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• Police hunt for fatal hit and run suspect, release footage of pickup truck fleeing

  12-06-2018 23:39 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police have released surveillance footage of a pickup truck involved in a fatal hit and run in the city's west end that left a 50-year-old woman dead.
  
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• Toronto, Montreal airports have slowest free Wi-Fi in North America

  12-06-2018 23:33
  Airports in Toronto and Montreal placed at the bottom of a ranking of free Wi-Fi services at North American airports done by software firm Ookla LLC. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport took first place.
  
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• Liberals begin process to pick interim leader to replace Kathleen Wynne

  12-06-2018 23:22 via cbc.ca
  An interim leader is selected by a vote of the party caucus, the presidents of riding associations without an elected Liberal legislator and party executive members.
  
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• Police search for suspect in Eaton Centre assault on pregnant woman

  12-06-2018 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police are searching for a man wanted in connection to an assault on a pregnant woman at Eaton Centre over the weekend.
  
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• Ontario’s first woman fire chief wants to ‘influence change’ for Vaughan

  12-06-2018 23:13
  Deryn Rizzi left teaching to join Vaughan Fire and Emergency Services, where she rose to deputy fire chief in 2013 — now, she heads the 341-employee department.
  
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• Toronto will charge manufacturers to join blue-bin program

  12-06-2018 22:59
  City puts the financial burden of adding new items onto the companies that make them, but can’t say how much it might cost.
  
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• Man seriously injured after SUV crashes into Mississauga electronics store

  12-06-2018 22:52
  Peel police are investigating the incident that sent a man believed to be the driver to hospital.
  
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• Toronto Public Health confirms case of hepatitis A at Union Station

  12-06-2018 22:49 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Public Health officials have issued an alert after an employee at the Calii Love kiosk in Union Station has tested positive for hepatitis A.
  
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• Liberals begin process of picking interim leader to replace Kathleen Wynne

  12-06-2018 22:36
  The Ontario Liberal Party has begun the process of selecting an interim leader following Kathleen Wynne's resignation last week.
  
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• Toronto restaurant Alo makes prestigious list of world’s best restaurants

  12-06-2018 22:24
  Alo is the first Canadian restaurant to make it to the list since 2015.
  
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• Toronto taxi driver charged with sexual assault

  12-06-2018 22:03
  A Toronto man has been charged after a woman claimed she was sexually assaulted in a taxi last week near Trinity Bellwoods, police say.
  
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• Speeding fines may double around Toronto schools ow.ly/BYLI30kt4L7

  12-06-2018 22:00 via twitter.com
  Speeding fines may double around Toronto schools ow.ly/BYLI30kt4L7
  
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• Police seek suspect in Eaton Centre attack on pregnant woman ow.ly/1Jec30kt3Rx https://t.co/pDVCVkgAfe

  12-06-2018 21:44 via twitter.com
  
  Police seek suspect in Eaton Centre attack on pregnant woman ow.ly/1Jec30kt3Rx https://t.co/pDVCVkgAfe
  
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• Police search for suspect after pregnant woman punched in stomach at Eaton Centre

  12-06-2018 21:44
  Police are searching for a man accused of punching a pregnant woman in the stomach at the Toronto Eaton Centre on Saturday.
  
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• 2 Toronto police officers are facing charges of misconduct in the Tess Richey investigation - FULL STORY:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 21:17 via twitter.com
  2 Toronto police officers are facing charges of misconduct in the Tess Richey investigation - FULL STORY:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Possible Hepatitis A exposure at ‘Calii Love’ kiosk at Union Station: health officials

  12-06-2018 21:00
  Public health officials are warning recent customers of a pop-up restaurant in Toronto’s Union Station that they may need to get tested for Hepatitis A.
  
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• Mental health impacts for homeowners with flooded basements long after water recedes, says study

  12-06-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  The victims of basement flooding continue to be stressed out about it long after they've finished cleaning up, according to new research released by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo.
  
