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• Hamilton lights its sign in support of Toronto after deadly shooting

  25-07-2018 23:52 via cbc.ca
  The city is lighting its Hamilton sign in solidarity with Toronto this week, and Hamilton's mayor says he'll reach out to John Tory to talk solutions to gun violence.
  
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• Ontario government legislates end to York University strike

  25-07-2018 23:47 via cbc.ca
  A bill was passed by Ontario's government, bringing York's nearly 5-month-long strike to an end.
  
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• Richard Kachkar, who was found not criminally responsible for killing a Toronto cop, gets conditional discharge

  25-07-2018 23:32
  In 2013, a jury decided Kachkar was in a psychotic state when, on Jan. 11, 2011, he stole a snow plow and hit Toronto police Sgt. Ryan Russell, who tried to intervene.
  
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• Proposal to study saltwater for public pools gets swamped by council

  25-07-2018 23:25 via cbc.ca
  Coun. Josh Matlow was pushing the city to consider switching from chlorine to saltwater pools - but Toronto council voted Wednesday against studying the plan, and provided no explanation.
  
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• Ontario passes back-to-work legislation, ends York University strike

  25-07-2018 23:20
  Students at York University will head back to class this fall after Ontario's government passed legislation Wednesday ending a nearly five-month-long strike.
  
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• Police investigate Molotov cocktail thrown at a convenience store in Bowmanville, Ont.

  25-07-2018 23:15
  Durham regional police say officers were called to a convenience store in Bowmanville, Ont., at about 4 a.m. to investigate a report someone had thrown a Molotov cocktail at the business.
  
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• Faisal Hussain, gunman in Danforth shooting rampage, killed himself: police source

  25-07-2018 23:14 via cbc.ca
  The gunman in Sunday's deadly attack on Danforth Avenue in Toronto died by suicide following an exchange of gunfire with officers, a police source tells CBC News.
  
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• Privileges reinstated for some TFC supporters as fire investigation continues

  25-07-2018 22:57
  Toronto FC reinstated the privileges of some of the team's supporter groups Wednesday ahead of the second leg of its Canadian Soccer Championship final with Ottawa Fury FC.
  
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• 'Bodies would pile up' if Ontario cuts funding to overdose prevention sites, nurse warns

  25-07-2018 22:56 via cbc.ca
  A Toronto registered nurse whose brother died of an overdose in an alley says "the bodies would pile up" if the Ontario government decides to cut funding to overdose prevention sites in the province after it conducts a review.
  
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• 'She isn't coming back': Community mourns loss of 2 young lives in Danforth shooting

  25-07-2018 22:42 via cbc.ca
  In the aftermath of Sunday's mass shooting on the Danforth, friends, family and mourners across the city are remembering Reese Fallon and Julianna Kozis for their grace, energy and light in the world.
  
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• Hedley fans consider impact of Jacob Hoggard sex-assault charges

  25-07-2018 22:32 via cbc.ca
  ​Their songs were the soundtrack to many fans' formative years, but as frontman Jacob Hoggard heads to court on sexual-assault charges, some Hedley followers are considering how the news impacts their devotion to the band.
  
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• Scarborough townhouse residents seek street parking because driveways too short

  25-07-2018 22:29
  ‘There’s literally not enough room to park a car,’ said Glenn De Baeremaeker, the local councillor.
  
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• Loblaw anticipates higher food prices due to U.S. trade war

  25-07-2018 22:29
  Canadians will likely have to pay more for certain food items soon as grocers grapple with the impact of new tariffs in an ongoing trade war and other pressures, said Loblaw Companies Ltd. CEO.
  
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• Councillors lunch at Danforth restaurant to show support for neighbourhood in mourning

  25-07-2018 22:07 via cbc.ca
  City councillors and members of the Greektown on the Danforth BIA dined at Mezes Restaurant on Danforth Avenue Wednesday to show their support for the community - following the mass shooting that killed two and injured 13 others on Sunday.
  
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• DeRozan says Ujiri didn't treat him with respect he deserved

  25-07-2018 22:02
  Former Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan says he doesn't feel like he was treated with the respect he deserved by president Masai Ujiri when he was dealt to the San Antonio Spurs last week in the trade that brought Kawhi Leonard to Toronto.
  
