toronto synagogue, ‘kill as many Jews as possible’

  25-03-2025 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Waisuddin Akbari is awaiting sentencing for the incident amid a surge in antisemitism.
  
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• ‘Full court press’: Ontario cities look for ways to fight Donald Trump’s trade war

  25-03-2025 09:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Municipal politicians from across Ontario have been pondering ways that they can show support for Canada as the ongoing trade dispute with the U.S. drags on.
  
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• Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax - Global News

  25-03-2025 08:00
  Toronto councillor Jennifer McKelvie to run for federal Liberals in Ajax  Global News
  
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• ‘Overwhelmed with terror:’ Hijab-wearing woman attacked in Ajax library - Global News

  25-03-2025 08:00
  ‘Overwhelmed with terror:’ Hijab-wearing woman attacked in Ajax library  Global News
  
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• Help keep Ajax clean and green with this year’s Green Living Days programming - Town of Ajax - Town of Ajax

  25-03-2025 08:00
  Help keep Ajax clean and green with this year’s Green Living Days programming - Town of Ajax  Town of Ajax
  
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• Help keep Ajax clean and green with this year’s Green Living Days programming - Town of Ajax

  25-03-2025 08:00
  Help keep Ajax clean and green with this year’s Green Living Days programming  Town of Ajax
  
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• Scarborough Coun. Jennifer McKelvie announced as federal Liberal candidate in Ajax - CP24

  25-03-2025 03:26
  Scarborough Coun. Jennifer McKelvie announced as federal Liberal candidate in Ajax  CP24
  
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• Muslim community speaks out after hijab-wearing woman was attacked at Ajax library - CityNews Toronto

  25-03-2025 01:24
  Muslim community speaks out after hijab-wearing woman was attacked at Ajax library  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Witness not accused was the one driving boat at time of Lake Ontario crash, defence suggests

  25-03-2025 00:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The collision caused the boat to flip over, trapping those on board. Eight people managed to escape but two were trapped under the vessel and drowned.
  
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• Hijab-wearing woman says she’s fearful after being attacked in Ajax, Ont., library - St. Catharines Standard

  25-03-2025 00:08
  Hijab-wearing woman says she’s fearful after being attacked in Ajax, Ont., library  St. Catharines Standard
  
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