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• Clients of closed Scarborough travel agency can seek compensation, regulator says

  11-07-2018 23:54
  Canadianfares Inc. closed its doors in mid-June, the Travel Industry Council of Ontario said Tuesday.
  
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• "A great day for Ontario" Premier Doug Ford comments on retirement of Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt - Watch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-07-2018 23:51 via twitter.com
  "A great day for Ontario" Premier Doug Ford comments on retirement of Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt - Watch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto man charged with child luring, sexual assault

  11-07-2018 23:11
  Police say they believe that there are other alleged victims of Suhail Shergill.
  
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• How do you feel about Ontario's decision to revert to the previous sex-ed curriculum, first set in 1998? ow.ly/kPDr30kUx6R

  11-07-2018 23:11 via twitter.com
  How do you feel about Ontario's decision to revert to the previous sex-ed curriculum, first set in 1998? ow.ly/kPDr30kUx6R
  
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• #MORE: According to Hydro One, Schmidt will receive a $400,000 lump sum payment in lieu of all post-retirement bene… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-07-2018 23:02 via twitter.com
  #MORE: According to Hydro One, Schmidt will receive a $400,000 lump sum payment in lieu of all post-retirement bene… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ground crew to blame for fiery plane collision at Pearson in January, TSB says

  11-07-2018 23:01 via cbc.ca
  A fiery collision earlier this year between two planes was the fault of the ground crew at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, according to a new report from the Transportation Safety Board.
  
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• Doug Ford's government strikes deal with Hydro One to force out CEO, board

  11-07-2018 23:00 via cbc.ca
  Hydro One's CEO is retiring as part of an agreement between the Ontario government and the utility company that will also see the replacement of the board.
  
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• CEO of Hydro One retiring, board of directors to be replaced

  11-07-2018 22:57
  Hydro One’s CEO and board are out after a mass resignation from the utility.
  
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• #BREAKING: Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt, dubbed the "$6-million man" by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, has announced his… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-07-2018 22:55 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt, dubbed the "$6-million man" by Ontario Premier Doug Ford, has announced his… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Premier Doug Ford to speak from outside his office at Queen's Park - WATCH LIVE: ow.ly/h6r630kUvdo #ONpoli https://t.co/td8xXW9gFY

  11-07-2018 22:43 via twitter.com
  
  Premier Doug Ford to speak from outside his office at Queen's Park - WATCH LIVE: ow.ly/h6r630kUvdo #ONpoli https://t.co/td8xXW9gFY
  
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• 'I don't care where I play': Leafs' Kadri has no problem with potential demotion to Tavares

  11-07-2018 22:22
  Nazem Kadri has always seen himself as a No. 1 centre, but he'd have no problem being No. 3 on the Toronto Maple Leafs' depth chart this season after the addition of John Tavares.
  
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• For some Toronto fans, now is the perfect time for Drake's 'In My Feelings' viral dance challenge

  11-07-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  A Drake dance challenge has been making the rounds on social media after the rapper released his new album, Scorpion.
  
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• Five injured after dog attacks senior couple on Mississauga school grounds

  11-07-2018 21:49
  Men and women at a football team practice intervened after a dog “viciously” attacked a senior couple at John Fraser Secondary School in Mississauga Tuesday evening.
  
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• Ford government's plan to cancel wind project could cost taxpayers over $100M, company warns

  11-07-2018 21:43 via cbc.ca
  A wind power company is warning the provincial government's plan to scrap a project that has been in development for over a decade could cost over $100 million.
  
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• Bank employee charged with child luring, sexual assault

  11-07-2018 21:19
  A Scotiabank employee whose online profile identifies him as a technology director has been charged by Toronto Police after a teenage girl was lured through social media and sexually assaulted.
  
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• Ontario teen makes 'buy Canadian' list in response to Trump trade tariffs

  11-07-2018 21:15 via cbc.ca
  Just a few weeks ago Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland was in Hamilton announcing a plan to help out Canadian industries hurt by new trade tariffs imposed by U.S. president Donald Trump. But that may mean a lot less to Canadians than the list being put together by an Ontario teen.
  
