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• Loaded magazines, ammunition found in Danforth shooter's room: newly-unsealed documents

  15-01-2019 23:33
  Police seized loaded magazines, for a handgun and an AK-47 assault rifle, in the bedroom of the man who went on a shooting rampage along the Danforth last summer, killing two young women and wounding 13 others, newly unsealed court documents show.
  
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• Energy sector helps lift Toronto stocks as price of oil heads higher - CTV News

  15-01-2019 23:29
  Energy sector helps lift Toronto stocks as price of oil heads higher  CTV NewsMajor North American indices rose Tuesday, propped up by climbing oil prices and positive tech news.
  
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• News A War over AirPods Has Erupted in Toronto - Exclaim!

  15-01-2019 23:20
  News A War over AirPods Has Erupted in Toronto  Exclaim!In the final days of 2018, Apple's wireless AirPods became something of a status symbol when users online jokingly decided that wireless ear...
  
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• Ontario plans to slash university and college tuition fees by 10%

  15-01-2019 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is set to announce that it is cutting tuition fees for college and university students by 10 per cent.
  
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• Ontario plans to slash tuition fees by 10%

  15-01-2019 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is set to announce that it is cutting tuition fees for college and university students by 10 per cent.
  
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• Life at 220 Oak St., one of TCHC’s most troubled addresses, takes centre stage at dismemberment-murder trial

  15-01-2019 23:10
  Melissa Cooper didn’t live at 220 Oak St., but was known to visit the Regent Park highrise when she was last seen alive there in April 2016.
  
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• Toronto Public Health issues alert about bad drugs sold as fentanyl or heroin - CBC News

  15-01-2019 23:09
  Toronto Public Health issues alert about bad drugs sold as fentanyl or heroin  CBC NewsToronto Public Health has issued a warning about illicit drugs being sold in the city as either fentanyl or heroin causing what the agency calls "concerning" ...
  
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• Toronto Public Health issues alert about bad drugs sold as fentanyl or heroin

  15-01-2019 23:09 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Public Health has issued a warning about illicit drugs being sold in the city as either fentanyl or heroin causing what the agency calls "concerning" symptoms.
  
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• Ontario is set to announce that it is cutting tuition fees for college and university students by 10 per cent. ow.ly/uOhW30nkl0X

  15-01-2019 23:04 via twitter.com
  Ontario is set to announce that it is cutting tuition fees for college and university students by 10 per cent. ow.ly/uOhW30nkl0X
  
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• PM Justin Trudeau speaks at celebratory event for Tamil festival Thai Pongal in Markham - Watch: ow.ly/RbTr30nkkGQ

  15-01-2019 22:57 via twitter.com
  PM Justin Trudeau speaks at celebratory event for Tamil festival Thai Pongal in Markham - Watch: ow.ly/RbTr30nkkGQ
  
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• Special advisers named to review Ontario regional municipalities called ‘honest, thorough, fair’

  15-01-2019 22:52
  The Ontario government announced Tuesday it is moving ahead with a review of regional government and appointing Michael Fenn and Ken Seiling as special advisers.
  
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• Kylie Masse, Rebecca Smith Highlight 2019 Toronto Grand Prix - SwimSwam

  15-01-2019 22:52
  Kylie Masse, Rebecca Smith Highlight 2019 Toronto Grand Prix  SwimSwamKylie Masse, the 2nd-fastest 100m backstroker in history, will compete this weekend in Toronto.
  
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• Barrie police officer charged with criminal negligence, SIU says

  15-01-2019 22:45
  Barrie police Sgt. Michael Chytuk is now facing one charge of criminal negligence causing bodily harm in the case.
  
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• Barrie officer charged with criminal negligence in September shooting: SIU

  15-01-2019 22:44
  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says an officer with the Barrie Police Service is now facing a criminal charge related to a shooting last September.
  
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• Post-secondary students in Ontario to get 10 per cent cut in tuition

  15-01-2019 22:41
  University and college students in Ontario will get a 10 per cent reduction on their tuition fees, CTV News Toronto has learned, ahead of an announcement set to be made on Thursday.
  
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• Toronto should do what it can to speed up Crosstown LRT construction - Toronto Star

  15-01-2019 22:40
  Toronto should do what it can to speed up Crosstown LRT construction  Toronto StarNo single neighbourhood decision will make a dramatic difference to the Crosstown LRT, but they all add up to make it more — or less — likely that the project ...
  
