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• London Jr. Mustangs ready to put rare loss behind them - The London Free Press

  14-06-2019 23:54
  London Jr. Mustangs ready to put rare loss behind them  The London Free PressIf you must bid farewell to a 25-game win streak, it might as well be in the most unforgettable, heart-wrenching way possible.
  
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• City of London to expropriate senior's home for rail bridge - CTV News London

  14-06-2019 21:26
  City of London to expropriate senior's home for rail bridge  CTV News LondonThe future of a London home that's blocking the widening of Wharncliffe Road at Stanley Street appears limited.
  
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• London police thank public after Walmart sexual assault suspect nabbed - The London Free Press

  14-06-2019 21:19
  London police thank public after Walmart sexual assault suspect nabbed  The London Free PressLondon police are crediting information from the public for leading to the arrest of a man wanted in connection with a sexual assault investigation.
  
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• Teen robbed by masked man carrying hatchet: London police - The London Free Press

  14-06-2019 21:14
  Teen robbed by masked man carrying hatchet: London police  The London Free PressLondon police are asking for the public's help identifying two suspects after a 16-year-old boy was robbed last month by a masked, hatchet-wielding man in the ...
  
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• NBA Finals: Drone footage captures thousands of fans celebrating in the streets of Toronto

  14-06-2019 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  Photographer Toby Guu captured this incredible drone footage showing the sheer size and scope of Toronto’s impromptu street party following the Raptors’ historic NBA Championship-winning performance in game six of the NBA Finals Thursday night.
  
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• London police seek hatchet-wielding man who robbed teen boy and woman who used his stolen debit card

  14-06-2019 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  London police have issued suspect descriptions and surveillance photos in connection with a robbery and fraud investigation involving a teenage victim. 
  
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• Trio of suspects arrested in Woodstock hotel after home invasion in Stratford: police

  14-06-2019 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  A chase for three suspects in a Stratford home invasion ended at a hotel in Woodstock early Friday morning.
  
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• Mayor Watson calls for Raptors to visit Ottawa as opposed to the White House

  14-06-2019 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  In a tweet sent out on Friday morning, the mayor asks the team to forget the White House and make their way to the nation's capital.
  
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• Londoners celebrate Raptors’ NBA Championship, temporarily shut down stretch of Richmond Street

  14-06-2019 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Londoners watched and celebrated as the Toronto Raptors made history Thursday night.
  
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• Over 1,200 fans cheered at the Barrie Molson Centre as the Toronto Raptors stormed to victory

  14-06-2019 18:10 via globalnews.ca
  Fans decked out in Raptors gear made their way from the arena’s seats to the rink, elated about Canada’s historic win in the 2019 NBA Finals
  
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• London man arrested in connection with alleged sexual assault at Hyde Park shopping plaza

  14-06-2019 17:28 via globalnews.ca
  A 22-year-old London man has been charged in connection with two reported sexual assaults.
  
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• Dramatic footage shows Toronto police responding to shooting during NBA Finals celebration

  14-06-2019 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto Paramedics say a person is in life-threatening condition after a shooting in the city’s downtown early Friday. Toronto police confirmed that a man was taken to hospital with injuries. The incident comes hours after thousands of Raptors fans flooded the area as the team won the NBA Finals in Oakland, Calif.
  
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• London’s Theresa Carriere embarks on 5th 100-km ONERUN to support those fighting cancer - Global News

  14-06-2019 17:14
  London’s Theresa Carriere embarks on 5th 100-km ONERUN to support those fighting cancer  Global NewsOn Friday, June 14, Londoner Theresa Carriere embarked on her fifth 100 kilometre ONERUN journey to raise funds for cancer patient care programs in ...
  
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• London’s Theresa Carriere embarks on 5th 100-km ONERUN to support those fighting cancer

  14-06-2019 17:14 via globalnews.ca
  On Friday, June 14, Londoner Theresa Carriere embarked on her fifth 100 kilometre ONERUN journey to raise funds for cancer patient care programs in London.
  
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• Raptors fan captures ‘the moment’ Toronto clinches it’s first NBA title from inside Jurassic Park

  14-06-2019 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  Fans of the Toronto Raptors cheered when their team won the NBA Finals on June 13. It was a narrow win for the Raptors who defeated the Golden State Warriors 114-110 to claim their first NBA Championship.
  
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• Grenfell Tower turns green to commemorate fire victims

  14-06-2019 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  Grenfell Tower was illuminated with green light early on Friday to pay tribute to the victims of the fire that engulfed the tower block on June 14, 2017.
  