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• Chad Sanders promoted to general manager of Raptors 905

  11-07-2018 21:07
  Chad Sanders has been promoted to general manager of Raptors 905, the Toronto Raptors' G-League affiliate.
  
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• Man stabbed after intervening in dispute over dog in Oshawa, Durham police say

  11-07-2018 21:02
  Police say a 24-year-old Whitby man is charged with aggravated assault, assault with a weapon and breach of recognizance.
  
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• Police have identified the car involved in the shooting death of Karim Hirani over the weekend and there’s an unusu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-07-2018 20:56 via twitter.com
  Police have identified the car involved in the shooting death of Karim Hirani over the weekend and there’s an unusu… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police release surveillance footage of suspect in North York shooting

  11-07-2018 20:55
  Footage of the man suspected of shooting 25-year-old Karim Hirani in the early hours of July 8 was released by Toronto police on Wednesday.
  
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• 23-storey mural transforms downtown student residence

  11-07-2018 20:46 via cbc.ca
  A 23-storey mural, set to be completed July 19, has transformed the side of a student residence at Jarvis and Carlton streets.
  
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• Police say the victim was “an innocent bystander” in dispute over dog. READ MORE: ow.ly/CvDP30kUmeM

  11-07-2018 20:16 via twitter.com
  Police say the victim was “an innocent bystander” in dispute over dog. READ MORE: ow.ly/CvDP30kUmeM
  
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• Police release 3D rendering of man whose body was found in 2013

  11-07-2018 20:14
  Investigators say the remains may have been in the water for at least one year, if not longer. The advanced state of decomposition has made identifying the cause of death impossible.
  
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• Burlington woman wins fight to save the weed that's home to endangered butterflies

  11-07-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  The Burlington resident has successfully lobbied the city to stop killing milkweed, because the plant is the only one in Canada on which the endangered monarch butterfly can lay its eggs.
  
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• Man charged after alleged sexual assaults at Richmond Hill home daycare

  11-07-2018 19:56
  A 23-year-old man who lived in a Richmond Hill home being used as a daycare is facing charges in a sexual assault investigation.
  
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• Rally held for man who died after encounter with police in Barrie

  11-07-2018 19:38
  Olando Brown went into medical distress after he was taken into custody by officers.
  
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• Canada-wide arrest warrant issued for teen allegedly linked to fatal Mississauga stabbing

  11-07-2018 19:25 via cbc.ca
  Peel homicide investigators have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a teen who they say was involved in the stabbing death of a 19-year-old man at a house party in Mississauga last May.
  
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• Cancelling eastern Ontario wind project could cost over $100M, company warns

  11-07-2018 19:17
  The president of a wind power company says cancelling an eastern Ontario project that has been under development for nearly a decade could cost more than $100 million.
  
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• Third teen wanted in fatal Mississauga stabbing may have fled the province: police

  11-07-2018 19:15
  A teen wanted in connection with a fatal stabbing at a Mississauga house party may have fled to Saskatchewan.
  
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• Ontario going back to old sex ed curriculum this fall, PCs say

  11-07-2018 19:05 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's education minister says the sex-ed curriculum taught to children in the coming school year will be an older version, not the controversial updated program brought in by the previous government.
  
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• Ontario going back to old sex-ed curriculum in fall, PCs say

  11-07-2018 19:05 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's education minister says the sex-ed curriculum taught to children in the coming school year will be an older version, not the controversial updated program brought in by the previous government.
  
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• Teen sought in Mississauga homicide may have fled to Saskatchewan, police say

  11-07-2018 19:02
  A 17-year-old boy is wanted in the death of Daniel Smith.
  
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• How will the key interest hike affect Canadians? ow.ly/rPwq30kUg7H

  11-07-2018 18:56 via twitter.com
  How will the key interest hike affect Canadians? ow.ly/rPwq30kUg7H
  
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• Ontario reverting to old sex-ed curriculum in fall, education minister says ow.ly/CvIE30kUfXQ #ONpoli https://t.co/WJcPTtdO2a

  11-07-2018 18:53 via twitter.com
  
  Ontario reverting to old sex-ed curriculum in fall, education minister says ow.ly/CvIE30kUfXQ #ONpoli https://t.co/WJcPTtdO2a
  
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• Toronto Marlies will soon play their home games at Coca-Cola Coliseum

  11-07-2018 18:50 via cbc.ca
  Yet another Toronto stadium is being renamed.
  