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• Toronto Eagles raise $7300 for Hockey Fights Cancer - Toronto.com

  15-01-2019 22:33
  Toronto Eagles raise $7300 for Hockey Fights Cancer  Toronto.comThe Toronto Eagles hockey program has raised $7300 for Hockey Fights Cancer during a one-day fundraising event at Lambton Arena, their home rink.
  
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• Portion of Bathurst Street may shut down for construction of Forest Hill station

  15-01-2019 22:28
  A town hall meeting is being held on Wednesday for residents living in the city’s Forest Hill neighbourhood who may be impacted by the latest Eglinton Crosstown road closures.
  
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• Ontario premier, federal minister fail to change GM's decision to leave Oshawa

  15-01-2019 22:20 via cbc.ca
  Ontario and federal politicians have walked away empty-handed from meetings with General Motors about the company's plans to close the Oshawa Assembly Plant.
  
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• A 59-year-old man found not criminally responsible in the shooting deaths of two men in Toronto more than 17 years… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-01-2019 22:10 via twitter.com
  A 59-year-old man found not criminally responsible in the shooting deaths of two men in Toronto more than 17 years… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Man found not criminally responsible in Toronto deaths facing new charges - CityNews Toronto

  15-01-2019 22:02
  Man found not criminally responsible in Toronto deaths facing new charges  CityNews TorontoA 59-year-old man found not criminally responsible in the shooting deaths of two men in Toronto more than 17 years ago is scheduled to appear in a Nova ...
  
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• Toronto plans to sell Victor Vazquez to a team in Qatar - Washington Post

  15-01-2019 21:28
  Toronto plans to sell Victor Vazquez to a team in Qatar  Washington PostTORONTO — Toronto says it plans to sell Spanish midfielder Victor Vazquez to a team in Qatar. The Major League Soccer team did not identify the purchasing ...
  
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• Ontario wants to boost housing in Golden Horseshoe, says it won't open the Greenbelt

  15-01-2019 21:25 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan that the government says would make it easier and faster to build housing.
  
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• Ontario To Review 82 Municipalities Months After Slashing Toronto Council - HuffPost Canada

  15-01-2019 21:19
  Ontario To Review 82 Municipalities Months After Slashing Toronto Council  HuffPost CanadaTORONTO — Ontario is reviewing 82 municipalities, a move that raises the possibility of amalgamations and comes not long after the Progressive Conservative ...
  
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• Abandoned, mouldy Toronto mansion sells for $3.4M in 'good deal': realtor - CTV News

  15-01-2019 21:10
  Abandoned, mouldy Toronto mansion sells for $3.4M in 'good deal': realtor  CTV NewsDespite the toxic mould, peeling ceilings, and animal excrement, a large mansion sitting on an expansive piece of property on Toronto's waterfront has sold for a ...
  
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• Abandoned, mouldly Toronto mansion sells for $3.4M in 'good deal': realtor - CTV News

  15-01-2019 21:10
  Abandoned, mouldly Toronto mansion sells for $3.4M in 'good deal': realtor  CTV NewsDespite the toxic mould, peeling ceilings, and animal excrement, a large mansion sitting on an expansive piece of property on Toronto's waterfront has sold for a ...
  
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• U.S. postal workers are gathering outside Canada's embassy in Washington to protest Ottawa's decision to legislate… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-01-2019 21:01 via twitter.com
  U.S. postal workers are gathering outside Canada's embassy in Washington to protest Ottawa's decision to legislate… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s #Brexit deal by a huge margin, plunging U.K. politics… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-01-2019 20:53 via twitter.com
  British lawmakers have rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s #Brexit deal by a huge margin, plunging U.K. politics… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto spits out another millennial - The Globe and Mail

  15-01-2019 20:52
  Toronto spits out another millennial  The Globe and MailI have lived in Ottawa with my family for more than 20 years, but I grew up in Toronto. I rented a few apartments in the city in the later 1980s, and my wife and I ...
  
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• #BREAKING: UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal in 432-202 vote

  15-01-2019 20:49 via twitter.com
  #BREAKING: UK lawmakers reject Brexit deal in 432-202 vote
  
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• City giving homeless living in tent cities 2 weeks to vacate structures

  15-01-2019 20:38
  The City of Toronto has given residents of tent cities 14 days to vacate their makeshift communities.
  
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• Videos of cops with women at downtown bar have 'no context,' union boss says

  15-01-2019 20:24
  The President of the Toronto Police Association says the public should wait until a thorough investigation is completed before judging two officers seen on video handcuffing young female patrons in a downtown bar.
  
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• LEVY: Is anyone home at TCHC HQ? - Toronto Sun

  15-01-2019 20:24
  LEVY: Is anyone home at TCHC HQ?  Toronto SunThe lights may be on at Toronto Community Housing Corp.'s (TCHC) 931 Yonge St. HQ but it appears no one is home.While a crime-plagued Scarborough ...
  
