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• Is there a body in my backyard? Woman unearths gravestone while gardening

  28-05-2018 23:47 via cbc.ca
  Julie Densham was digging in her backyard when she unearthed a haunting piece of history — the gravestone of a woman who died decades ago.
  
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• Is there a body in my backyard? Woman unearths 60-year-old gravestone while gardening

  28-05-2018 23:47 via cbc.ca
  Julie Densham was digging in her backyard when she unearthed a haunting piece of history — the gravestone of a woman who died decades ago.
  
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• Wynne's threat to order York U strikers back to work sign of panic, expert says

  28-05-2018 23:35 via cbc.ca
  A re-elected Liberal government would order striking York University workers back to the classroom, the party's leader pledged Monday in what some experts called a desperate attempt to push a hot-button issue.
  
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• Pride Toronto launches new safety campaign prompted by alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur

  28-05-2018 23:22 via cbc.ca
  Until We’re Safe​ is a new, week-long community engagement campaign prompted by the police's handling of investigations into deaths and disappearances in Toronto's gay village and high levels of hate crimes against the LGBTQ community.
  
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• Councillor says safe-injection sites ‘enable dangerous behaviour’

  28-05-2018 22:56
  A Toronto city councillor is speaking out against an overdose prevention site in Moss Park, saying the operation will “enable very dangerous and disruptive behaviour.”
  
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• No voter card yet? Elections Ontario says they're in the mail

  28-05-2018 22:50 via cbc.ca
  With 10 days to go in the Ontario election, voters are taking to social media to complain that they haven’t received their voter information cards.
  
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• Man, woman facing additional 16 charges in human trafficking investigation

  28-05-2018 22:49
  A man and a woman previously charged in a human trafficking investigation are now facing a combined total of 16 additional charges in connection with a second victim.
  
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• Man, woman facing additional 15 charges in human trafficking investigation

  28-05-2018 22:49
  A man and a woman previously charged in a human trafficking investigation are now facing a combined total of 16 additional charges in connection with a second victim.
  
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• Wynne says she would order York U strikers back to work

  28-05-2018 22:17
  A re-elected Liberal government would order striking York University workers back to the classroom, the party's leader pledged Monday in what some experts called a desperate attempt to push a hot-button issue.
  
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• Canadian Transportation Agency wants public input on air passenger rights. READ MORE: ow.ly/Bs2h30kdzmO https://t.co/rKM2rEkeYs

  28-05-2018 22:10 via twitter.com
  
  Canadian Transportation Agency wants public input on air passenger rights. READ MORE: ow.ly/Bs2h30kdzmO https://t.co/rKM2rEkeYs
  
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• Fourth suspect wanted in GTA human trafficking investigation, two facing more charges. READ MORE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  Fourth suspect wanted in GTA human trafficking investigation, two facing more charges. READ MORE:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A community organization is continuing its fight to stop the ticketing of Toronto’s homeless after filing a constit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 21:46 via twitter.com
  A community organization is continuing its fight to stop the ticketing of Toronto’s homeless after filing a constit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Reports of a person with a gun at Parliament and Spruce (south of Carlton), 3 people in custody, Toronto police say. No injuries reported

  28-05-2018 20:47 via twitter.com
  Reports of a person with a gun at Parliament and Spruce (south of Carlton), 3 people in custody, Toronto police say. No injuries reported
  
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• “I feel very violated” CIBC's Simplii & BMO investigating hacks that may have leaked customer data. 680 NEWS listen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 20:46 via twitter.com
  “I feel very violated” CIBC's Simplii & BMO investigating hacks that may have leaked customer data. 680 NEWS listen… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Liberal Shafiq Qaadri issued an apology for crashing Andrea Horwath's event on Monday. Read here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 20:44 via twitter.com
  Liberal Shafiq Qaadri issued an apology for crashing Andrea Horwath's event on Monday. Read here:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #BREAKING: Green party Leader Elizabeth May pleads guilty to contempt ow.ly/vP1130kdvyX #CANpoli https://t.co/QP6koGPPko

  28-05-2018 20:44 via twitter.com
  
  #BREAKING: Green party Leader Elizabeth May pleads guilty to contempt ow.ly/vP1130kdvyX #CANpoli https://t.co/QP6koGPPko
  
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• Toronto-born son of Russia spies fighting for citizenship

  28-05-2018 19:51
  Recent university graduate Alex Vavilov was born in Toronto, which would typically qualify him for Canadian citizenship except for one thing: His parents were part of a notorious Russian spy ring in North America.
  
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• 'Please don't interrupt me': Horwath says to Liberal candidate who crashed her event ow.ly/bwF430kdrOO… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 19:06 via twitter.com
  'Please don't interrupt me': Horwath says to Liberal candidate who crashed her event ow.ly/bwF430kdrOO… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A former Government of Canada passport official has been found guilty for her role in a scheme that allowed 24 impo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 19:05 via twitter.com
  A former Government of Canada passport official has been found guilty for her role in a scheme that allowed 24 impo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How Mississauga's 10-tower, $1.5B condo complex could reshape the city's future

  28-05-2018 19:00 via cbc.ca
  The start of construction at a $1.5 billion condo complex is being hailed as a major step in Mississauga's ongoing transformation into a full-fledged urban centre.
  
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• Police board wants $25K budget boost to support external review of missing persons cases

  28-05-2018 18:56 via cbc.ca
  Review prompted by concerns over force's handling of Bruce McArthur investigation
  
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• 'Please don't interrupt me,' says Horwath as Liberal candidate crashes NDP event

  28-05-2018 18:16 via cbc.ca
  Now with just over a week to go until election day, the leaders are continuing to campaign hard. Here's where we are on day 20.
  
