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• Man dies after downtown Toronto stabbing, injured suspect arrested - Global News

  06-12-2018 23:52
  Man dies after downtown Toronto stabbing, injured suspect arrested  Global NewsPolice and paramedics were called to a home on George Street near Gerrard Street East at around 4:10 p.m. on Thursday where a man was found with critical ...
  
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• Doug Ford’s cuts to Toronto city council won’t save what he said they would - Toronto Star

  06-12-2018 23:47
  Doug Ford’s cuts to Toronto city council won’t save what he said they would  Toronto StarGiving half the councillors twice the work means expenses of the new council will be higher than those of its larger predecessor, Edward Keenan writes.
  
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• Ford government proposes increase in at-home, unlicensed daycare spaces

  06-12-2018 23:46 via cbc.ca
  Unlicensed and at-home childcare providers in Ontario may soon be able to care for more children, something the government says will make it easier for parents to find daycare spaces, but which the Opposition warns could put kids at risk.
  
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• At least 19 people died in November of suspected opioid overdoses in Toronto, paramedics say

  06-12-2018 23:39
  Paramedics reported 281 calls for suspected opioid overdoses in November in which people did not die. The preliminary number may underestimate the true number of overdoses because not all opioid overdoses result in a 911 call involving paramedics.
  
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• John Tory sits down for first meeting with Doug Ford following Toronto election | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  06-12-2018 23:12
  John Tory sits down for first meeting with Doug Ford following Toronto election | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.caFollowing a rollercoaster election, with the bulk of drama caused by the Doug Ford Government's cut to council, Mayor John Tory met with the premier.
  
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• Review: Toronto's Jesse Crowe finds strange peace on debut Praises album - NOW Magazine

  06-12-2018 23:06
  Review: Toronto's Jesse Crowe finds strange peace on debut Praises album  NOW MagazineAlbum review: In This Year: Ten Of Swords by Praises. The debut full-length solo album by Toronto's Jesse Crowe (also of Beliefs) is melancholic but also ...
  
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• Ford government's top political staff hold 'secretive' meeting with business leaders

  06-12-2018 23:06 via cbc.ca
  The top political aides for nearly every cabinet minister in the Ontario government and more than a dozen of Premier Doug Ford staff meet tonight with business leaders in an event that is being shielded from the public, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Police charge man, 22, with 2nd-degree murder after stabbing near Allan Gardens

  06-12-2018 22:56 via cbc.ca
  Police have charged a 22-year-old man with second-degree murder after a stabbing near Allan Gardens in downtown Toronto on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Man charged with second-degree murder in downtown double stabbing - CityNews

  06-12-2018 22:56
  Man charged with second-degree murder in downtown double stabbing  CityNewsOne victim was rushed to a trauma centre suffering life-threatening injuries.
  
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• 1 male dead, 1 in custody after stabbing near Allan Gardens

  06-12-2018 22:56 via cbc.ca
  A person has died after a stabbing near Allan Gardens in downtown Toronto on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• One man killed, suspect in custody following double stabbing downtown

  06-12-2018 22:48
  Toronto police say a man who was critically injured in a double stabbing in the downtown area on Thursday afternoon has succumbed to his injuries.
  
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• One man killed, suspect charged following double stabbing downtown

  06-12-2018 22:48
  A 35-year-old man is dead and another man has been charged with murder after both parties were stabbed downtown Thursday afternoon.
  
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• One man in life-threatening condition after double stabbing downtown

  06-12-2018 22:48
  Toronto police say a male is in critical condition and another person suffered serious injuries after a stabbing downtown on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• One male killed, suspect in custody following double stabbing downtown

  06-12-2018 22:48
  Toronto police say a male who was critically injured in a double stabbing in the downtown area on Thursday afternoon has succumbed to his injuries.
  
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• 2 students sent to hospital after eating pot-laced cookies at Oshawa school

  06-12-2018 22:47 via cbc.ca
  Police are warning parents and children about the dangers of under-age cannabis consumption after two students became ill from eating pot-laced cookies.
  
