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• Danforth memorial finds new home as critically-injured victim begins recovery

  13-08-2018 23:48
  A makeshift memorial for the victims of the Danforth shooting has been relocated after the Taste of the Danforth festival this past weekend.
  
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• Ontario asks federal government to foot $200M bill for asylum seekers

  13-08-2018 23:11
  Ontario is renewing its demand that the federal government foot the entire bill for services provided to thousands of irregular border crossers who are seeking asylum in the province.
  
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• Quebec replacement workers brought in for CNE setup, union says

  13-08-2018 22:47
  Exhibition Place board chair Councillor Mark Grimes says the workers will be supervised by knowledgeable CNE managers.
  
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• Union to 'vigorously' defend any teacher who defies province by teaching current sex-ed curriculum

  13-08-2018 22:44 via cbc.ca
  The union that represents Ontario elementary public school teachers vowed to "vigorously defend" any educator who uses the modernized sex-ed curriculum in the classroom this school year in defiance of the province's decision to impose an outdated version.
  
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• Richmond Hill’s decision to close its only permanent bocce facility is a ‘slap in the face’ to these regulars

  13-08-2018 22:28
  Richmond Hill is removing its only indoor permanent bocce facility in order to convert it into a new multi-purpose gymnasium.
  
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• Ontario to sell cannabis online, consult on private retail sales for 2019

  13-08-2018 22:26
  Recreational cannabis will be sold online in Ontario when legalized this fall and in private retail stores across the province early next year, the government announced Monday, reversing the previous administration's plan to distribute cannabis through publicly owned outlets.
  
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• Ontario to sell cannabis online, consult on private retail

  13-08-2018 22:26
  The provincial government has announced that as of Oct. 17, consumers over the age of 19 will be able to purchase cannabis using an online retail platform provided by the Ontario Cannabis Store.
  
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• Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott puts 3 overdose prevention sites on hold

  13-08-2018 21:48 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Minister of Health, Christine Elliott says the sites in Thunder Bay, St. Catharines and Toronto will be frozen as the province conducts a review of harm-reduction practices and determines if the sites "have merit."
  
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• Ruling against family charged with killing 13 horses in Stouffville delayed until September

  13-08-2018 21:47 via cbc.ca
  A ruling against the family accused of starving horses at a Whitchruch-Stouffville, Ont., farm has been put off until late September. Around 10 former neighbours are pleading with the court to punish the family to the full extent of the law.
  
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• Toronto's cube house needs a new home, after site sold to developers

  13-08-2018 21:31 via cbc.ca
  The land on which Toronto's quirky cube house sits may have been sold, but the fate of the structure itself remains unclear.
  
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• Ontario to allow private retailers to sell cannabis, province will handle online sales

  13-08-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's Progressive Conservative government announced today it will allow recreational pot to be sold in retail stores while the province will handle online sales.
  
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• After closed door meeting, Ontario PC government to make announcement

  13-08-2018 21:30 via cbc.ca
  The Ontario government will be making an official announcement at Queen's Park this afternoon.
  
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• Motorcyclist dead after collision with elderly driver in Vaughan

  13-08-2018 21:26
  Police say a 25-year-old man is dead and a 70-year-old woman is injured after a collision in Vaughan, Ont., on Friday.
  
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• “I’m looking at all of the evidence:” Opening of 3 new safe injection sites being "paused" while review conducted,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  “I’m looking at all of the evidence:” Opening of 3 new safe injection sites being "paused" while review conducted,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Federal task force on illegal border crossings to get new leader

  13-08-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  The federal task force managing the government's response to the spike in the number of migrants crossing the border into Canada illegally is getting a new leader.
  
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• Locked out stagehands rally at city hall, other unions show support

  13-08-2018 20:58 via cbc.ca
  More than 200 unionized stagehands locked out of Exhibition Place rallied at Toronto city hall on Monday to put pressure on the city to negotiate.
  
