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• Green programs in limbo as Ford pledges to scrap carbon pricing

  20-06-2018 23:52
  With Ontario's cap-and-trade system headed for the chopping block, several green initiatives and projects funded by the program are also on their way out -- and some environmental advocates and experts say more rollbacks are likely as the province swears in a new Progressive Conservative government focused on cutting costs and helping business.
  
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• Toronto real estate tycoon's son who wrote novel about killings convicted of murder

  20-06-2018 22:51 via cbc.ca
  A Canadian real estate tycoon's son who wrote a graphic novel that features gruesome killings has been convicted of the torture and mutilation of a live-in girlfriend who had just given birth to their child in California.
  
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• Toronto real estate tycoon's son who wrote graphic novel about killings convicted of murder

  20-06-2018 22:51 via cbc.ca
  A Canadian real estate tycoon's son who wrote a graphic novel that features gruesome killings has been convicted of the torture and mutilation of a live-in girlfriend who had just given birth to their child in California.
  
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• Police looking for witnesses after death of man struck at Bloor-Yonge station

  20-06-2018 22:46 via cbc.ca
  Police are looking for two witnesses who were near the 73-year-old man who was pushed to his death on a Toronto subway Monday morning.
  
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• Pedestrian reportedly struck by vehicle while sitting near bus stop ow.ly/ZIqx30kALNL

  20-06-2018 22:41 via twitter.com
  Pedestrian reportedly struck by vehicle while sitting near bus stop ow.ly/ZIqx30kALNL
  
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• Woman struck by vehicle while sitting on bench in Scarborough

  20-06-2018 22:39 via cbc.ca
  A woman in her 50s or 60s was taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle while sitting on a bench near a bus stop in Scarborough.
  
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• Girl, believed to be in her teens, struck by vehicle while sitting on bench in Scarborough

  20-06-2018 22:39 via cbc.ca
  A girl believed to be in her teens has been taken to hospital after being struck by a vehicle while sitting on a bunch near a bus stop in Scarborough.
  
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• Man allegedly walks out of Reitmans with dresses stuffed down pants

  20-06-2018 22:32
  Police say they're looking for a man who allegedly walked out of a women's clothing store in Barrie, Ont., with two dresses stuffed down his pants.
  
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• It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 22:30 via twitter.com
  It was a dramatic turnaround for Trump, who has been insisting, wrongly, that his administration had no choice but… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak to media after announcing recreational marijuana will become legal in Canada… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 22:28 via twitter.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to speak to media after announcing recreational marijuana will become legal in Canada… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Investors in solar energy expected to snub Ontario after Ford's new policies

  20-06-2018 22:18
  Solar industry participants say they expect more investment to flow to Alberta and the United States in the wake of premier-elect Doug Ford's vow to axe Ontario's cap-and-trade system and the Green Ontario Fund consumer rebate program it fuels.
  
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• OPP release dash-cam footage of a driver wanted in the violent hit-and-run of a cyclist on the QEW on-ramp at Huron… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 22:16 via twitter.com
  OPP release dash-cam footage of a driver wanted in the violent hit-and-run of a cyclist on the QEW on-ramp at Huron… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police release image of van used in abduction of Jammar Allison from Etobicoke

  20-06-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police have released a photo of a van that's believed to have been used in the abduction of Jammar Allison, 26, earlier this month.
  
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• Will Doug Ford change how Ontarians buy legal marijuana? @CityCynthia ow.ly/rJVr30kAJVV

  20-06-2018 22:06 via twitter.com
  Will Doug Ford change how Ontarians buy legal marijuana? @CityCynthia ow.ly/rJVr30kAJVV
  
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• Defenceman Carrick and goalie Pickard sign one-year deal with Maple Leafs

  20-06-2018 22:00
  The Toronto Maple Leafs signed defenceman Connor Carrick and goalie Calvin Pickard to one-year contracts on Wednesday.
  
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• Ghost ride held for cyclist struck and killed in Annex

  20-06-2018 21:48
  A ghost bike memorial is being held today for a 58-year-old female cyclist who was killed after she was struck by a truck in downtown Toronto last week.
  
