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• Meridian Credit Union buys naming rights for Sony Centre and Toronto Centre for the Arts - Toronto Star

  21-01-2019 23:56
  Meridian Credit Union buys naming rights for Sony Centre and Toronto Centre for the Arts  Toronto StarBeginning in September, the Sony Centre will be renamed Meridian Hall and the Toronto Centre for the Arts in North York will become the Meridian Arts Centre ...
  
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• Teen recounts moment driver slammed into pedestrians on Markham crosswalk

  21-01-2019 23:51
  A Grade 9 student who was injured after a vehicle crashed into a pedestrian bridge in Markham last week said she still has bruises on the side of her thigh and her arm from the collision.
  
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• A timeline of Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe’s tumultuous career

  21-01-2019 23:50
  The controversial founder of Toronto-based beauty brand Deciem has died at age 40, a Deciem executive has confirmed.
  
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• Toronto is one of the most 'severely unaffordable' cities in the world: report - Daily Hive

  21-01-2019 23:10
  Toronto is one of the most 'severely unaffordable' cities in the world: report  Daily HiveDemographia has just released its annual 'Housing Affordability Survey' and has ranked Toronto as one of the most unaffordable cities in the world.
  
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• Sex-ed curriculum rollback endangers transgender girl, human rights tribunal told

  21-01-2019 22:26 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers for a transgender girl fighting the Ontario government's repeal of a modernized sex-ed curriculum argued Monday that the move has put their 11-year-old client in harm's way because her classmates won't be required to learn about gender identity.
  
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• Late Blue Jay Roy Halladay likely to get into Hall of Fame today

  21-01-2019 22:03 via cbc.ca
  Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, who died in a plane crash at age 40 in 2017, appears to be a lock to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. Results will be announced Tuesday night.
  
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• Late Blue Jay Halladay likely first-ballot Hall of Famer Tuesday

  21-01-2019 22:03 via cbc.ca
  Former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, who died in a plane crash at age 40 in 2017, appears to be a lock to enter the national baseball shrine in Cooperstown, N.Y., in his first year on the ballot. Results will be announced Tuesday night.
  
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• York police arrest robbery suspect after restaurant owner rams getaway car

  21-01-2019 21:54 via cbc.ca
  Police have arrested a man wanted in connection with a restaurant robbery in Markham, Ont. on the weekend after the owner of an all-day breakfast eatery rammed the getaway car.
  
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• Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe dead at 40

  21-01-2019 21:49 via cbc.ca
  Brandon Truaxe, the founder of Canadian skin care company Deciem, has died.
  
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• The homicide numbers come from the coroner’s office, which doesn’t assign blame in a finding of homicide, but defin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 21:42 via twitter.com
  The homicide numbers come from the coroner’s office, which doesn’t assign blame in a finding of homicide, but defin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Deciem's COO Stephen Kaplan confirmed that 40-year-old Truaxe, who created the company that is known for selling pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 21:33 via twitter.com
  Deciem's COO Stephen Kaplan confirmed that 40-year-old Truaxe, who created the company that is known for selling pr… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Brandon Truaxe, controversial founder of Toronto-based beauty brand Deciem, has died

  21-01-2019 21:28
  Truaxe created the Toronto-based bargain beauty company in 2013 only to be ousted five years later and became known on Instagram for his comments about conspiracies and criminal networks. The company’s Instagram account said Truaxe “made us believe that anything is possible.”
  
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• Founder of Toronto beauty brand Deciem dead at 40, company says - CTV News

  21-01-2019 21:17
  Founder of Toronto beauty brand Deciem dead at 40, company says  CTV NewsThe mastermind responsible for turning Toronto beauty brand Deciem into a multi-million-dollar company that shook up the cosmetics industry has died.
  
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• Founder of Toronto beauty brand Deciem dead at 40, company says

  21-01-2019 21:17
  The chief operating officer of Toronto beauty brand Deciem says the company's founder Brandon Truaxe has died.
  
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• Raonic has looked dominant in rolling through challenging draw, faces Pouille in Australian Open quarter-final

  21-01-2019 21:06 via cbc.ca
  You could excuse Milos Raonic if he let out a shudder when the Australian Open draw was released. An opener against the mercurial Nick Kyrgios. Three-time Grand Slam champ Stan Wawrinka a good bet for Round 2. An imposing hurdle in Alexander Zverev just to get out of the Round of 16. All in the top half of a draw anchored by world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.
  