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• The union representing stagehands locked out by Exhibition Place says it plans to picket outside the CNE when it op… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 20:24 via twitter.com
  The union representing stagehands locked out by Exhibition Place says it plans to picket outside the CNE when it op… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• City councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker says he will not run for re-election

  13-08-2018 20:13
  Long-time city councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker has announced that he will not be running for re-election, citing the difficulties of running a campaign amid a drastic eleventh hour boundary change by the province.
  
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• What are your thoughts on the province's decision to pause the opening of three new safe injection sites? Tweet us… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 19:57 via twitter.com
  What are your thoughts on the province's decision to pause the opening of three new safe injection sites? Tweet us… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Convenience store clerk leaps over counter to fight off 2 shotgun-toting robbers

  13-08-2018 19:57 via cbc.ca
  When two masked men burst into a Cannon Street convenience store Friday morning, the clerk didn't hesitate — he leapt over the counter and fought them off.
  
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• Glenn De Baeremaeker bows out of Toronto election, saying a win is a 'long shot' with fewer wards

  13-08-2018 19:55 via cbc.ca
  Glenn De Baeremaeker, the veteran Scarborough councillor, says he won’t run in the upcoming election because the redrawn ward boundaries would make a win unlikely.
  
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• Ontario’s health minister says the province will hold off on opening three new overdose-prevention sites intended t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 19:46 via twitter.com
  Ontario’s health minister says the province will hold off on opening three new overdose-prevention sites intended t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ward 38 Councillor and deputy mayor for Scarborough Glenn De Baeremaeker announced Monday that he will not be runni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 19:41 via twitter.com
  Ward 38 Councillor and deputy mayor for Scarborough Glenn De Baeremaeker announced Monday that he will not be runni… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 'History matters': Ontario requested Macdonald statue from Victoria, B.C. ow.ly/ekEy30lo0WQ https://t.co/5CqxSg4E2I

  13-08-2018 19:18 via twitter.com
  
  'History matters': Ontario requested Macdonald statue from Victoria, B.C. ow.ly/ekEy30lo0WQ https://t.co/5CqxSg4E2I
  
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• Mohamed Hamza plays for the Grandravine Tornadoes Special Needs team. His coach says when he plays he has a “smile… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Mohamed Hamza plays for the Grandravine Tornadoes Special Needs team. His coach says when he plays he has a “smile… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario government wants torn-down statue of Sir John A. Macdonald

  13-08-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Ontario’s tourism minister says the province would be happy to provide a new home for the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald that was torn down in Victoria.
  
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• Ontario government wants statue of Sir John A. Macdonald that Victoria has put into storage

  13-08-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's tourism minister says her government would be happy to provide a new home for the statue of Sir John A. Macdonald that was taken down in Victoria, even though there is already a large statue of Macdonald directly in front of Queen's Park.
  
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• Ontario forest fire in cottage country hasn't grown in about a week, officials say

  13-08-2018 18:44
  Officials say a large forest fire burning in northeastern Ontario has successfully been contained for nearly a week, allowing area residents to return to their homes.
  
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• Man charged in Tess Richey's murder denied bail ow.ly/6pca30lnYHe https://t.co/RSvRvggzTP

  13-08-2018 18:37 via twitter.com
  
  Man charged in Tess Richey's murder denied bail ow.ly/6pca30lnYHe https://t.co/RSvRvggzTP
  
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• Ontario pauses opening of overdose-prevention sites to conduct review

  13-08-2018 18:15
  Ontario's health minister says the province will hold off on opening three new overdose-prevention sites intended to help fight the opioid crisis.
  
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• This Syrian immigrant pulled a baby from a Hamilton roof. His dad says it’s not the first time he’s saved a child’s life

  13-08-2018 17:46
  Eighteen-year-old Khalid Tabateb has been widely hailed as a “hero” after he was filmed rescuing a baby who wandered onto a roof in Hamilton.
  