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• Are you a CIBC Simplii Financial customer who has been affected by the data breach? If so we want to speak to you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 18:03 via twitter.com
  Are you a CIBC Simplii Financial customer who has been affected by the data breach? If so we want to speak to you.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police wrap up investigation at Bombay Bhel following restaurant blast

  28-05-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Police are no longer at the scene of an explosion that rocked an Indian restaurant and left 15 people injured last week, but the search for two men suspected in the blast continues.
  
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• Jordyn Boecker plays on the @halton_vball 11U team & her teammates says she is a great team player. She was born wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 17:57 via twitter.com
  Jordyn Boecker plays on the @halton_vball 11U team & her teammates says she is a great team player. She was born wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police clear scene of Mississauga restaurant bombing, still searching for suspects

  28-05-2018 17:38
  Police west of Toronto are no longer at the scene of an explosion that rocked an Indian restaurant and left 15 people injured last week, but the search for two men suspected in the blast continues.
  
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• Jail guards to stand trial in inmate's death at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre

  28-05-2018 17:11 via cbc.ca
  Two correctional officers will stand trial on charges of failing to provide the necessaries of life in the death of an inmate in a London, Ont., jail, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled.
  
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• Toronto Bike to Work Day highlights calls for safer streets

  28-05-2018 16:53 via cbc.ca
  A dozen cyclists staged a die-in as Mayor John Tory spoke on Monday morning.
  
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• Man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after Brampton collision

  28-05-2018 16:26
  One person has been rushed to hospital in critical condition after a collision in Brampton.
  
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• BMO and CIBC-owned Simplii Financial reveal hacks of customer data

  28-05-2018 16:15 via cbc.ca
  Two Canadian banks warn that they have been the targets of a recent hack attempt, and in one case the personal information of as many as 40,000 customers may have been stolen.
  
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• CIBC: Hackers may have accessed data of 40,000 Simplii clients

  28-05-2018 16:04
  Simplii Financial says fraudsters may have electronically accessed certain personal and account information for approximately 40,000 of its clients.
  
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• CIBC, BMO: Hackers may have accessed data of thousands of clients

  28-05-2018 16:04
  Two of Canada's biggest banks are warning that "fraudsters" may have accessed certain personal and financial information from some customers.
  
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• CIBC Simplii Financial hack may have affected 40,000 customers ow.ly/I2Nu30kdihA https://t.co/pJDliAnT5Z

  28-05-2018 16:03 via twitter.com
  
  CIBC Simplii Financial hack may have affected 40,000 customers ow.ly/I2Nu30kdihA https://t.co/pJDliAnT5Z
  
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• Environment Canada warns of 'first heat event' of season in Southern Ontario

  28-05-2018 15:56
  Environment Canada issued weather statements for parts of southern Ontario on Monday, noting that it was expecting the "first heat event of the season".
  
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• Environment Canada warns of 'first heat event' of season for GTA, southern Ontario

  28-05-2018 15:56
  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the GTA and much of southern Ontario, with the first major heat event of the season expected Monday.
  
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• Man in critical condition following crash in Brampton

  28-05-2018 15:25 via cbc.ca
  Police have shut down the intersection Airport Road and Cottrelle Boulevard in Brampton after a morning rush hour collision. A man became trapped in a vehicle and was rushed to hospital in critical condition.
  
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• Traffic delays expected in Brampton at Airport & Bovaird due to single-vehicle crash into pole

  28-05-2018 15:20 via twitter.com
  Traffic delays expected in Brampton at Airport & Bovaird due to single-vehicle crash into pole
  
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• Hot weather to bake Toronto with 'first heat event of season' in forecast

  28-05-2018 14:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada says a special weather statement is in effect for Toronto on Monday with the mercury forecast to reach the low thirties.
  
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• Hot weather to bake Toronto as 'first heat event of season' in forecast

  28-05-2018 14:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada says a special weather statement is in effect for Toronto on Monday with the mercury forecast to reach the low thirties.
  
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• 'First heat event of season' brings summer weather to city

  28-05-2018 14:55 via cbc.ca
  Toronto's "first heat event of the season" is drawing people to the sandy beaches of Lake Ontario.
  
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• 'First heat event of season' bringing warm weather to Toronto

  28-05-2018 14:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada says a special weather statement is in effect for Toronto on Monday with the mercury forecast to reach the low thirties.
  
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• Son of Russian spies fights for Canadian citizenship ow.ly/X8RN30kddYa https://t.co/3GNB8LC5MP

  28-05-2018 14:44 via twitter.com
  
  Son of Russian spies fights for Canadian citizenship ow.ly/X8RN30kddYa https://t.co/3GNB8LC5MP
  
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• Dozens of cyclists, including Mayor John Tory, took to the streets this morning as part of Bike To Work Day… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-05-2018 14:12 via twitter.com
  Dozens of cyclists, including Mayor John Tory, took to the streets this morning as part of Bike To Work Day… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• CFIA recalls baby food due spoilage concerns

  28-05-2018 13:09
  Sixteen flavours of organic baby food pouches are being recalled due to a packaging defect.
  
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• Scientists set out to map the genes of Canada's most iconic species

  28-05-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  There's an international race on to sequence the genomes of all living organisms, and a team of Canadian researchers is looking to claim some territory.
  
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• Suspect 'blitzed' shooting victim Venojan Suthesan in what police call a 'very targeted' attack

  28-05-2018 11:44 via cbc.ca
  The Toronto Police Service's homicide squad is investigating after finding a university student shot to death near a high school.
  
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