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• ‘Exemplary’ U.S. citizen used NEXUS pass to smuggle 67 guns into Canada

  07-01-2019 23:49
  Michigan man Randy Jackson admitted to buying 67 handguns at various Michigan firearms dealers and smuggling them into Canada to be sold on the black market.
  
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• Two men charged with attempted murder after shooting in The Beaches

  07-01-2019 23:43
  Two men have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in the city’s east-end on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Distraction theft caught on camera: Duo appears to swipe laptop at busy restaurant

  07-01-2019 23:41
  A Toronto PhD student who had her laptop and permanent residency documents stolen from inside her bag in a crowded downtown restaurant on Saturday is issuing a warning, calling the theft a “professional job.”
  
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• A desperate plea for asylum made on social media by a Saudi woman is getting international attention. @meldug with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 23:29 via twitter.com
  A desperate plea for asylum made on social media by a Saudi woman is getting international attention. @meldug with… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Commuters hit payment roadblock as TTC removes fare collectors at Lawrence West, Yorkdale stations

  07-01-2019 23:26
  The stations join a list of 10 without fare collectors. Instead, transit staff direct subway riders to buy a Presto or find exact change.
  
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• .@VicOladipo followed in the footsteps of NBA stars Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Durant w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 23:14 via twitter.com
  .@VicOladipo followed in the footsteps of NBA stars Kobe Bryant, Allen Iverson, Shaquille O’Neal and Kevin Durant w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario animal cruelty laws should be enforced by public sector: report

  07-01-2019 23:01 via cbc.ca
  A new report from two animal rights groups says Ontario's animal cruelty laws should be enforced by the public sector rather than by a private charity, as is currently the case.
  
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• WARMINGTON: Tough justice needed to curb shootings - Toronto Sun

  07-01-2019 22:58
  WARMINGTON: Tough justice needed to curb shootings  Toronto SunToronto offers no safe haven from bullets fired in gangland-style shootings.And, according to the mayor and Toronto's police chief, there's really nothing they can ...
  
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• Travellers heading to the U.S. are being asked to arrive at least three hours early to morning flights due to long… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 22:52 via twitter.com
  Travellers heading to the U.S. are being asked to arrive at least three hours early to morning flights due to long… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How condo towers are redrawing the Toronto skyline - Toronto Star

  07-01-2019 22:02
  How condo towers are redrawing the Toronto skyline  Toronto StarCompared to their commercial counterparts, residential towers tend to be less formal, more playful and occasionally adventurous, writes Christopher Hume,
  
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• Toronto Raptors: Winning without Kawhi Leonard, remembering their identity - RaptorsHQ

  07-01-2019 22:00
  Toronto Raptors: Winning without Kawhi Leonard, remembering their identity  RaptorsHQToronto won games against tough opponents this weekend in very different ways — one just looked a hell of a lot easier.
  
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• Scarborough stabbing marks Toronto’s first homicide of 2019 - Global News

  07-01-2019 21:58
  Scarborough stabbing marks Toronto’s first homicide of 2019  Global NewsWATCH: A stabbing in Toronto's east-end has left a 36 year old man dead and it marks the city's first homicide of 2019. Erica Vella reports.
  
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• Jobs, budget and health care among Ford government's priorities for 2019

  07-01-2019 21:42
  Premier Doug Ford is unveiling his top three priorities for 2019, as he begins his first full year in office, setting the stage for financial cutbacks, downsizing and modernization.
  
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• A new report from two animal rights groups says Ontario’s animal cruelty laws should be enforced by the public sect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 21:38 via twitter.com
  A new report from two animal rights groups says Ontario’s animal cruelty laws should be enforced by the public sect… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario’s post-secondary institutions are now expected to have free-speech policies in place under a controversial… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 21:36 via twitter.com
  Ontario’s post-secondary institutions are now expected to have free-speech policies in place under a controversial… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Members of Walk Off the Earth will hold a public memorial concert on Sunday paying tribute to Mike Taylor, their la… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 21:31 via twitter.com
  Members of Walk Off the Earth will hold a public memorial concert on Sunday paying tribute to Mike Taylor, their la… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Gun smuggler worries he fuelled record year of murders - Toronto Sun

  07-01-2019 21:20
  Gun smuggler worries he fuelled record year of murders  Toronto SunRandy Jackson admitted Monday that he smuggled 67 firearms from his native Michigan into the black market in Ontario in 2017. While in custody last year, ...
  