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• Ontario will be reviewing 82 municipalities, including Halton, York and Durham, with an eye to cutting costs. ow.ly/zKGH30nkdn5

  15-01-2019 20:19 via twitter.com
  Ontario will be reviewing 82 municipalities, including Halton, York and Durham, with an eye to cutting costs. ow.ly/zKGH30nkdn5
  
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• Toronto FC’s Giovinco says he’s drawn interest from another club - Sportsnet.ca

  15-01-2019 20:16
  Toronto FC’s Giovinco says he’s drawn interest from another club  Sportsnet.caStar striker Sebastian Giovinco, who is entering the final year of his contract with TFC, told reporters there is “serious” interest from another club in him, but ...
  
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• Ontario reviewing 82 municipalities, raising possibility of amalgamations - CityNews Toronto

  15-01-2019 20:16
  Ontario reviewing 82 municipalities, raising possibility of amalgamations  CityNews TorontoThe move comes after the Progressive Conservative government slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half last year.
  
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• Ontario government to review 82 municipalities with cost cutting goal

  15-01-2019 20:14
  Ontario will be reviewing 82 municipalities with an eye to cost cutting.
  
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• Ontario proposes to boost housing supply by changing Toronto-area growth plan - CityNews

  15-01-2019 20:11
  Ontario proposes to boost housing supply by changing Toronto-area growth plan  CityNewsOntario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan that the government says would make it easier and faster to build housing.
  
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• Toronto Officially Has The Worst Bed Bug Problem In All Of Canada - Narcity

  15-01-2019 19:06
  Toronto Officially Has The Worst Bed Bug Problem In All Of Canada  NarcityToronto is known for being at the top of many national rankings, but this one is nothing to brag about. Toronto was just named the city with the worst bed bug ...
  
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• Police investigating fatal crash on Westney Road in Ajax

  15-01-2019 19:02
  One person is dead after a collision in Ajax, Durham Regional Police confirm.
  
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• Ontario reviewing regional governments, raising prospect of future amalgamations

  15-01-2019 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's Progressive Conservatives have announced a plan Tuesday to comprehensively review the province's regional governments.
  
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• Person dead after 'very serious' crash in Ajax

  15-01-2019 18:58 via cbc.ca
  One person is dead following a "very serious" crash in Ajax, Durham police say.
  
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• Former Liberal staffer drops appeal in gas plants conviction - CTV News

  15-01-2019 18:19
  Former Liberal staffer drops appeal in gas plants conviction  CTV NewsA former Liberal premier's chief of staff who was sentenced to four months in jail for a plot to wipe government hard drives has abandoned his appeal, but it's ...
  
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• Ontario proposes to boost housing supply by changing Toronto-area growth plan

  15-01-2019 18:14
  Ontario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe's growth plan that the government says would make it easier and faster to build housing.
  
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• Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto brings a new groove with Rose: A New Musical - The Globe and Mail

  15-01-2019 18:00
  Soulpepper Theatre in Toronto brings a new groove with Rose: A New Musical  The Globe and MailComposer Mike Ross and lyricist Sarah Wilson pose for a portrait on the set of their new musical, Rose, designed by Lorenzo Savoini, in Toronto, on Jan.
  
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• GM reaffirms plans to close Oshawa plant after meetings with Ontario, feds

  15-01-2019 17:53
  General Motors says it has reaffirmed plans to close the Oshawa Assembly Plant in meetings with the Ontario and federal governments.
  
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• The company says it told both governments that it intends to continue to be a major manufacturer in Canada with its… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-01-2019 17:49 via twitter.com
  The company says it told both governments that it intends to continue to be a major manufacturer in Canada with its… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A former McGuinty aide, who was sentenced to 4 months in jail for a plot to wipe government hard drives, has abando… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-01-2019 17:24 via twitter.com
  A former McGuinty aide, who was sentenced to 4 months in jail for a plot to wipe government hard drives, has abando… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• GM feeder plant workers walk off to support Unifor's fight for Oshawa

  15-01-2019 17:20 via cbc.ca
  Unifor's national president announces a series of events planned to catch GM's attention during the auto show.
  
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• GM bringing high-tech expansion to southwestern Ontario, premier Ford says

  15-01-2019 17:20 via cbc.ca
  The closure of the General Motors plant in Oshawa may signal the end of company's expansion in Ontario — but according to premier Doug Ford following his meeting with GM's 'global leadership' Tuesday, that's not the case.
  
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