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• Cap-and-trade is over, Ontario PCs say as new legislation unveiled

  25-07-2018 21:54 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's environment minister is set to unveil legislation to end the province’s cap-and-trade program, claiming it will save the average family $260 per year.
  
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• Call for Toronto handgun ban after Danforth shooting reignites passionate gun control debate

  25-07-2018 21:46
  Gun rights advocates argue that turning Canada’s largest city into a handgun-free zone will do little to prevent the kind of violence the city saw in Greektown on Sunday.
  
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• Gun rights advocates react to Toronto's call for a handgun ban

  25-07-2018 21:25
  A call on the federal government to consider turning Canada's largest city into a handgun-free zone will do little to prevent the kind of senseless violence that saw a young woman and girl shot dead in Toronto's Greektown last weekend, gun rights advocates said on Wednesday.
  
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• Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ontario's Lieutenant Governor, visits memorial to victims of Danforth shooting… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 21:22 via twitter.com
  Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Ontario's Lieutenant Governor, visits memorial to victims of Danforth shooting… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario to introduce legislation on Wednesday to dismantle cap and trade

  25-07-2018 21:12
  Ontario's new Progressive Conservative government says it is introducing legislation today to dismantle the province's cap-and-trade system.
  
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• Trump was upset his wife's TV on Air Force One was tuned to CNN — and not Fox News Channel — the New York Times rep… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 21:04 via twitter.com
  Trump was upset his wife's TV on Air Force One was tuned to CNN — and not Fox News Channel — the New York Times rep… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• One injured after truck crashes into house on Roncesvalles Ave.

  25-07-2018 21:02
  The driver of the truck, a man in his 60s, has been taken to hospital in life-threatening condition.
  
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• Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government will introducing legislation to dismantle the province’s cap-and-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 21:01 via twitter.com
  Ontario’s new Progressive Conservative government will introducing legislation to dismantle the province’s cap-and-… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Charges against Hedley frontman revive questions over when, why police release mug shots

  25-07-2018 20:58
  The recent release of a stark mug shot featuring rock star Jacob Hoggard has raised questions about how Toronto police decide when and why to make public such images.
  
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• Update: Victim transported to hospital in late 50s with life-threatening injuries twitter.com/TPSOperations/…

  25-07-2018 20:43 via twitter.com
  Update: Victim transported to hospital in late 50s with life-threatening injuries twitter.com/TPSOperations/…
  
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• Man charged after seizure of 15,000 kg of illegal tobacco on Hwy. 401

  25-07-2018 20:36
  Provincial police say a Brampton, Ont., man is charged after officers seized about 15,000 kilograms of illegal tobacco during a traffic stop in eastern Ontario.
  
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• The release of a stark mug shot featuring rock star Jacob Hoggard has raised questions about how Toronto police dec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  The release of a stark mug shot featuring rock star Jacob Hoggard has raised questions about how Toronto police dec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MORE: Kachkar was found not criminally responsible in 2013 in the death of Sgt. Ryan Russell… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  #MORE: Kachkar was found not criminally responsible in 2013 in the death of Sgt. Ryan Russell… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Richard Kachkar granted conditional discharge: Ontario Review Board

  25-07-2018 20:31
  Richard Kachkar, the man found not criminally responsible for killing Sgt. Ryan Russell with a snowplow in 2011, has received a conditional discharge from the Ontario Review Board.
  
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• Man who fatally struck Toronto police officer with stolen snowplow gets conditional discharge

  25-07-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Richard Kachkar, who was found not criminally responsible for striking and killing a Toronto police officer with a stolen snowplow, has been granted a conditional discharge from a mental health facility.
  
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• Some Scarborough residents feeling ‘bullied’ over parking tickets, demand permit parking

  25-07-2018 19:34
  No permit parking applications have been accepted since 2009.
  
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• U.S. fast food brand Chick-fil-A announces plans for Canadian expansion

  25-07-2018 19:32 via cbc.ca
  A controversial fast food company that is known as much for its role in U.S. politics as it is for its chicken announced Wednesday that it will expand its Canadian presence over the next five years.
  