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• Dellen Millard called dad a failure, blamed him for family business woes, trial hears ow.ly/KCbX30kt0Jo

  12-06-2018 20:52 via twitter.com
  Dellen Millard called dad a failure, blamed him for family business woes, trial hears ow.ly/KCbX30kt0Jo
  
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• 14 geese found dead in Humberlea prompts animal cruelty investigation

  12-06-2018 20:36
  Toronto police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after more than a dozen dead geese were found in an industrial area in Toronto’s Humberlea neighbourhood.
  
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• 14 geese found decapitated, maimed and left for dead in industrial park

  12-06-2018 20:24 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police say they are currently seeking the person or persons responsible for decapitating and tearing the wings and legs off 14 geese that were found on Clayson Road in an industrial area in north Toronto.
  
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• Passengers landing at Pearson airport are now able to arrange to be picked up using Uber and Lyft under a new pilot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  12-06-2018 20:06 via twitter.com
  Passengers landing at Pearson airport are now able to arrange to be picked up using Uber and Lyft under a new pilot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police seek person who decapitated, tore the wings off geese ow.ly/rShK30ksWSN

  12-06-2018 19:59 via twitter.com
  Police seek person who decapitated, tore the wings off geese ow.ly/rShK30ksWSN
  
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• Cyclist, 36, hit in May on Lake Shore Blvd. has died in hospital, police say

  12-06-2018 19:58
  A 36-year-old man was struck by a vehicle in the intersection of Lake Shore Blvd. and Colborne Lodge Dr. on May 15, and passed away in hospital June 7.
  
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• Feds roll out new cybersecurity strategy to protect from online attacks, crime. READ MORE: ow.ly/47DE30ksWzt https://t.co/iszNo2dlLH

  12-06-2018 19:55 via twitter.com
  
  Feds roll out new cybersecurity strategy to protect from online attacks, crime. READ MORE: ow.ly/47DE30ksWzt https://t.co/iszNo2dlLH
  
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• Tory campaign manager says Ford's opponents included the ghost of Patrick Brown

  12-06-2018 19:51 via cbc.ca
  Doug Ford's campaign manager says Ontario's Progressive Conservatives had four opponents as they headed into last week's election — the incumbent Liberals, the NDP, the ghost of former Tory leader Patrick Brown, and the media.
  
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• Millard called his father a failure, blamed him for business woes, trial hears

  12-06-2018 19:51
  A Toronto murder trial has heard that a man accused of killing his father called his dad a failure and blamed him for the family company's financial woes in the days around his death.
  
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• Police sweep aims to stomp out gun violence and give Toronto a 'peaceful summer'

  12-06-2018 19:44 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police say they found a loaded sawed-off shotgun, two rifles with scopes and dozens of boxes of ammunition in one Regent Park home. And that was just day one of a new weapons crackdown.
  
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• Court hears Millard called dad a failure and blamed him for family business woes

  12-06-2018 19:38
  Dellen Millard has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of his father, Wayne Millard, whose death was initially ruled a suicide.
  
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• 2 bodies found in overturned vehicle near Pickering, Ontario

  12-06-2018 19:27 via cbc.ca
  Durham Regional Police are investigating after two people were found dead in an overturned vehicle near Sideline 4 and Pickering Concession Road 8 early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Filipino fast-food chain @jollibee_canada plans to open 100 stores in Canada in the next 5 years. ow.ly/DzhZ30ksUkw

  12-06-2018 19:24 via twitter.com
  Filipino fast-food chain @jollibee_canada plans to open 100 stores in Canada in the next 5 years. ow.ly/DzhZ30ksUkw
  
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• Tory campaign manager says Ford opponents included media, ghost of Patrick Brown. READ MORE: ow.ly/zBSa30ksUg7 https://t.co/RYSJn6y8O8

  12-06-2018 19:21 via twitter.com
  
  Tory campaign manager says Ford opponents included media, ghost of Patrick Brown. READ MORE: ow.ly/zBSa30ksUg7 https://t.co/RYSJn6y8O8
  
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• 58-year-old cyclist killed in collision with flatbed truck at Bloor and St. George

  12-06-2018 18:55
  Ninety-three pedestrians or cyclists have died on Toronto streets since June 13, 2016, the day Mayor John Tory announced the initiative that would become Vision Zero — a plan to reduce traffic deaths to zero by 2021.
  