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• It’s an election year, which means you’re about to be inundated by polls. It can be hard to shift through all the d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-01-2019 21:04 via twitter.com
  It’s an election year, which means you’re about to be inundated by polls. It can be hard to shift through all the d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ontario post-secondary schools now expected to have free-speech policies

  07-01-2019 20:51
  Ontario's post-secondary institutions are now expected to have free-speech policies in place under a controversial provincial rule that officially came into effect this year.
  
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• Students return to Vaughan school after New Year's crash claims teen's life

  07-01-2019 20:37
  Support staff were on-hand at Emily Carr Secondary School in Vaughan on Monday to help students cope with the loss of one of their peers.
  
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• Police searching for suspects after Good Samaritan’s vehicle stolen

  07-01-2019 20:32
  Police are searching for two suspects in connection with the carjacking of a vehicle used by a Good Samaritan who pulled over on the highway to help a group of people who had crashed in Brampton.
  
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• Burlington to hold memorial Sunday for Walk off the Earth 'Beard Guy' Mike Taylor

  07-01-2019 20:31 via cbc.ca
  Taylor was the keyboardist and vocalist in the Burlington-based indie pop group. He died of "natural causes" in his sleep on Dec. 29, according to a statement from the band.
  
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• Weekday GO Train service between Niagara Falls and Toronto begins today - Daily Hive

  07-01-2019 19:23
  Weekday GO Train service between Niagara Falls and Toronto begins today  Daily HiveStarting today, Go Transit is officially offering its new daily weekday train *service* between Niagara Falls and Toronto, further expanding services in Ontario.
  
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• Maple Leafs first half report: Confidence soaring in Toronto - Sportsnet.ca

  07-01-2019 19:17
  Maple Leafs first half report: Confidence soaring in Toronto  Sportsnet.caThe Toronto Maple Leafs are on pace for a 112-point season, which would break the franchise record set just last year.
  
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• The Toronto artist who loved partying, hated capitalism and sneered at the Group of Seven — since they didn’t understand women - Toronto Star

  07-01-2019 19:12
  The Toronto artist who loved partying, hated capitalism and sneered at the Group of Seven — since they didn’t understand women  Toronto StarToronto Through the Eyes of Women Artists runs until late April at Market Gallery.
  
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• Women have been painting images of Toronto for more than 160 years. The city is now showcasing their work.

  07-01-2019 19:11
  Toronto Through the Eyes of Women Artists runs until late April at Market Gallery.
  
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• Hundreds of commuters delayed after fire on GO train east of Toronto - The Globe and Mail

  07-01-2019 18:58
  Hundreds of commuters delayed after fire on GO train east of Toronto  The Globe and MailMetrolinx spokeswoman says fire is extinguished and no one was injured.
  
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• GO Transit offers new Toronto-Niagara Falls weekday train service - Toronto Star

  07-01-2019 18:49
  GO Transit offers new Toronto-Niagara Falls weekday train service  Toronto StarGO Train commuters are now able to take a train weekdays between Niagara Falls and Union Station, the first step Metrolinx is taking to expand *service* on its ...
  
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• Toronto saw at least 146 suspected opioid deaths in 2018, according to paramedics’ data - Toronto Star

  07-01-2019 18:47
  Toronto saw at least 146 suspected opioid deaths in 2018, according to paramedics’ data  Toronto StarThe count of deaths is expected to climb once the provincial coroner's office, which determines a person's cause of death, releases its tally, according to the city's ...
  
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• Toronto saw at least 146 suspected opioid deaths in 2018, according to paramedics’ data

  07-01-2019 18:47
  The count of deaths is expected to climb once the provincial coroner’s office, which determines a person’s cause of death, releases its tally, according to the city’s chief medical officer of health.
  
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• Toronto can’t build office towers fast enough - The Globe and Mail

  07-01-2019 18:42
  Toronto can’t build office towers fast enough  The Globe and MailNew buildings downtown are on the distant horizon. But in the short term, vacancy rates are headed toward 0 per cent and companies are scrambling for space.
  
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• Man, 51, charged after sheet of plywood smashed through vehicle

  07-01-2019 18:36
  The accused driver, who left the scene, was charged with carrying an insecure load under the Highway Traffic Act.
  
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• 'School's gonna be a mess today': friends of Vaughan teen killed in crash return to class

  07-01-2019 18:25 via cbc.ca
  Friends of the Vaughan teen who died in a single-vehicle crash during winter break returned to class for the first time Monday. They remembered 16-year-old Daniel Zeno as an outgoing and well-liked classmate.
  