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• Here's a compilation of squirrely stories on National Squirrel Appreciation Day ow.ly/bkqa30noDX9 https://t.co/m6E5FKvV1j

  21-01-2019 20:42 via twitter.com
  
  Here's a compilation of squirrely stories on National Squirrel Appreciation Day ow.ly/bkqa30noDX9 https://t.co/m6E5FKvV1j
  
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• Family of 14 loses 'everything' after massive fire guts Toronto home - CTV News

  21-01-2019 20:06
  Family of 14 loses 'everything' after massive fire guts Toronto home  CTV NewsA family of 14 is homeless after a fire gutted their Toronto home over the weekend, destroying everything they own.
  
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• Family of 14 loses 'everything' after massive fire guts Toronto home

  21-01-2019 20:06
  A family of 14 is homeless after a fire gutted their Toronto home over the weekend, destroying everything they own.
  
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• 'Nothing ever stays the same': Minister defends tuition, student fee, OSAP changes

  21-01-2019 19:26 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's minister of training, colleges and universities defended recently announced changes to post-secondary education on Monday, saying provincial decisions were all about the making more affordable.
  
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• Kelly McParland: Two words to set Toronto's elites to panic — 'Ontario Place' - National Post

  21-01-2019 19:25
  Kelly McParland: Two words to set Toronto's elites to panic — 'Ontario Place'  National PostSadly, there's no reason to expect T.O. will do any better than Calgary and Ottawa in recent attempts to create 'world-class' landmarks.
  
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• A 93-year-old woman whose body was found in the snow outside a Montreal seniors' residence Sunday was the mother of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 19:02 via twitter.com
  A 93-year-old woman whose body was found in the snow outside a Montreal seniors' residence Sunday was the mother of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Premier #Ford says carbon tax could plunge Canada into recession ow.ly/L3vo30nozuy @richard680news

  21-01-2019 18:56 via twitter.com
  Premier #Ford says carbon tax could plunge Canada into recession ow.ly/L3vo30nozuy @richard680news
  
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• Doug Ford says Trudeau's carbon tax will cause recession

  21-01-2019 18:44 via cbc.ca
  The premier of Ontario says a federal carbon tax will plunge the country into recession.
  
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• Doug Ford says Canada heading for recession if Liberals' carbon tax goes ahead

  21-01-2019 18:44 via cbc.ca
  In his address to the Economic Club of Canada on Monday, Premier Doug Ford said there are already warning signs of difficult economic times ahead.
  
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• At least 29 homicides in long-term care homes in past 6 years, report finds

  21-01-2019 18:44
  There have been at least 29 homicides in long-term care homes in Ontario in the past six years, a health-care advocacy group said Monday.
  
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• Dughmosh was convicted last week of several terror charges in connection with the June 2017 attack at a Canadian Ti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 18:42 via twitter.com
  Dughmosh was convicted last week of several terror charges in connection with the June 2017 attack at a Canadian Ti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Donald Trump, Mike Pence lay wreath at Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington ow.ly/YVwo30noy7y #MLKDay https://t.co/KDY7dqMmGa

  21-01-2019 18:38 via twitter.com
  
  Donald Trump, Mike Pence lay wreath at Martin Luther King Jr. memorial in Washington ow.ly/YVwo30noy7y #MLKDay https://t.co/KDY7dqMmGa
  
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• Doug Ford says the federal carbon tax will plunge Canada into recession

  21-01-2019 18:32
  The premier of Ontario says a federal carbon tax will plunge the country into recession.
  
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• “It has been my dream to bring a university to Vaughan. With focus, discipline and excellent partners, this dream h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 18:20 via twitter.com
  “It has been my dream to bring a university to Vaughan. With focus, discipline and excellent partners, this dream h… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Liberal MPP calls for end to delegated leadership conventions

  21-01-2019 18:15
  As Ontario's Liberals regroup following their electoral drubbing last summer, one of the few remaining elected members wants to give more people a say in how their next leader is chosen.
  
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• Woman found guilty on terror charges thought government was spying on her: report

  21-01-2019 18:08
  A Toronto woman convicted of terror charges grew increasingly preoccupied with the notion that the Canadian government was spying on her in the years before she carried out an attack at a Canadian Tire while draped in an ISIL banner.
  
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• Judge to review psychiatric reports for woman found guilty on terror charges

  21-01-2019 18:08
  An Ontario judge will review psychiatric reports before handing down a sentence for a woman who draped herself in an ISIL banner and attacked Canadian Tire staff with a golf club and a butcher knife.
  
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• TTC to activate external-facing cameras on surface vehicles on Jan. 28

  21-01-2019 17:48
  The data and video footage collected will be retained for 72 hours on buses and streetcars, and seven days for most Wheel-Trans vehicles.
  
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• Human rights tribunal hearing challenging rollback of sex-ed curriculum

  21-01-2019 17:43
  Lawyers for a transgender girl fighting the Ontario government's repeal of a modernized sex-ed curriculum say the move has put their 11-year-old client in harm's way because her classmates will not learn about gender identity.
  