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• Blayne Lastman confirms he will enter Toronto mayoral race

  25-07-2018 18:52
  The son of former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman is entering the contest for the job his father once held.
  
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• Blayne Lastman confirms he will enter mayoral race Thursday

  25-07-2018 18:52
  The son of former Toronto mayor Mel Lastman is entering the contest for the job his father once held.
  
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• 'Wonderful angel': Markham girl killed in Danforth attack honoured by hometown

  25-07-2018 18:41
  Ten-year-old Julianna Kozis was a “beautiful, aspiring athlete” before she was shot and killed while dining with her family at a Danforth Avenue café.
  
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• Conservation area near Napanee expanding to protect endangered songbird

  25-07-2018 18:32
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it's expanding a conservation area in eastern Ontario to help protect an endangered songbird rarer than the panda.
  
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• “Julianna was a beautiful aspiring athlete," Markham Synchronized Swimming Club says in a statement. The 10-year-ol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  “Julianna was a beautiful aspiring athlete," Markham Synchronized Swimming Club says in a statement. The 10-year-ol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Parents warned that 'Cake' app is not appropriate for children

  25-07-2018 18:15
  The Canadian Centre for Child Protection says this cake isn't for kids.
  
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• Air Canada-led group seeks to buy Aeroplan with $2.25-billion offer

  25-07-2018 18:04
  Shares of Aimia Inc. surged as much as 44 per cent after a group led by Air Canada offered to buy its Aeroplan loyalty business in a deal valued at $2.25 billion, including points liabilities they would assume.
  
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• Cannabis legalization forces 14 RCMP sniffer dogs into early retirement ow.ly/N7NI30l7cqW https://t.co/WjcHM3dXGh

  25-07-2018 18:03 via twitter.com
  
  Cannabis legalization forces 14 RCMP sniffer dogs into early retirement ow.ly/N7NI30l7cqW https://t.co/WjcHM3dXGh
  
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• A year after Air Canada said it would part ways with the Aeroplan program, the Montreal-based airline is now offeri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 18:03 via twitter.com
  A year after Air Canada said it would part ways with the Aeroplan program, the Montreal-based airline is now offeri… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto councillor and TTC chair Josh Colle retiring from municipal politics

  25-07-2018 18:00
  City councillor and TTC Chair Josh Colle has announced that he will not seek reelection in the fall and will instead take a job in the private sector that will allow him to spend more time with his family.
  
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• Man shot and killed while driving on Islington Ave. in Etobicoke

  25-07-2018 17:54
  Victim pronounced dead at the scene near Islington Ave. and Finch Ave. W.
  
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• 1 man dead in shooting near Islington and Finch, police say

  25-07-2018 17:53 via cbc.ca
  One man has been pronounced dead in connection with a shooting near Islington Avenue and Finch Avenue west.
  
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• Man in his 20s dead after shooting near Islington and Finch ow.ly/rcQQ30l7bsF

  25-07-2018 17:51 via twitter.com
  Man in his 20s dead after shooting near Islington and Finch ow.ly/rcQQ30l7bsF
  
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• Male dead after daylight shooting in Toronto's Humber-Summit area

  25-07-2018 17:44
  A male is dead after he was shot while driving in the city's Humber-Summit neighbourhood.
  
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• Toronto Police say they are on scene in the area of Islington Avenue and Finch Avenue West where a male has been sh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-07-2018 17:25 via twitter.com
  Toronto Police say they are on scene in the area of Islington Avenue and Finch Avenue West where a male has been sh… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 2 Danforth shooting victims remain in critical condition, hospital says

  25-07-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Two people remain in critical condition at St. Michael’s following Sunday night’s mass shooting attack on the Danforth.
  
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• Ice cream truck driver dies after single-vehicle collision in Pickering

  25-07-2018 16:49
  The 51-year-old man from Richmond Hill died in hospital after his vehicle crashed in Pickering.
  
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• ‘No evidence’ to support claims that Daesh responsible for Danforth mass shooting, Toronto police chief says

  25-07-2018 16:41
  Faisal Hussain killed an 18-year-old woman, a 10-year-old girl and wounded 13 people aged 10 to 59.
  
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