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• Stabbing in The Annex leaves woman dead

  23-05-2018 23:26
  A woman believed to be in her 20s has died after an apparent stabbing in The Annex.
  
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• Toronto to set up two temporary shelters on campuses for refugee claimants

  23-05-2018 23:14
  The city will be allowed to set up temporary shelters on the campuses of Centennial College and Humber College to provide accommodations for new refugee claimants arriving in Toronto, but officials say the facilities are likely to be at capacity within 60 to 70 days.
  
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• Johnny Orlando, Toronto teen signed to major label, ready to take centre stage

  23-05-2018 23:12 via cbc.ca
  You probably haven't heard of him, but 15-year-old Johnny Orlando may be Canada's next big pop-music export.
  
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• TDSB, students honour victims at one month anniversary of deadly van attack

  23-05-2018 23:04
  Exactly one month after a deadly attack in North York, some of the area’s youngest residents – who were forced into lockdown while police and paramedics dealt with the aftermath of the van rampage – will have a chance to express their sorrow.
  
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• Accused in mobster Rocco Zito’s murder still fears for his life, court hears

  23-05-2018 22:51
  Domenic Scopelliti has been in custody since he turned himself in to police hours after shooting Zito, “a figure of significant power and authority within organized crime,” in 2016.
  
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• Defence lawyer challenges forensic expert’s testimony in Toronto murder case

  23-05-2018 22:49
  A defence lawyer urged the jury not to convict Michael Ivezic because his DNA was found beneath the murder victim’s fingernails.
  
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• Election or not, Toronto's refugee problem must be solved, mayor says

  23-05-2018 22:44 via cbc.ca
  With two weeks left in the Ontario election campaign, Toronto Mayor John Tory is pleading for help from all levels of government to deal with an over-burdened shelter system being flooded by refugees.
  
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• Mississauga police officer charged with sex assault, sexual exploitation

  23-05-2018 22:34
  Peel Regional Police Const. Ian Fummerton was charged by the Hamilton Police Service earlier this month.
  
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• Maple Leafs promote Pridham to assistant general manager

  23-05-2018 22:26
  Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas has taken the first steps toward building his front office team.
  
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• City a step closer to buying massive, centuries-old oak tree

  23-05-2018 22:14 via cbc.ca
  Toronto city council voted Wednesday to go ahead with a plan to purchase a North York property to save a majestic oak tree that could be the oldest in the city.
  
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• Toronto lawyer disciplined for website that ‘trivialized’ sexual offences

  23-05-2018 22:09
  Craig Penney admitted to professional misconduct and was ordered to pay $5,000.
  
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• George Doodnaught, former doctor convicted of 21 sex assaults, stripped of medical licence

  23-05-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
  The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has revoked the medical licence of former Toronto anaesthesiologist George Doodnaught, currently imprisoned for the sexual assaults of several of his sedated patients.
  
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• 'A parent's greatest fear': Family of hit-and-run victim plead for driver to come forward

  23-05-2018 21:24
  The devastated parents of a 20-year-old cyclist are pleading for the driver of the vehicle that struck and killed him in Whitchurch-Stouffville on Tuesday to come forward.
  
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• NFL owners approved a new policy Thursday permitting players to stay in the locker room during the national anthem… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
  NFL owners approved a new policy Thursdaypermitting players to stay in the locker room during the national anthem… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'It's about hope': Peel schools to raise rainbow flag in June for Pride Month

  23-05-2018 21:11 via cbc.ca
  The Peel District School Board (PDSB) has agreed to fly the rainbow flag at all of its schools in June for Pride Month, after an outcry from LGBT advocates.
  
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• Mississauga using helicopters to battle tree-killing pests

  23-05-2018 20:57 via cbc.ca
  Low-flying helicopters will be spraying for cankerworms and gypsy moths for the next few mornings in leafy areas of Mississauga.
  
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• Peel District School Board to fly rainbow and Indigenous flags for Pride Month

  23-05-2018 20:54
  The school board posted the announcement on Twitter Tuesday night, saying it was made “in the spirit of equity, inclusion and reconciliation.”
  