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• Kalen Schlatter, accused in death of Tess Richey, denied bail

  13-08-2018 17:14
  Richey, 22, was reported missing on Nov. 25 after a night out with a friend in Toronto’s Church and Wellesley neighbourhood and found dead four days later in a stairwell by her mother.
  
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• Sinorama Holidays ends operations in Ontario

  13-08-2018 17:13 via cbc.ca
  After losing its licence in Quebec, Sinorama Holidays Inc. travel agency has ended its operations in Ontario.
  
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• Out-of-province workers helping set up CNE amid lock-out, union says

  13-08-2018 17:10
  A union that represents locked out stagehand workers at Exhibition Place is raising concerns about the use of out-of province replacement workers to help set up for the annual Canadian National Exhibition.
  
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• Man charged with 1st-degree murder in Tess Richey's death denied bail

  13-08-2018 17:09 via cbc.ca
  A man accused of killing a young woman in Toronto's gay village last year has been denied bail.
  
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• Aretha Franklin is seriously ill: source

  13-08-2018 16:16
  Aretha Franklin is seriously ill, according to a person close to the singer.
  
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• Officers may face stress injuries after deaths of colleagues, experts say ow.ly/oZWj30lnJid https://t.co/1tLH0GnCZY

  13-08-2018 15:41 via twitter.com
  
  Officers may face stress injuries after deaths of colleagues, experts say ow.ly/oZWj30lnJid https://t.co/1tLH0GnCZY
  
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• Judge denies bail to man accused in murder of Tess Richey

  13-08-2018 15:40
  A 21-year-old man accused in the death of Tess Richey in 2017 was denied bail in a Toronto courtroom on Monday morning.
  
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• Out-of-province workers to help set up CNE as lockout continues ow.ly/n3sL30lnHe5 https://t.co/Kr9l29I2q4

  13-08-2018 15:18 via twitter.com
  
  Out-of-province workers to help set up CNE as lockout continues ow.ly/n3sL30lnHe5 https://t.co/Kr9l29I2q4
  
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• Three victims in hospital after shooting at Jane and Wilson gas station

  13-08-2018 14:39 via cbc.ca
  Three victims are in hospital after a shooting at a gas station at Jane and Wilson early Monday morning.
  
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• Prime minister to meet seniors, visit fair during visit to Prince Edward Island ow.ly/7gPt30lnEIM https://t.co/hVBjjANsj6

  13-08-2018 14:37 via twitter.com
  
  Prime minister to meet seniors, visit fair during visit to Prince Edward Island ow.ly/7gPt30lnEIM https://t.co/hVBjjANsj6
  
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• Head of union representing elementary teachers to provide 'guidance' on sex-ed curriculum

  13-08-2018 14:25
  The head of a union representing Ontario elementary school teachers is expected to respond to the provincial government’s decision to repeal the sex-ed curriculum today, just weeks before students return to the classroom.
  
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• Can having tattoos actually help you get a job? @richard680news has this and more on today's business report… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 13:59 via twitter.com
  Can having tattoos actually help you get a job? @richard680news has this and more on today's business report… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• One trillion litres of sewage leaked into Canadian lakes, rivers over last 5 years

  13-08-2018 13:57
  Last Wednesday, a team of people from the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper environmental group descended on the Toronto harbourfront looking for any signs the previous night's massive, flash-flood rainfall had caused the city's ancient combined sewer system to overflow into the lake.
  
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• Man charged in death of his father at Gravenhurst cottage, police say

  13-08-2018 13:53
  Provincial police say they have charged a 30-year-old man with second-degree murder in the death of his father.
  
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• Residents return to assess damage following Parry Sound 33 forest fire

  13-08-2018 13:14 via cbc.ca
  The forest fire situation across northeastern Ontario continues to improve, with some residents being allowed to return home and assess the damage to their properties.
  
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