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• Jury recommends sweeping changes after inquest into homeless man's death in shack fire

  20-06-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  A jury has had handed down dozens of recommendations after a coroner's inquest into the death Grant Faulkner. The 49-year-old homeless man died after a propane stove caught fire and destroyed his wooden shack during a freezing winter night.
  
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• 'Someone was killed here': Cyclists turn out for emotional ghost bike ride for Dalia Chako

  20-06-2018 20:58 via cbc.ca
  For the third time in less than a week, Toronto cyclists took to the streets Wednesday evening for a memorial ghost bike ride in honour of Dalia Chako, the 58-year-old woman killed last while riding in the Bloor Street bike lane near the Annex.
  
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• 'Someone was killed here': Cyclists prepare for emotional ghost bike ride for Dalia Chako

  20-06-2018 20:58 via cbc.ca
  Toronto cyclists will take to the streets Wednesday evening for a memorial ghost bike ride in honour of Dalia Chako, the 58-year-old woman killed last while riding in the Bloor Street bike lane near the Annex.
  
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• Inquiry into homeless man's death finds more social services needed

  20-06-2018 20:39
  An inquest examining the systemic factors that caused a homeless man to die in a fire while seeking shelter from the cold has recommended social supports be more accessible to those in need.
  
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• Renata Ford, Rob Ford's widow, gets 3 years probation in impaired driving case

  20-06-2018 20:17 via cbc.ca
  The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been given a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to impaired driving on Wednesday.
  
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• Dental patients of local Orillia clinic could have contracted HIV, hep B and C, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 20:02 via twitter.com
  Dental patients of local Orillia clinic could have contracted HIV, hep B and C, Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• UPDATE: Trump says he'll sign executive order to end separating detained children from families… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 20:01 via twitter.com
  UPDATE: Trump says he'll sign executive order to end separating detained children from families… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The Trump administration has set up at least three “tender age” shelters where it can lock up babies and other youn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 19:57 via twitter.com
  The Trump administration has set up at least three “tender age” shelters where it can lock up babies and other youn… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police laid nearly 700 charges against truckers after day-long Ontario safety blitz

  20-06-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario Provincial Police laid 697 charges against commercial drivers and took 63 transports trucks off the road during Operation Corridor, a 24-hour safety blitz conducted last week.
  
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• Questions swirl around Ontario's pot plans as Doug Ford prepares to take power

  20-06-2018 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's plans to sell pot through a provincially-controlled monopoly are still moving ahead, but Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives are opening the door to changes once they form government next week.
  
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• Several #Toronto community agencies & organizations gathered Wednesday to mark #WorldRefugeeDay with a walk through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 19:04 via twitter.com
  Several #Toronto community agencies & organizations gathered Wednesday to mark #WorldRefugeeDay with a walk through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Darlington nuclear reactor to produce isotope used for medical imaging ow.ly/ZteA30kAuSx https://t.co/eOnQIuQ1zS

  20-06-2018 18:36 via twitter.com
  
  Darlington nuclear reactor to produce isotope used for medical imaging ow.ly/ZteA30kAuSx https://t.co/eOnQIuQ1zS
  
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• #BREAKING: Trump says he'll be 'signing something' on detained children

  20-06-2018 18:23 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Trump says he'll be 'signing something' on detained children
  
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• Two people tested positive for hepatitis C after dentist visit in Orillia, Ont.

  20-06-2018 18:10
  Public health officials in Orillia, Ont., are recommending patients of a local dental clinic get checked for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after two people tested positive for one of the viruses.
  
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• Police Chief says gun violence increase in Toronto is not 'catastrophic'

  20-06-2018 18:07
  Chief Mark Saunders weighed in on the city’s recent spate of gun violence Wednesday and suggested that the situation is not out of line with a city of Toronto’s size.
  
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• Ontario's Darlington nuclear reactor to produce isotope used for medical imaging

  20-06-2018 17:53 via cbc.ca
  A subsidiary of Ontario Power Generation is partnering with U.S.-based BWX Technologies to help produce radioactive isotopes used to diagnose such conditions as cancer and heart disease.
  
