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• 10 Toronto artificial intelligence experts you should know - ITBusiness.ca

  10-12-2018 23:48
  10 Toronto artificial intelligence experts you should know  ITBusiness.caTechnicity 2018: Modernization through Innovation Twitter: @TechnicityTO · Artificial Intelligence is everywhere these days, with more and more businesses ...
  
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• Hamilton and Burlington mayors won't sacrifice greenbelt for Ford's open for business bill

  10-12-2018 23:46 via cbc.ca
  The mayors of both Hamilton and Burlington say they're not interested in new "open for business" legislation if it means sacrificing land in Ontario's greenbelt.
  
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• This Toronto Neighbourhood Is Transforming Into A Santa Street For Christmas - Narcity

  10-12-2018 22:57
  This Toronto Neighbourhood Is Transforming Into A Santa Street For Christmas  NarcityWhen it comes to holiday decor, Toronto definitely takes the subject very seriously. From the massive Christmas trees found at both City Hall and inside the ...
  
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• Female pedestrian seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Scarborough

  10-12-2018 22:48
  A female pedestrian is being transported to a trauma centre after being struck by a vehicle in Scarborough Monday afternoon.
  
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• Mayor John Tory says Toronto should have say over pot shops - Toronto Star

  10-12-2018 22:46
  Mayor John Tory says Toronto should have say over pot shops  Toronto StarToronto council will debate on Thursday whether to opt out of provincial legislation permitting private cannabis stores to operate in the city beginning April 1.
  
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• Toronto’s Most Iconic Discount Store Is Making A Comeback And It’s Not Honest Ed’s - Narcity

  10-12-2018 22:32
  Toronto’s Most Iconic Discount Store Is Making A Comeback And It’s Not Honest Ed’s  NarcityPeople were devasted when Honest Ed's, Toronto's infamous discount store closed its doors on December 31st, 2016. As it turns out though, Honest Ed's wasn't ...
  
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• Postal workers delivering parcels 7 days a week ahead of Christmas, union says

  10-12-2018 22:30 via cbc.ca
  Postal workers in Canada are delivering parcels seven days a week to ensure they will be in time for the holidays, says Canada Post's largest union.
  
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• Minister appoints former CIRB chair to resolve Canada Post labour dispute

  10-12-2018 22:01
  Two weeks after the federal government legislated an end to rotating strikes by Canada Post employees, it's appointed a mediator to bring a final end to the labour dispute.
  
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• One person taken to hospital after rooming house fire in downtown Toronto - CTV News

  10-12-2018 21:56
  One person taken to hospital after rooming house fire in downtown Toronto  CTV NewsOne person has been taken to hospital in serious condition following a fire at a rooming house in the city's Church-Wellesley Village neighbourhood.
  
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• One person taken to hospital after rooming house fire in downtown Toronto

  10-12-2018 21:56
  One person has been taken to hospital in serious condition following a fire at a rooming house in the city’s Church-Wellesley Village neighbourhood.
  
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• Omar Khadr wants Canadian passport, permission to speak to sister

  10-12-2018 21:32
  Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr wants to be granted a Canadian passport to travel to Saudi Arabia and permission to speak to his controversial sister.
  
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• Rodney Stafford says daughter's killer transferred to medium-security prison

  10-12-2018 21:28
  Rodney Stafford says his daughter Victoria's killer Michael Rafferty has been transferred from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security penitentiary.
  
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• Goodale says he will 'examine' transfer of Rafferty to medium-security prison

  10-12-2018 21:28
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale says he will examine the transfer of Victoria Stafford's murderer Michael Rafferty from a maximum-security prison to a medium-security facility -- a review that will take place just weeks after Rafferty's accomplice Terri-Lynne McClintic went back to a prison from an Indigenous healing lodge.
  
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• Ariana Grande Just Added A New Toronto Date To Her Sweetener Tour - Narcity

  10-12-2018 21:27
  Ariana Grande Just Added A New Toronto Date To Her Sweetener Tour  NarcityDue to popular demand, Ariana Grande has announced some extra tour dates for her "Sweetener" tour and Toronto is one of them! The "thank u, next" superstar ...
  
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• 'Riley was a good kid' who was against violence, says uncle of slain teen

  10-12-2018 21:14 via cbc.ca
  An uncle of a 14-year-old boy whose body was found in a Mississauga park last Friday has described the teen as someone who would give the shirt off his back to a person in need.
  
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• Child-killer Michael Rafferty transferred to medium security

  10-12-2018 21:14 via cbc.ca
  Weeks after child killer Terri-Lynne McClintic was returned to prison after being transferred to an Indigenous healing lodge, news has emerged that her co-conspirator in the murder, Michael Rafferty, was transferred to a medium security prison in March.
  
