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• Shawn Mendes wholeheartedly embraces MMVAs, host Awkwafina stays humble

  26-08-2018 23:45
  Shawn Mendes charmed nearly every corner of the iHeartRadio MMVAs on Sunday, picking up a number of awards - including one that wasn't his own.
  
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• Shawn Mendes, 5 Seconds of Summer, 98 Degrees to entertain at iHeartRadio MMVAs

  26-08-2018 23:45
  Male heartthrobs will be in heavy supply at the iHeartRadio MMVAs tonight.
  
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• TTC launches 'Hop On-Hop Off' program for Presto card users

  26-08-2018 23:23 via cbc.ca
  TTC riders paying with Presto cards can now make short return trips or transfer between the bus, streetcar or subway within a two-hour period of time without having to pay an extra fare.
  
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• Toronto police concerned about increased capacity at Rebel nightclub

  26-08-2018 23:20
  Police say they weren’t notified of a recent decision that allows Rebel to increase its capacity. The decision follows overdoses and shootings in or near the club in recent years.
  
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• Police investigating death of Mississauga man pulled from lake in South Huron, Ont.

  26-08-2018 23:03 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a man died in Lake Huron on Saturday evening.
  
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• Canada's NAFTA waiting game enters new week as US and Mexico work on differences. READ MORE: ow.ly/lZtO30lyTdG

  26-08-2018 22:52 via twitter.com
  Canada's NAFTA waiting game enters new week as US and Mexico work on differences. READ MORE: ow.ly/lZtO30lyTdG
  
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• Brooke Henderson becomes 1st Canadian woman in 45 years to win national golf title

  26-08-2018 22:24 via cbc.ca
  Brooke Henderson on Sunday became the first Canadian woman in 45 years and only second ever in tournament history to capture the CP Women's Open after shooting a 7-under par 65 in Regina.
  
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• Brooke Henderson 1st Canadian woman in 45 years to win national golf title

  26-08-2018 22:24 via cbc.ca
  Brooke Henderson on Sunday became the first Canadian woman in 45 years and only second ever in tournament history to capture the CP Women's Open after shooting a 7-under par 65 in Regina.
  
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• #BREAKING: Brooke Henderson has become the youngest Canadian to win the CP Women's Open. The 20-year-old from Smith… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 22:24 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Brooke Henderson has become the youngest Canadian to win the CP Women's Open. The 20-year-old from Smith… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Heat warning issued for Toronto, GTA

  26-08-2018 22:11
  A heat warning is now in effect for Toronto and most of the GTA, with several days of sweltering temperatures in the forecast.
  
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• Police investigating apparent drowning of Mississauga man in South Huron. READ MORE: ow.ly/LBuq30lySh0

  26-08-2018 22:03 via twitter.com
  Police investigating apparent drowning of Mississauga man in South Huron. READ MORE: ow.ly/LBuq30lySh0
  
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• Ryerson University welcomes 1st-year students on Move-In Day

  26-08-2018 21:37 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of eager first-year Ryerson University students moved into campus residences Sunday.
  
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• Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Toronto and parts of the GTA as hot and humid conditions are expec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 21:28 via twitter.com
  Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for Toronto and parts of the GTA as hot and humid conditions are expec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #UPDATE: Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reports "multiple fatalities" in shooting at riverfront mall. twitter.com/CityNews/statu…

  26-08-2018 20:55 via twitter.com
  #UPDATE:Jacksonville Sheriff's Office reports "multiple fatalities" in shooting at riverfront mall.twitter.com/CityNews/statu…
  
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• Mississauga man dies after being pulled from Lake Huron

  26-08-2018 20:43
  The man had been swimming with friends and family in Lake Huron Saturday evening when he slipped under the water, police said.
  
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• #BREAKING: Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says multiple people have been shot at a video game tournament at a popula… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 20:37 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office says multiple people have been shot at a video game tournament at a popula… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Planned negotiations called off as Exhibition Place lockout continues

  26-08-2018 20:26
  Talks between Exhibition place and a union representing nearly 400 locked out stagehands and technical workers have been called off for today and it is unclear when the sides will get back to the table.
  