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• Toronto assistant Nick Nurse promoted to Raptors head coach, source says

  12-06-2018 18:52
  Nick Nurse spent almost three decades paying his coaching dues, toiling with teams in Britain, Italy and Belgium, college basketball and the G League.
  
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• Cyclist dead after collision with truck in downtown Toronto

  12-06-2018 18:26
  A female cyclist has died after being struck by a truck in downtown Toronto Tuesday afternoon, police say.
  
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• Cyclist dead, 58, after collision with truck in downtown Toronto

  12-06-2018 18:26
  A 58-year-old female cyclist has died after being struck by a truck in downtown Toronto Tuesday afternoon, police say.
  
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• Cyclist, 58, dead, after collision with truck in downtown Toronto

  12-06-2018 18:26
  A 58-year-old female cyclist has died after being struck by a truck in downtown Toronto Tuesday afternoon, police say.
  
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• Two bodies discovered in flipped vehicle near Pickering

  12-06-2018 18:24
  Two bodies were discovered in an overturned vehicle by hydro crews called to repair a power outage near Pickering's Mount Zion neighbourhood Tuesday morning.
  
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• Female cyclist dies after being hit by a truck, police say

  12-06-2018 18:23 via cbc.ca
  A female cyclist has died after being hit by a truck near the intersection of St. George Street and Bloor Street, police said.
  
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• 27-year-old who fell off boat near Scarborough Bluffs presumed dead, police say

  12-06-2018 18:08
  Police are no longer referring to the search as a rescue operation, but a recovery one. The man, identified by family as 27-year-old Partheepan Subramanium, is believed to be dead.
  
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• PC campaign manager says Ford opponents included media, ghost of Patrick Brown

  12-06-2018 18:04
  Doug Ford's campaign manager says Ontario's Progressive Conservatives had four opponents as they headed into last week's election -- the incumbent Liberals, the NDP, the ghost of former Tory leader Patrick Brown, and the media.
  
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• Raptors promote assistant Nick Nurse to head coach

  12-06-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  The Toronto Raptors have settled on assistant coach Nick Nurse as their new head coach.
  
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• Raptors hire Nick Nurse as new head coach: reports

  12-06-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  The Toronto Raptors have settled on assistant coach Nick Nurse as their new head coach, according to reports. A Raptors official said the team had no comment at the moment.
  
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• Toronto police officers charged with misconduct in Tess Richey investigation

  12-06-2018 17:55
  Police Act charges allege the two officers did not do a thorough search or interview neighbours in the area where the murder victim had been reported missing.
  
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• Two officers charged under Police Services Act in connection with Tess Richey case

  12-06-2018 17:48
  Two Toronto police officers have been charged under the Police Services Act following an internal investigation over allegations the constables failed to thoroughly search for homicide victim Tess Richey.
  
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• 2 Toronto police officers charged with misconduct in Tess Richey homicide case

  12-06-2018 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Two Toronto police officers have been charged with misconduct after an internal investigation found the pair failed to search thoroughly for homicide victim Tess Richey.
  
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• 2 Toronto police officers charged with misconduct after failing to search thoroughly for Tess Richey

  12-06-2018 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Two Toronto police officers have been charged with misconduct following an internal probe that has found the pair did not search thoroughly for murder victim Tess Richey.
  
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• Four charged after Toronto police seize drugs and guns near Regent Park

  12-06-2018 17:08
  Police say the charges are part of an initiative called “Project Red Brick,” intended to address gun crime in Regent Park.
  
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• Flying to Toronto? You can now catch an Uber or Lyft when you land

  12-06-2018 16:27 via cbc.ca
  Uber and Lyft can now pick up and drop off passengers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport as part of a new pilot project.
  
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• Uber and Lyft pick up now allowed at Toronto's Pearson Airport

  12-06-2018 16:19
  Starting today, Uber and Lyft drivers will be able to pick up passengers at Pearson International Airport as part of a new pilot project.
  
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