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• Human rights tribunal hearing challenge on rollback of sex-ed curriculum

  21-01-2019 17:43
  Lawyers for a transgender girl fighting the Ontario government's repeal of a modernized sex-ed curriculum argued Monday that the move has put their 11-year-old client in harm's way because her classmates won't be required to learn about gender identity.
  
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• Liberal MPP takes aim at 'backroom decisions' in call for new leadership voting system

  21-01-2019 17:40 via cbc.ca
  As Ontario's Liberals regroup following their electoral drubbing last summer, one of the party's few remaining elected members wants to give more people a say in how their next leader is chosen.
  
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• Poll: 46 per cent of Canadians $200 or less away from financial insolvency

  21-01-2019 17:20
  A new poll says the number of Canadians who are $200 or less away from financial insolvency at month-end has jumped to 46 per cent, up from 40 per cent in the previous quarter, as interest rates rise.
  
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• Brampton council votes on pot shops 1 day before opt-out deadline

  21-01-2019 16:56 via cbc.ca
  The City of Brampton is set to vote Monday on whether to allow brick-and-mortar pot shops within its boundaries. The last-minute vote comes just a day before Ontario municipalities can choose to opt out of hosting private cannabis stores.
  
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• Brampton council votes at 11th hour to opt in on pot shops

  21-01-2019 16:56 via cbc.ca
  Brampton city council voted late Monday night for legalized cannabis shops in their city as of April 1. Councillors voted eight to three in favour of opting in.
  
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• Toronto police arrest 3rd suspect in brazen Beach shooting

  21-01-2019 16:42 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police say they have arrested a third suspect in connection with a daylight shooting that that rattled the Beach Triangle neighbourhood in early January.
  
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• Police ID suspect wanted in rash of thefts at Bloor-Annex restaurants, stores

  21-01-2019 16:27
  One of two people accused of in a rash of thefts in the city’s Bloor-Annex neighbourhood has been identified.
  
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• Man wanted for attempted murder in Toronto arrested in Barrie

  21-01-2019 16:22
  A 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a daylight shooting in the city’s east-end earlier this month.
  
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• Toronto Commuters Are In Disbelief At The Chaos Caused By TTC Delays This Morning (VIDEOS) - Narcity

  21-01-2019 16:16
  Toronto Commuters Are In Disbelief At The Chaos Caused By TTC Delays This Morning (VIDEOS)  NarcityToronto commuters live by the phrase, "prepare for the worst, but pray for the best". The TTC announced Monday morning that the extremely cold temperatures ...
  
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• Kamala Harris lived in Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s while her mother taught at McGill University. twitter.com/CityNews/statu…

  21-01-2019 16:11 via twitter.com
  Kamala Harris lived in Quebec in the 1970s and 1980s while her mother taught at McGill University.twitter.com/CityNews/statu…
  
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• It's going to feel like -38C in Toronto as city marks coldest day of the year - blogTO

  21-01-2019 16:11
  It's going to feel like -38C in Toronto as city marks coldest day of the year  blogTOAn extreme cold weather warning is in effect for the City of Toronto today as bone-chilling temperatures and dangerous wind chill values grip the c...
  
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• The suspect allegedly approached the passenger side of the Audi and began shooting, hitting the two men inside. ow.ly/yFFl30noolM

  21-01-2019 16:10 via twitter.com
  The suspect allegedly approached the passenger side of the Audi and began shooting, hitting the two men inside. ow.ly/yFFl30noolM
  
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• Toronto Commuters Are In Disbelief Of The Chaos Caused By TTC Delays This Morning (VIDEOS) - Narcity

  21-01-2019 15:51
  Toronto Commuters Are In Disbelief Of The Chaos Caused By TTC Delays This Morning (VIDEOS)  NarcityToronto TTC riders facing mass delays as a result of equipment issues from extreme cold.
  
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• Man, 23, arrested in daylight shooting in Toronto's east end - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  21-01-2019 15:51
  Man, 23, arrested in daylight shooting in Toronto's east end  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsA 23-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a daylight shooting in the city's east-end earlier this month.
  
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• Roadkill for dinner? Rules vary depending where you are in Canada

  21-01-2019 15:22
  Jeremy Vander Meer had his first experience with salvaging a roadkill moose soon after he moved to Alaska nearly five years ago.
  
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• Kamala Harris jumps into U.S. presidential race ow.ly/ydEe30nohU7 https://t.co/aa7M1iY1EO

  21-01-2019 14:14 via twitter.com
  
  Kamala Harris jumps into U.S. presidential race ow.ly/ydEe30nohU7 https://t.co/aa7M1iY1EO
  
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