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• Blue Jays' Josh Donaldson says trade not imminent

  26-08-2018 20:09 via cbc.ca
  Blue Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson had his locker in Toronto's clubhouse at Rogers Centre cleaned out on Saturday but he insists it's not because a trade is imminent.
  
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• Experts fear for Toronto’s long-term transit plans if province moves to upload parts TTC

  26-08-2018 19:49
  During the election campaign, the PCs floated the idea of the province taking ownership of the subway while leaving operation of its lines to the city’s transit agency.
  
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• Mississauga man dead after drowning in Lake Huron

  26-08-2018 18:46 via cbc.ca
  Huron County OPP is investigating after a 29-year-old Mississauga man died Sunday while swimming in Lake Huron.
  
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• Head of union representing locked out stagehands says they're angry talks with Exhibition Board scheduled for today… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 18:38 via twitter.com
  Head of union representing locked out stagehands says they're angry talks with Exhibition Board scheduled for today… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police search for man wanted in connection to fatal Scarborough assault

  26-08-2018 18:23 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police are searching for a man they say is wanted in connection to a fatal assault in Scarborough late last week.
  
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• Police identify suspect wanted in Scarborough homicide

  26-08-2018 18:20
  On Sunday, police said Garfield Chambers, 43, from Toronto is wanted for second-degree murder in connection with the death of 49-year-old Cecil Graham.
  
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• #MORE: Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits dominated Broadway for decades, has died a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 18:07 via twitter.com
  #MORE: Playwright Neil Simon, a master of comedy whose laugh-filled hits dominated Broadway for decades, has died a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Police identify suspect in Scarborough homicide

  26-08-2018 17:48
  Police have issued an arrest warrant in connection with the fatal beating of a 49-year-old man in Malvern on Friday afternoon.
  
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• #BREAKING: Neil Simon, the playwright behind comedic hits including "The Odd Couple" and "Plaza Suite," has died at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: Neil Simon, the playwright behind comedic hits including "The Odd Couple" and "Plaza Suite," has died at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto police say they are searching for a "violent and extremely dangerous" suspect in the murder of Cecil Graham… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 17:29 via twitter.com
  Toronto police say they are searching for a "violent and extremely dangerous" suspect in the murder of Cecil Graham… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto man in custody after weekend standoff in Thunder Bay, Ont.

  26-08-2018 16:10 via cbc.ca
  Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say a man from Toronto who was in a standoff with officers over the weekend has been taken into custody.
  
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• Residents of St. James Town high-rise to be allowed supervised access starting Monday

  26-08-2018 15:56
  Some 1,500 residents who were displaced by a six-alarm fire at a high-rise in St. James Town will be allowed to have supervised access to their units as of Monday but they are being warned to only take what is “urgent.”
  
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• Pope Francis spoke out about Ireland’s haunted history of forced adoptions during a prayer Sunday at the country’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 15:44 via twitter.com
  Pope Francis spoke out about Ireland’s haunted history of forced adoptions during a prayer Sunday at the country’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• If Toronto council is dysfunctional, don't blame the size — blame Giorgio Mammoliti

  26-08-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  The longtime councillor a master of sparking chaos at public meetings, Matt Elliott writes, but a series of factors may lead to the controversial councillor losing his seat in October's election.
  
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• ICYMI: Today marks the start of the TTC’s new hop-on, hop-off transfer for Presto card users ow.ly/uOBI30lyHk8 https://t.co/RpK2phcW9A

  26-08-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  
  ICYMI: Today marks the start of the TTC’s new hop-on, hop-off transfer for Presto card users ow.ly/uOBI30lyHk8 https://t.co/RpK2phcW9A
  
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• Family of nine displaced after fire breaks out at North York home

  26-08-2018 14:39
  Two families, including one with nine people, were forced from their North York home late Saturday night after a fire.
  