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• Brothers charged with killing Mississauga teen had past trouble with law

  10-12-2018 21:14 via cbc.ca
  Two brothers accused of killing a 14-year-old boy in Mississauga have both had run-ins with the law in the past, court documents show.
  
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• Forget Frogmore Castle: Come back to Toronto Harry and Meghan! - Toronto Star

  10-12-2018 20:43
  Forget Frogmore Castle: Come back to Toronto Harry and Meghan!  Toronto StarToronto could shield the couple from the swirling toxic circus in London by nurturing their souls and giving them a geographical safe space, writes Vinay Menon.
  
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• Opinion | Forget Frogmore Castle: Come back to Toronto Harry and Meghan! - TheSpec.com

  10-12-2018 20:41
  Opinion | Forget Frogmore Castle: Come back to Toronto Harry and Meghan!  TheSpec.comToronto could shield the couple from the swirling toxic circus in London by nurturing their souls and giving them a geographical safe space, writes Vinay Menon.
  
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• Toronto needs new ways to get citizens involved in politics, says former councillor - CBC.ca

  10-12-2018 20:31
  Toronto needs new ways to get citizens involved in politics, says former councillor  CBC.caA special committee on governance to be formed this week should take a hard look at what other cities have done to encourage residents to get involved in ...
  
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• Toronto needs new ways to get citizens involved in politics, says former councillor

  10-12-2018 20:31 via cbc.ca
  A special committee on governance to be formed this week should take a hard look at what other cities have done to encourage residents to get involved in municipal politics, says a former city councillor.
  
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• 'You want to be precise': Cannabis experts on tackling weed-infused nibbles

  10-12-2018 20:11
  Gingerbread men are a seasonal staple but the spiced treats by Vanessa Labrecque this year will be special: They'll be infused with cannabis.
  
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• The 10 best Toronto albums of 2018 - NOW Magazine

  10-12-2018 20:04
  The 10 best Toronto albums of 2018  NOW MagazineWhat does Toronto sound like? This year's best local albums, as voted by NOW critics, offered many different ways to hear it.
  
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• There's a Santa Speedo Run happening in Toronto this weekend - Daily Hive

  10-12-2018 19:58
  There's a Santa Speedo Run happening in Toronto this weekend  Daily HiveEverybody's favourite non-running run returns this weekend, as the annual Santa Speedo Run takes the streets of Toronto for a good cause.
  
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• Police search for suspect after attempted abduction of girl in Clarington

  10-12-2018 19:56
  Police are searching for a suspect in connection with the attempted abduction of a 13-year-old girl who was out walking her dog Sunday afternoon in Courtice, a municipality within Clarington.
  
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• Business Report: TSX falls to lowest level in 2 years ow.ly/gnIK30mVV9S @eppman

  10-12-2018 19:43 via twitter.com
  Business Report: TSX falls to lowest level in 2 years ow.ly/gnIK30mVV9S @eppman
  
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• What is it about Santa that makes kids cry? This year's #BetterNotCry goes vintage. Dig out those family albums and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-12-2018 19:31 via twitter.com
  What is it about Santa that makes kids cry? This year's #BetterNotCry goes vintage. Dig out those family albums and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Brexit in turmoil as British PM Theresa May postpones Parliament vote on it ow.ly/8ryM30mVRdI

  10-12-2018 18:35 via twitter.com
  Brexit in turmoil as British PM Theresa May postpones Parliament vote on it ow.ly/8ryM30mVRdI
  
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• Hamilton police charge second suspect in stabbing death of 17-year-old

  10-12-2018 18:27
  A second suspect wanted for his alleged role in the death of a 17-year-old boy in Hamilton has surrendered to police.
  
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• Where should Torontonians be allowed to smoke weed? ow.ly/nJNi30mVQsc

  10-12-2018 18:24 via twitter.com
  Where should Torontonians be allowed to smoke weed? ow.ly/nJNi30mVQsc
  
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• Toronto designer shocked snowboard company selling no-slip mittens, after employee ordered her design to HQ - CBC News

  10-12-2018 18:20
  Toronto designer shocked snowboard company selling no-slip mittens, after employee ordered her design to HQ  CBC NewsA Toronto designer says a major snowboard company ordered a pair of her no-slip mittens for kids, then started selling a similar product the following year, ...
  
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• There's a giant miniature museum being built in the Toronto suburbs - CBC.ca

  10-12-2018 18:15
  There's a giant miniature museum being built in the Toronto suburbs  CBC.caHello! You're reading the CBC Arts newsletter, and if you like what you see, stick around! Sign up here, and every Sunday we'll send you a *fresh* email packed ...
  
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• Former defensive co-ordinator Corey Chamblin named head coach of Argos

  10-12-2018 18:14
  Corey Chamblin is the new head coach of the Toronto Argonauts.
  