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• Toronto police have released video of a suspect wanted in connection with an assault on Queen West. ow.ly/57Aj30k9hGH

  23-05-2018 20:23 via twitter.com
  Toronto police have released video of a suspect wanted in connection with an assault on Queen West. ow.ly/57Aj30k9hGH
  
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• Two Toronto police officers charged after allegedly consuming marijuana edibles

  23-05-2018 19:55
  Two Toronto police officers have been charged with breach of trust and obstruction of justice after allegedly consuming cannabis edibles while on-duty.
  
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• Judge warns corrupt cop at sentencing hearing: ‘It doesn’t look good for you’

  23-05-2018 19:47
  Justice Robert Clark rejects as too light the Crown’s proposed 10-year prison sentence for Hamilton cop Craig Ruthowsky.
  
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• It has been one month since the horrific van attack in North York killed 10 people and left 16 others injured in a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 19:39 via twitter.com
  It has been one month since the horrific van attack in North York killed 10 people and left 16 others injured in a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ‘How could you leave him to die?’ Dead cyclist’s parents plead for driver to come forward

  23-05-2018 19:30
  Daunte Thompson-Bruce, 20, was hit in Whitchurch-Stouffville sometime between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. Tuesday.
  
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• Dozens take part in ghost bike memorial ride for cyclist struck and killed last week

  23-05-2018 19:14 via cbc.ca
  Family and friends of the Toronto cyclist who was struck and killed by a truck commemorated his life with a group ride and the installation of a ghost bike at the site of the collision.
  
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• Cops who allegedly stole, ate edibles from dispensary raid facing charges ow.ly/gWIG30k9cjA https://t.co/W3LIyBx4qT

  23-05-2018 19:01 via twitter.com
  
  Cops who allegedly stole, ate edibles from dispensary raid facing charges ow.ly/gWIG30k9cjA https://t.co/W3LIyBx4qT
  
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• Doug Ford says he'll release fully costed platform before election

  23-05-2018 18:57 via cbc.ca
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says his party will release a fully costed campaign platform some time before the June 7 election.
  
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• Judge says Ruthowsky used badge 'as an ATM,' calls for harsher sentence than 10 years

  23-05-2018 18:49 via cbc.ca
  The judge in the trial of corrupt cop Craig Ruthowsky made it abundantly clear Wednesday that the disgraced Hamilton police officer is in line for a heavy sentence.
  
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• Toronto cops accused of eating pot edibles now charged with destroying evidence

  23-05-2018 18:43
  Sources previously told the Star that two 13 Division cops allegedly consumed marijuana edibles in January following a pot dispensary raid.
  
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• Update: Police appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Whitchurch-Stouffv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 18:41 via twitter.com
  Update: Police appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was struck and killed in a hit-and-run in Whitchurch-Stouffv… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Kathleen Wynne says 'I can do better'

  23-05-2018 18:11 via cbc.ca
  A local Liberal candidate would prefer that Wynne not visit and Andrea Horwath returns to her Hamilton roots by picking up an arc welder. This is your Campaigner.
  
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• Doug Ford says he will release a fully costed platform before June 7

  23-05-2018 18:08
  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford says his party will release a fully costed campaign platform some time before the June 7 election.
  
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• 2 Toronto police officers accused of eating marijuana on duty face criminal charges

  23-05-2018 18:04 via cbc.ca
  Two Toronto police officers who made headlines for allegedly consuming marijuana edibles while on duty and then calling for backup are now facing obstruction of justice and breach of trust charges.
  
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• Cyclist in critical condition after collision with vehicle at Dundas St. and Chelsea Ave.

  23-05-2018 17:55
  The incident comes as Toronto is on pace to match its worst recent year for pedestrian and cyclist deaths.
  
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• “I’d say (Kathleen Wynne) lives in a glass house and she should stop throwing the stones:” Andrea Horwath… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 17:44 via twitter.com
  “I’d say (Kathleen Wynne) lives in a glass house and she should stop throwing the stones:” Andrea Horwath… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man accused of sexually assaulting woman, dog in Kingston, Ont. park

  23-05-2018 17:43
  A 36-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly grabbing a dog's genitals and a woman's buttocks.
  