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• GO service resumes after engine fire on train near Distillery District

  07-01-2019 18:18
  Service on the Lakeshore East GO train was cancelled Monday morning while Metrolinx and Toronto Fire responded to an engine fire, but has since reopened. Approximately 200 passengers were on board at the time.
  
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• Bell asking customers for permission to collect more personal data

  07-01-2019 18:09
  Canada's largest telecommunications group is getting mixed reviews for its plan to follow the lead of companies like Google and Facebook in collecting massive amounts of information about the activities and preferences of its customers.
  
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• Suspect in custody in connection with London death investigation

  07-01-2019 17:59
  Police in London, Ont., say they have a suspect in custody in connection with a possible homicide.
  
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• The young woman has said she's renounced Islam and is fearful of her father’s retaliation. ow.ly/OFTQ30ndKeX

  07-01-2019 17:47 via twitter.com
  The young woman has said she's renounced Islam and is fearful of her father’s retaliation. ow.ly/OFTQ30ndKeX
  
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• ‘Restricted Clientele’: The painful history of racist ads in the Star — and the readers who protested them

  07-01-2019 17:44
  In the 1930s and 40s, as Canadians were fighting hatred abroad, a series of ads with coded — and not so coded — exclusionary language ran in the Star, for which advertisers paid by the word.
  
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• Richmond Hill offers break for businesses affected by Yonge St. construction

  07-01-2019 17:26
  Hundreds of businesses can now apply for portable roadside signs free of charge to attract customers.
  
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• OCAD students reimagine AGO artwork for visually impaired visitors

  07-01-2019 17:24
  Students used a fan, blue slime to reimagine Tom Thomson’s The West Wind, among a group of paintings reworked as multi-sensory projects.
  
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• Ontario now accepting applications for retail cannabis licence lottery

  07-01-2019 17:16
  Applications are now being accepted from those looking to enter a lottery to apply for the first 25 retail cannabis licences in Ontario.
  
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• Service slowly returns after engine fire suspends GO trains on Lakeshore East line

  07-01-2019 17:12 via cbc.ca
  GO Train service is slowly returning to the Lakeshore East line after an engine fire stopped a train travelling from Oshawa to Union Station on Monday morning, and forced a number of passengers out of their seats.
  
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• GO Train car evacuated after possible engine fire

  07-01-2019 17:12 via cbc.ca
  A GO Train travelling from Oshawa to Union Station has been stopped and the car behind the engine evacuated due to a possible fire in the engine on Monday morning.
  
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• Engine fire on GO Train suspends commuter service on Lakeshore East

  07-01-2019 17:12 via cbc.ca
  GO Train service has been suspended along the Lakeshore East line after an engine fire stopped a train travelling from Oshawa to Union Station on Monday morning, and forced a number of passengers out of their seats.
  
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• Toronto police investigating threat against North York high school

  07-01-2019 17:11
  John Polanyi Collegiate Institute will remain open for the first day back for students after a threat was issued against over the holidays, Toronto police said.
  
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• Upstart Canadian Andreescu soars to career-best 107 in world tennis rankings

  07-01-2019 17:10 via cbc.ca
  Canada's Bianca Andreescu jumped 45 positions to a career-high No. 107 in the world rankings Monday after her surprising run to the final at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.
  
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• Canadian teen sensation Andreescu soars 45 spots in rankings after inspiring run in New Zealand

  07-01-2019 17:10 via cbc.ca
  Canada's Bianca Andreescu jumped 45 positions to a career-high No. 107 in the world rankings Monday after her surprising run to the final at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand.
  
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• No injuries after fire breaks out on GO train in Distillery District

  07-01-2019 17:09
  No injuries have been reported after a fire broke out on a GO train in the city’s Distillery District this morning.
  
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• Everything we know about Caitlin Clemmens, the Toronto-based contestant on the newest season of The Bachelor - Toronto Life

  07-01-2019 17:03
  Everything we know about Caitlin Clemmens, the Toronto-based contestant on the newest season of The Bachelor  Toronto LifeSeason 23 of The Bachelor kicks off on Monday, and this time, there's a Torontonian among the 30 women vying for retired football player Colton Underwood's ...
  
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• Freezing rain possible in Toronto, parts of the GTA today

  07-01-2019 16:39
  A mixed bag of messy winter weather is in store for Toronto and parts of the Greater Toronto Area on Monday.
  
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