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• Ontario reverting to old sex-ed curriculum in the fall, education minister says

  11-07-2018 18:46
  Ontario's education minister says the sex-ed curriculum taught to children in the coming school year will be an older version, not the controversial updated program brought in by the previous government.
  
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• Case of tuberculosis confirmed at Durham high school

  11-07-2018 18:45
  Parents whose children attend O’Neill CVI in Oshawa say they received an email notice on Tuesday.
  
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• Milos Raonic's Wimbledon run ends in quarter-finals

  11-07-2018 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Milos Raonic's serve was good, but John Isner's was better. As a result, the Canadian's run at Wimbledon ended in the quarter-finals for the second year in a row. In a battle of two of the sport's top servers, No. 13 seed Raonic lost 6-7 (5), 7-6 (7), 6-4, 6-3 against No. 9 seed Isner of the U.S., on Wednesday.
  
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• Lamborghini driver facing 8 charges in fatal Richmond Hill crash

  11-07-2018 18:38 via cbc.ca
  A 39-year-old King City man faces eight charges, including one of manslaughter, for his role in a multi-vehicle car crash that killed a 32-year-old woman and left two people with serious injuries, York police said Wednesday.
  
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• Peel Regional Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for 17-year-old Terrence Warner, wanted in the stabbi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-07-2018 18:13 via twitter.com
  Peel Regional Police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for 17-year-old Terrence Warner, wanted in the stabbi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lamborghini driver charged with manslaughter in Richmond Hill collision in April

  11-07-2018 18:12
  The 39-year-old driver of a Lamborghini involved in a multi-vehicle collision in April is now facing 8 charges, including manslaughter.
  
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• Ikea Canada is recalling a water dispenser for pets after reports two dogs got their heads stuck in the dispenser’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-07-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  Ikea Canada is recalling a water dispenser for pets after reports two dogs got their heads stuck in the dispenser’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Lamborghini driver charged in fatal Richmond Hill crash ow.ly/jPXG30kUamN https://t.co/hXsLddOXcv

  11-07-2018 17:38 via twitter.com
  
  Lamborghini driver charged in fatal Richmond Hill crash ow.ly/jPXG30kUamN https://t.co/hXsLddOXcv
  
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• Ikea Canada recalls water dispenser for pets due to suffocation risk

  11-07-2018 17:32
  Ikea Canada is recalling a water dispenser for pets due to a risk of suffocation.
  
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• Veteran Tory legislator Ted Arnott wins Ontario speaker vote ow.ly/JluT30kU6EY #ONpoli https://t.co/MXAhttlY7I

  11-07-2018 16:57 via twitter.com
  
  Veteran Tory legislator Ted Arnott wins Ontario speaker vote ow.ly/JluT30kU6EY #ONpoli https://t.co/MXAhttlY7I
  
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• PC MPP Ted Arnott wins Ontario speaker vote as legislature resumes

  11-07-2018 16:51
  Ted Arnott, a veteran Progressive Conservative legislator, has been elected Speaker of the House for the Ontario legislature.
  
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• #BREAKING: Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott named new Speaker of the house, wins on first ballot #ONTpoli

  11-07-2018 16:43 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Wellington-Halton Hills MPP Ted Arnott named new Speaker of the house, wins on first ballot #ONTpoli
  
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• Rally planned today at Barrie police station for man who died following arrest

  11-07-2018 16:20
  The family of a man who died following an encounter with police in Barrie, Ont., will rally at the police station today.
  
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• Protesters rally at Barrie police station for man who died in custody

  11-07-2018 16:20
  The family of a man who died following an encounter with police in Barrie, Ont., will rally at the police station today.
  
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• Police to release images of suspect in deadly weekend shooting

  11-07-2018 16:18 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police are set to provide more details about the murder of 25-year old Karim Hirani on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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