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• Halton police charge second person in human trafficking investigation

  23-05-2018 17:42
  Police in Ontario's Halton Region have charged a second person in connection with an ongoing human trafficking investigation.
  
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• Our phones and apps are designed to give us short-term, feel-good rewards, so we'll use them longer. Here's how to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 17:29 via twitter.com
  Our phones and apps are designed to give us short-term, feel-good rewards, so we'll use them longer. Here's how to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Memorial ride held to honour cyclist fatally struck by truck in Leslieville

  23-05-2018 17:23
  Members of Toronto’s cycling community came together Wednesday to take part in a memorial bike ride in honour of a fellow cyclist who was killed in Leslieville last week.
  
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• Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85 ow.ly/GEWN30k91XQ https://t.co/MtTZqFc9Qc

  23-05-2018 17:16 via twitter.com
  
  Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85 ow.ly/GEWN30k91XQ https://t.co/MtTZqFc9Qc
  
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• Halton police have charged a second person, a 30-year-old woman, in connection with an ongoing human trafficking in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-05-2018 17:03 via twitter.com
  Halton police have charged a second person, a 30-year-old woman, in connection with an ongoing human trafficking in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• ‘I felt so helpless.’ Horse lovers mourn losses in Sunnybrook Stables fire

  23-05-2018 16:19
  Riders share favourite memories of the friends they lost in weekend blaze.
  
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• OPP lay over 11,000 driving charges during the week ending in the Victoria Day long weekend ow.ly/QqLI30k8TPS https://t.co/0TxmOxvEvG

  23-05-2018 15:43 via twitter.com
  
  OPP lay over 11,000 driving charges during the week ending in the Victoria Day long weekend ow.ly/QqLI30k8TPS https://t.co/0TxmOxvEvG
  
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• More than 11,000 driving charges laid in week leading up to long weekend: OPP

  23-05-2018 15:37
  Provincial police say they laid more than 11,000 charges on Ontario highways during the week ending in the Victoria Day long weekend.
  
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• Tim Hortons falls to 67th in reputation rankings by Reputation Institute

  23-05-2018 15:21
  Tim Hortons has seen its ranking take a hit in another study tracking Canada's most reputable companies.
  
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• Teen victim of random Scarborough slashing says suspect told him 'I want your life'

  23-05-2018 14:09
  One of two teenage victims seriously injured in a seemingly random attack says the unknown suspect told him “I want your life” after slashing his neck with a knife.
  
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• Search continues for suspect accused in random attack on teens in Scarborough

  23-05-2018 14:09
  Police are continuing to search for a suspect who allegedly attacked two teenage boys with a knife in Scarborough on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• New GTA-themed sock captures architectural gems from Oshawa to Oakville

  23-05-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  CBC Toronto invited design students and aspiring artists to create an original sock design inspired by the GTA for the 'Show Us Your GTA Sock Design Competition.' The winner is Randa Malkawi, 22, of Oakville.
  
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• Large companies join forces to hire 40,000 Canadian youth

  23-05-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Eight large companies have joined forces under the banner Opportunity for All Youth (OFAY) coalition to hire 40,000 youth facing employment barriers over the next five years, starting by offering more than 150 jobs to young people in Toronto this June.
  
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• Stranger told teen 'I want your life' before slashing his throat, say police

  23-05-2018 12:02 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police are warning the public to be careful after two 15-year-old boys were stabbed by a stranger while walking on a quiet suburban street in Scarborough.
  
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• 'I was lucky': Teen attacked in unprovoked daytime stabbing released from hospital

  23-05-2018 12:02 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police are warning the public to be careful after two 15-year-old boys were stabbed by a stranger while walking on a quiet street in Scarborough.
  
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• Man's car insurance shoots up $600 per year after he moves to new neighbourhood

  23-05-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A few days after moving, Steven Baker phoned his insurance company to inform them that his address in Toronto had changed. Then he was told his car insurance would shoot up by about $600 a year — just because of his new neighbourhood.
  
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