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• Letters to the Editor, Dec. 7 - Toronto Sun

  06-12-2018 22:42
  Letters to the Editor, Dec. 7  Toronto SunCANADIANS SHOULD SEND A MESSAGE TO GMSo GM is going to pack up and move production elsewhere. The only thing our various levels of government ...
  
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• Dad says teen daughter and others were hacked at Markham high school

  06-12-2018 22:36 via cbc.ca
  When Kirk Tobias's daughter logged onto her school's student portal one morning last month, she was greeted by an ominous note.
  
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• Surprise (not)! Cutting Toronto council in half produces no savings - Toronto Star

  06-12-2018 22:30
  Surprise (not)! Cutting Toronto council in half produces no savings  Toronto StarPremier Doug Ford's move was never about the money. It was always about score-settling with his political opponents at city hall.
  
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• Canadians begin getting emails from Marriott about recent personal data breach

  06-12-2018 22:27
  Canadians have started receiving emails from Marriott International, informing them of a recent breach of customers' personal data held by their Starwood hotel properties.
  
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• Police say two people have been seriously injured in a stabbing incident in the area of George Street and Gerrard Street East.

  06-12-2018 22:24 via twitter.com
  Police say two people have been seriously injured in a stabbing incident in the area of George Street and Gerrard Street East.
  
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• Raptors Star Jonas Valanciunas Is Hanging Out With Fans In Etobicoke This Saturday - Narcity

  06-12-2018 22:19
  Raptors Star Jonas Valanciunas Is Hanging Out With Fans In Etobicoke This Saturday  NarcityJonas Valanciunas - a.k.a. the Lithuanian legend - is making a special trip to Toronto's west end border city of Etobicoke this weekend. On Saturday, December ...
  
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• David Mulroney, a former Canadian ambassador to China, says that while he doesn’t want to overstate the possibility… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-12-2018 21:53 via twitter.com
  David Mulroney, a former Canadian ambassador to China, says that while he doesn’t want to overstate the possibility… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Oshawa students hospitalized after eating a parent's pot cookies without permission

  06-12-2018 21:48
  Two Oshawa students were hospitalized on Wednesday after becoming ill from eating cannabis-laced cookies at their high school.
  
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• Toronto just got a brand new Palm Beach-inspired lounge - Daily Hive

  06-12-2018 21:32
  Toronto just got a brand new Palm Beach-inspired lounge  Daily HiveCasa La Palma has arrived on Dundas Street West, above La Palma, and it's brought with it Palm Beach inspired style to Toronto.
  
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• Lockdown lifts at Toronto high schools hours after reports of former student with a gun - CBC.ca

  06-12-2018 21:06
  Lockdown lifts at Toronto high schools hours after reports of former student with a gun  CBC.caPolice have lifted an hours-long lockdown at two high schools in Toronto's High Park area on Thursday after reports of a person with a gun.
  
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• Kawhi Life with the Raptors: Maybe just roll the dice with Toronto - RaptorsHQ

  06-12-2018 20:30
  Kawhi Life with the Raptors: Maybe just roll the dice with Toronto  RaptorsHQThe Raptors keep winning, even as it feels like they're gambling on Kawhi Leonard's talent an awful lot. Still, there are worse things to bet on.
  
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• Ontario legislature taking winter break a week ahead of schedule

  06-12-2018 20:26
  Ontario's legislature is rising for its winter break today, a week earlier than scheduled.
  
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• MURDER RECORD CLIMBS: Downtown stabbing Toronto's 92nd murder of 2018 - Toronto Sun

  06-12-2018 20:20
  MURDER RECORD CLIMBS: Downtown stabbing Toronto's 92nd murder of 2018  Toronto SunOne man was stabbed to death and another is in custody with serious injuries after violence erupted in a home near Allan Gardens on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Lockdown lifts at Toronto high schools hours after reports of former student with a gun

  06-12-2018 20:16 via cbc.ca
  Police have lifted an hours-long lockdown at two high schools in Toronto's High Park area on Thursday after reports of a person with a gun.
  