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• Londoners to rappel down 26 storeys to support Make-A-Wish

  14-06-2019 14:27 via globalnews.ca
  The sixth annual Rope for Hope event has raised nearly $600,000 to date in southwestern Ontario.
  
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• London Metal Exchange has banned traders from drinking - CNN

  14-06-2019 14:10
  London Metal Exchange has banned traders from drinking  CNNThe London Metal Exchange has banned dealers from trading while under the influence of alcohol, in an attempt to overhaul the workplace culture at the metals ...
  
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• Buy a classic Guardian photograph: balloons over London, 2019 - The Guardian

  14-06-2019 13:00
  Buy a classic Guardian photograph: balloons over London, 2019  The GuardianThis week in our Guardian Print Shop series, the photographer Graeme Robertson captures hot air balloons flying over London. Fri 14 Jun 2019 07.00 EDT.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion protesters stop rush-hour traffic in London - The Guardian

  14-06-2019 12:37
  Extinction Rebellion protesters stop rush-hour traffic in London  The GuardianLewisham campaigners block three roads into city centre to highlight 'air pollution crisis'
  
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• Charli XCX announces London O2 Brixton Academy show on UK tour - here's how to get tickets - MyLondon

  14-06-2019 12:14
  Charli XCX announces London O2 Brixton Academy show on UK tour - here's how to get tickets  MyLondonThe tour is in support of her upcoming third album 'Charli'
  
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• London markets decline as China data stokes growth fears - MarketWatch

  14-06-2019 12:12
  London markets decline as China data stokes growth fears  MarketWatchLondon markets fell into negative territory as China industrial production figures disappointed, fueling fears of a global economic slowdown.
  
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• London Metal Exchange bans traders from drinking during work hours - Yahoo Finance

  14-06-2019 12:04
  London Metal Exchange bans traders from drinking during work hours  Yahoo FinanceTraders working at the London Metal Exchange will no longer be able to drink alcohol during working hours, in its latest attempt to ensure “fit and proper ...
  
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• Huatai Securities to raise as much as $1.7bn in London listing - Financial Times

  14-06-2019 11:42
  Huatai Securities to raise as much as $1.7bn in London listing  Financial TimesBrokerage Huatai Securities, the first Chinese group to list in London as part of a link between the two financial centres, has priced its stock towards the lower ...
  
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• Man in life-threatening condition after shooting in downtown Toronto

  14-06-2019 10:53 via globalnews.ca
  A Toronto Paramedics says emergency crews were called to the area of Yonge and Gould streets, north of Dundas Street East, at around 4:15 a.m. on Friday.
  
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• Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer Ate Pasta in Michelin Star London Restaurant - Eater London

  14-06-2019 10:00
  Killing Eve’s Jodie Comer Ate Pasta in Michelin Star London Restaurant  Eater LondonKilling Eve season two on the BBC's plot includes Villannelle eating pasta in a Michelin star London restaurant with Aaron Peel.
  
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• Hanworth police live: Cordon put up near West London retail park as dog units at scene - MyLondon

  14-06-2019 09:59
  Hanworth police live: Cordon put up near West London retail park as dog units at scene  MyLondonA police cordon has been put up near a set of storage units in West London. Detectives have been stationed at the units, located behind Wickes, in Apex Retail ...
  
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• Jim Davidson vows never to visit London again - and Londoners are delighted - MyLondon

  14-06-2019 08:14
  Jim Davidson vows never to visit London again - and Londoners are delighted  MyLondonLondoners rejoiced after Jim Davidson promised he would never set foot in the capital again.
  
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• NBA Finals: Kyle Lowry says ‘words can’t explain’ how he feels

  14-06-2019 07:23 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Kyle Lowry, one of the Toronto Raptors’ veterans, said Friday that “words can’t explain” how he feels after winning the NBA championships.
  
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• NBA Finals: VanVleet jokes with Lowry about points in Game 6

  14-06-2019 07:21 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet joked with Kyle Lowry after the latter asked him a question at the post-game press conference, saying Lowry had 15 in the first quarter but “should’ve had 50.”
  
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• NBA Finals: Nav Bhatia ‘on top of the world’ after Raptors win

  14-06-2019 07:19 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto Raptors’ superfan Nav Bhatia said Friday that he was “on top of the world” and that the finals were “Canada Raptors versus Golden State.”
  
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• NBA Finals: Fred VanVleet says entire team has talent

  14-06-2019 07:16 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Toronto Raptors’ Fred VanVleet said Friday that the entire team is talented both on the court and on the bench and said if being champions make them a “super team” he’ll “take it.”
  
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• NBA Finals: Pascal Siakam says championship win is ‘a dream’

  14-06-2019 07:08 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam said he was thrilled to “realize the dream” of winning the championship.
  