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• “What’s going on in the Unites States is wrong” Justin Trudeau condemns U.S. child migrant separation policy – Full… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  “What’s going on in the Unites States is wrong” Justin Trudeau condemns U.S. child migrant separation policy – Full… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Brampton man, 24, surrenders to police after alleged attack caught on video ow.ly/5jpD30kAqXm https://t.co/ZVCtUJQMaf

  20-06-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  
  Brampton man, 24, surrenders to police after alleged attack caught on video ow.ly/5jpD30kAqXm https://t.co/ZVCtUJQMaf
  
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• Brampton man turns himself in after violent attack on woman caught on video

  20-06-2018 17:40 via cbc.ca
  A Brampton man is facing three charges, including sexual assault, after a woman was violently accosted in front of a child outside a convenience store earlier this month.
  
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• Pot will soon be legal and Canadians will be able to buy and use recreational marijuana by mid-September. What do y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 17:27 via twitter.com
  Pot will soon be legal and Canadians will be able to buy and use recreational marijuana by mid-September. What do y… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Suspect called woman more than 200 times, posted intimate photo of her online: police

  20-06-2018 17:24
  Police in Toronto are searching for a suspect after a woman reported that an intimate photo of her was posted online, following months of harassment by a man .
  
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• Trudeau calls U.S. child migrant policy 'wrong'

  20-06-2018 17:18
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the U.S. policy of separating child migrants from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border and detaining them, is "unacceptable."
  
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• Marijuana will be legal in Canada as of Oct. 17, Trudeau says

  20-06-2018 17:15
  Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana as of Oct. 17 -- one month later than expected.
  
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• Marijuana still illegal for now, as is drug-impaired driving, Justice Minister says

  20-06-2018 17:15
  The federal government is basking in the glow of its newly realized plan to legalize marijuana, but it is reminding Canadians that pot remains illegal in this country until the Cannabis Act goes into effect.
  
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• Trudeau says separating families at U.S.-Mexico border is 'wrong' ow.ly/OB5f30kAnEQ https://t.co/Bl8ZB9zidW

  20-06-2018 17:09 via twitter.com
  
  Trudeau says separating families at U.S.-Mexico border is 'wrong' ow.ly/OB5f30kAnEQ https://t.co/Bl8ZB9zidW
  
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• Charges laid after woman sexually assaulted in front of child in Brampton

  20-06-2018 17:07
  A 24-year-old male is facing charges after he allegedly followed, harassed and sexually assaulted a woman who was walking with a child in Brampton earlier this month.
  
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• Trudeau says pot will be legal as of Oct. 17, 2018

  20-06-2018 16:48 via cbc.ca
  The Senate has passed the contentious bill to legalize cannabis, but Canadians cannot legally light up for several weeks to give provinces time to set up a retail regime, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould warned today.
  
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• Canadians can't light up yet, justice minister warns after 'historic' bill to legalize pot passes

  20-06-2018 16:48 via cbc.ca
  The Senate has passed the contentious bill to legalize cannabis, but Canadians cannot legally light up for several weeks to give provinces time to set up a retail regime, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould warned today.
  
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• Willowdale Councillor John Filion calling it quits ahead of Toronto election

  20-06-2018 16:45 via cbc.ca
  Willowdale Coun. John Filion is retiring ahead of this fall’s municipal election, leaving a seat vacant in one of Toronto's fastest growing neighbourhoods.
  
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• Renata Ford says she wants to 'start a new life' with kids after impaired driving conviction

  20-06-2018 16:00
  The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has avoided jail time but will serve three years of probation after she pleaded guilty a 2016 impaired driving charge.
  
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• Renata Ford handed 3 years probation, 2 year driving ban for impaired driving case

  20-06-2018 16:00
  The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has avoided jail time but will serve three years of probation after she pleaded guilty a 2016 impaired driving charge.
  
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• Renata Ford due in court today on impaired driving charge

  20-06-2018 16:00
  The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford is set to appear in court today on charges of impaired driving.
  
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• Nearly 700 charges laid against truckers on Ontario roads in 24-hour period

  20-06-2018 15:49
  Provincial police say they laid nearly 700 charges against transport truck drivers during a day-long blitz on Ontario's roads last week.
  
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• Marijuana to be legal by mid-September after legalization bill passed

  20-06-2018 15:12
  Canadians will be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana by mid-September at the latest after the Senate voted Tuesday to lift almost a century-old prohibition on cannabis.
  
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