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• Woman dead, daughter critically injured after car crash in Oshawa

  26-08-2018 14:32
  A Richmond Hill woman died at a local hospital. Her 3-year-old daughter has life-threatening injuries and was rushed to the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
  
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• A nearly month long search for a missing Manitoba hiker in the Bavarian Alps has ended in tragedy following reports… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 14:17 via twitter.com
  A nearly month long search for a missing Manitoba hiker in the Bavarian Alps has ended in tragedy following reports… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• John McCain remembered as 'friend of Canada,' advocate for expanded NAFTA

  26-08-2018 13:52
  John McCain, an avowed free-trader and longtime supporter of expanding the North American Free Trade Agreement, was remembered by Canadian politicians as a friend to Canada who reached across political boundaries to do what he felt was right.
  
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• There was no winning ticket sold for the $30 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guara… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 13:35 via twitter.com
  There was no winning ticket sold for the $30 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guara… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #TTC: There is no service between Sheppard West and Lawrence West stations on Line 1 today due to signal upgrades.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 13:18 via twitter.com
  #TTC: There is no service between Sheppard West and Lawrence West stations on Line 1 today due to signal upgrades.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A 43-year-old Richmond Hill woman is dead and her 3-year-old daughter is in life-threatening condition following a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 13:13 via twitter.com
  A 43-year-old Richmond Hill woman is dead and her 3-year-old daughter is in life-threatening condition following a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Woman dead, 3-year-old daughter critically injured in multi-vehicle crash in Oshawa

  26-08-2018 12:58 via cbc.ca
  A 43-year-old woman is dead and her three-year-old daughter is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after a multi-vehicle crash in Oshawa on Saturday night, Durham police said.
  
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• Woman dead, three-year-old daughter fighting for life after Oshawa collision

  26-08-2018 12:43
  A 43-year-old Richmond Hill woman is dead and her three-year-old daughter is in critical condition after a suspected impaired driving crash in Oshawa late Saturday night.
  
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• How walking among graves changed a young Torontonian's view of the World Wars

  26-08-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Caroline Tolton, a history buff and high school student in North York, spent the last two weeks learning the personal side of the First and Second World Wars with 15 other students with the Beaverbrook Vimy Prize provided by the Vimy Foundation.
  
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• Sewage discharge in Niagara River "an environmental catastrophe," says NDP MPP

  26-08-2018 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A Niagara MPP is calling on the Ontario government to prevent sewage from flowing into the Niagara River after a water treatment facility in New York state released eight million gallons of wastewater and stormwater into the river earlier this week.
  
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• The big story on Bay Street this week was the cannabis companies, which saw stratospheric valuations in some cases.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 06:16 via twitter.com
  The big story on Bay Street this week was the cannabis companies, which saw stratospheric valuations in some cases.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hamilton photographer puts a face to people hurt by cancellation of Ontario’s basic income pilot project

  26-08-2018 06:00
  Jessie Golem has created a photo essay called Humans of Basic Income, shining a light on people like her who were negatively affected when the Ford government abruptly cancelled the basic income pilot program.
  
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• A Parkdale tenant says his landlord has failed to respond to requests to fix a leaky sink which has been flooding h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-08-2018 05:54 via twitter.com
  A Parkdale tenant says his landlord has failed to respond to requests to fix a leaky sink which has been flooding h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 6 people were taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle crash at Chinguacousy Road and Flowertown Avenue in Brampton ow.ly/zjtD30lyyOv

  26-08-2018 05:51 via twitter.com
  6 people were taken to hospital after a multi-vehicle crash at Chinguacousy Road and Flowertown Avenue in Brampton ow.ly/zjtD30lyyOv
  
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• North America’s first sex-doll brothel is opening in a strip mall in Toronto next month. ow.ly/L82r30lyxP4 @CityFaizaAmin

  26-08-2018 04:30 via twitter.com
  North America’s first sex-doll brothel is opening in a strip mall in Toronto next month. ow.ly/L82r30lyxP4 @CityFaizaAmin
  
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• Needing a win, TFC thumps Montreal 3-1 at home

  26-08-2018 04:23
  Sebastian Giovinco scored twice to help Toronto FC keep its slim playoff hopes alive with a 3-1 win over the rival Montreal Impact on Saturday night.
  
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