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• 'Roma' named best picture by Toronto Film Critics Association

  10-12-2018 18:10
  The Toronto Film Critics Association has handed "Roma" two of its top prizes.
  
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• 2 GTA drivers with kids in their cars busted doing over 165 km/h, OPP says

  10-12-2018 17:59 via cbc.ca
  At least two Greater Toronto Area drivers charged with street racing on the weekend had children in their vehicles, the Ontario Provincial Police say.
  
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• Regan Lackner is an award-winning member of the Power Cheer Toronto ‘Stone Cold’ team. The cheerleader is our athle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-12-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  Regan Lackner is an award-winning member of the Power Cheer Toronto ‘Stone Cold’ team. The cheerleader is our athle… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 16 Super Cheap Hotel Deals You Can Get In Toronto Right Now - Narcity

  10-12-2018 17:16
  16 Super Cheap Hotel Deals You Can Get In Toronto Right Now  NarcityLive your BEST life at these boujee hotels in Toronto.
  
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• Black people 'grossly overrepresented' in violent police interactions, Ontario human rights report says

  10-12-2018 16:57 via cbc.ca
  A black person in Toronto is nearly 20 times more likely than a white person to be involved in a fatal police shooting, according to a new Ontario Human Rights Commission report on race and policing.
  
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• Blacks ‘grossly overrepresented,’ more likely to be hurt or killed by Toronto police, racial profiling report finds

  10-12-2018 16:40
  The findings in an interim report released Monday by the Ontario Human Rights Commission on racial profiling raise serious concerns about racial discrimination in use of force, the report says.
  
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• Toronto staff recommend allowing cannabis retail stores to operate in city - Global News

  10-12-2018 16:29
  Toronto staff recommend allowing cannabis retail stores to operate in city  Global NewsA report being considered by Toronto city council on Thursday says allowing cannabis retail stores to operate "would support the goals of preventing youth from ...
  
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• Toronto woman who lost boyfriend in Uber crash has warning for B.C. - Global News

  10-12-2018 16:27
  Toronto woman who lost boyfriend in Uber crash has warning for B.C.  Global NewsVancouver is currently the only major city in North America without ridesharing, and a Toronto woman who lost her boyfriend in an Uber crash says passenger ...
  
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• Black residents more likely to die during interactions with Toronto cops: report - CTV News

  10-12-2018 16:24
  Black residents more likely to die during interactions with Toronto cops: report  CTV NewsBlack people living in Toronto are far more likely to be injured or killed in interactions with city police, Ontario's Human Rights Commission said Monday as it ...
  
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• Black residents more likely to die during interactions with Toronto cops: report

  10-12-2018 16:24
  The Ontario Human Rights Commission says numbers uncovered during an inquiry into Toronto police suggests black city residents are right to be concerned about their interactions with the force's officers.
  
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• Canada and Ontario's Government for the People Support Revitalization of Toronto's Massey Hall - Government of Ontario News

  10-12-2018 16:18
  Canada and Ontario's Government for the People Support Revitalization of Toronto's Massey Hall  Government of Ontario NewsTORONTO—Canada and Ontario's Government for the People are supporting infrastructure investments to renovate and expand Canada's oldest concert hall, ...
  
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• Massive tuba ensemble blasts its way into record book - CityNews

  10-12-2018 16:16
  Massive tuba ensemble blasts its way into record book  CityNewsKANSAS CITY, Mo. — A massive tuba ensemble has smashed a Guinness World Record in Kansas City and spread some Christmas cheer. KSHB-TV reports ...
  
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• 9-year-old girl calls 911 after her mom tells her to clean her room: OPP

  10-12-2018 16:12 via cbc.ca
  Provincial police are asking caregivers to remind their children that 911 calls are for emergencies only after they say a 9-year-old called police because her mom told her to clean her room.
  
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• Teen found dead in Mississauga park ‘protected everybody’

  10-12-2018 15:47
  Riley Driver-Martin was a protector, the kind of person who always took care of others, his uncle said.
  
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• Mississauga students return to school after murder of 14-year-old classmate

  10-12-2018 15:47
  A Mississauga school is coming together to mourn the loss of 14-year-old boy whose life was cut short in an incident that’s left the community searching for answers.
  
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• GoFundMe page raising money for family of murdered Mississauga boy

  10-12-2018 15:36
  Three days after the brutal killing of Riley Driver-Martin, the family is struggling to pay for the child’s funeral, a family friend says.
  
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• 'THEY ARE HEROES': Toronto cops credited with saving life of stabbed girl, 13 - The Kingston Whig-Standard

  10-12-2018 15:30
  'THEY ARE HEROES': Toronto cops credited with saving life of stabbed girl, 13  The Kingston Whig-StandardTeenager Jessica's blood was splattered on the walls, floor and ceiling of a Scarborough apartment.It was Toronto Police officers from the Public Safety ...
  
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