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• NBA Finals: Gasol says Toronto ‘deserved this’

  14-06-2019 06:59 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA Finals | Marc Gasol said Friday that he was so happy they were able to win the NBA championships and said that Toronto “deserved this.”
  
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• NBA Finals: Marc Gasol ‘so happy’ they won championship

  14-06-2019 06:56 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Marc Gasol of the Toronto Raptors said Friday he was “so happy” that they won the championship and it “means the world.”
  
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• NBA Finals: Kawhi Leonard talks about going from injury to championship

  14-06-2019 06:41 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Kawhi Leonard spoke Friday about what it was like to go from being injured in the 2017-18 season to winning the championship in the 2018-19 season.
  
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• NBA Finals: Kawhi Leonard says he ‘wanted to make history’

  14-06-2019 06:35 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV| Kawhi Leonard said going into being part of the Toronto Raptors “wanting to make history” and said that’s “what I did.”
  
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• NBA Finals: Nick Nurse says Raptors ‘fought hard’

  14-06-2019 06:30 via globalnews.ca
  Courtesy: NBA TV | Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse spoke about the season that led to the team’s first NBA championship and said the team “fought hard” to get to this point.
  
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• NBA Finals: Drake calls Raptors championship win ‘poetic’

  14-06-2019 06:06 via globalnews.ca
  Drake called the Toronto Raptors championship win was “poetic” and congratulated the team for doing it “off of heart and off of love.”
  
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• Venezuela's Opposition Ambassador Operates in London Limbo | Rising Stars - OZY

  14-06-2019 06:03
  Venezuela's Opposition Ambassador Operates in London Limbo | Rising Stars  OZYVanessa Neumann tries to maintain diplomatic normality despite having no embassy.
  
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• NBA Finals: Toronto Raptors presented with NBA championship trophy

  14-06-2019 06:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Toronto Raptors were presented with the NBA championship trophy on Thursday after defeating the Golden State Warriors in Game 6.
  
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• NBA Finals: Toronto Raptors close out first NBA title with Game 6 win

  14-06-2019 05:53 via globalnews.ca
  Credit: NBA/TSN | The Toronto Raptors closed out their first NBA title on Thursday by defeating the Golden State Warriors 114-110 in Game 6.
  
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• Jury finds London drug dealer guilty in Christmastime shooting death - The London Free Press

  14-06-2019 03:31
  Jury finds London drug dealer guilty in Christmastime shooting death  The London Free PressThe killer showed no emotion as the jury delivered its verdict, after six hours of deliberation.
  
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• 'It's not bearable': London homeowners on the return of Gypsy moths - CBC.ca

  14-06-2019 01:14
  'It's not bearable': London homeowners on the return of Gypsy moths  CBC.caByron residents are faced with a recurring spring challenge: gypsy moth caterpillars have taken over their properties making it impossible for families to set foot ...
  
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• Friday’s London weather forecast: Cloudy morning followed by bright spells and scattered showers - The Sun

  14-06-2019 01:01
  Friday’s London weather forecast: Cloudy morning followed by bright spells and scattered showers  The SunA CLOUDY morning with light showers followed by a brighter afternoon with some heavy scattered showers remaining. A little warmer then previous days with ...
  
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• London Drugs offers to fund Victoria Remembrance Day costs as council debates asking military - Global News

  14-06-2019 00:40
  London Drugs offers to fund Victoria Remembrance Day costs as council debates asking military  Global NewsWATCH: A Victoria councillor's motion to ask the military to help foot the bill for events such as remembrance day goes before council tonight. Ben Isitt introduced ...
  
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• Questions remain after Ontario health minister meets with London mayor

  14-06-2019 00:25 via globalnews.ca
  Those attending say the meeting was one focused on discussion rather than decision.
  
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• Ontarians killed in head on collision on Alberta highway

  14-06-2019 00:23 via globalnews.ca
  Two seniors from Kitchener, Ont., have been killed in a highway crash in east-central Alberta.
  
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• Sifton, Great-West presidents honoured by local hall of fame - The London Free Press

  14-06-2019 00:18
  Sifton, Great-West presidents honoured by local hall of fame  The London Free PressThe 2019 inductees to the Junior Achievement London and District Business Hall of Fame were announced at a Thursday morning event.
  
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• There’s an interactive UNKLE album you can walk around in London – and it’s stunning - NME Live

  14-06-2019 00:01
  There’s an interactive UNKLE album you can walk around in London – and it’s stunning  NME LiveWe've had the album since 1948. We've had the visual album since 2013. And now, thanks to creative producer Colin Nightingale, sound designer/creative ...
  
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