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• Pride Toronto members demand leaders resign over deal to let uniformed police officers in parade - CBC.ca

  06-12-2018 20:14
  Pride Toronto members demand leaders resign over deal to let uniformed police officers in parade  CBC.caA number of Pride Toronto members say they've lost faith in the organization and are calling for its board and executive director to resign in the wake of a ...
  
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• Pride Toronto members demand leaders resign over deal to let uniformed police officers in parade

  06-12-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  A number of Pride Toronto members say they've lost faith in the organization and are calling for its board and executive director to resign in the wake of a raucous annual general meeting.
  
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• Man charged with drunk driving after going through coffee drive-thru

  06-12-2018 20:10
  Provincial police say a man looking for a caffeine infusion has been charged with drunk driving.
  
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• Foreign countries will try to twist Canadian opinion online in 2019, feds warn

  06-12-2018 20:07
  Foreign countries are very likely to try to advance their agendas in 2019 -- a general election year -- by manipulating Canadian opinion with malicious online activity, says the federal centre that monitors brewing cyberthreats.
  
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• More than three quarters of Canada's domestic homicide victims were women: report

  06-12-2018 20:03
  More than three quarters of Canada's domestic homicide victims were women, according to a new report released Thursday that said belonging to some specific demographic groups elevates the risk of a violent death even more.
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains are expect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-12-2018 19:45 via twitter.com
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains are expect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Full story: ow.ly/wWWB30mTn8h twitter.com/CityCynthia/st…

  06-12-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  Full story: ow.ly/wWWB30mTn8h twitter.com/CityCynthia/st…
  
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• The massacre would end up being the deadliest shooting incident in Canadian history. ow.ly/MlUU30mTn4n

  06-12-2018 19:29 via twitter.com
  The massacre would end up being the deadliest shooting incident in Canadian history. ow.ly/MlUU30mTn4n
  
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• Ford threatens walkout as provincial officials criticize agenda for first ministers conference

  06-12-2018 19:28 via cbc.ca
  As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the premiers of the provinces and territories gather for talks in Montreal, bickering over the meeting's agenda has escalated to the point where not all of the participants are sure they still want to be there.
  
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• Celebrate Hanukkah and Christmastime in Toronto this weekend - CityNews Toronto

  06-12-2018 19:24
  Celebrate Hanukkah and Christmastime in Toronto this weekend  CityNews TorontoDecember is the best time of the year, in this writer's opinion. Once you put aside the commercial element of the holiday, the season is all about positivity and ...
  
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• Ontario's legislature is rising for its winter break a week earlier than scheduled. The recess comes as the governm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-12-2018 19:20 via twitter.com
  Ontario's legislature is rising for its winter break a week earlier than scheduled. The recess comes as the governm… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• MUJI might be bringing a new grocery store to Toronto - Daily Hive

  06-12-2018 18:41
  MUJI might be bringing a new grocery store to Toronto  Daily HiveApparently, a 19110-sq-ft flagship store simply isn't enough. It looks like there's a chance Toronto will soon see a grocery store by MUJI, too.
  
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• Premier Doug Ford, who is about to travel to Montreal to meet with @JustinTrudeau & the premiers at First Minister’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  06-12-2018 18:37 via twitter.com
  Premier Doug Ford, who is about to travel to Montreal to meet with @JustinTrudeau & the premiers at First Minister’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #Leakylid: Not everyone is happy with Tim Hortons’ new lids - CityNews

  06-12-2018 18:06
  #Leakylid: Not everyone is happy with Tim Hortons’ new lids  CityNewsTim Hortons has unveiled new lids for its coffee cups but it is not going over well with everyone who religiously have their Timmies every day. Some people on ...
  
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• Two High Park area schools on lockdown while police investigate gun call

  06-12-2018 18:05
  Tactical officers are conducting a thorough search of a school near High Park this afternoon after police say witnesses reported seeing a former student with a firearm inside the school.
  
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