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• SCRAWLER: Toronto's fun stealers at it again...and much more - Toronto Sun

  25-01-2019 23:16
  SCRAWLER: Toronto's fun stealers at it again...and much more  Toronto SunThe No Fun police were at again this week but thankfully Mayor John Tory stood up to them.Only in Toronto could you find a sign displaying a toboggan with a ...
  
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• Ryerson Students' Union under pressure to explain 'baffling' $250K credit card bill

  25-01-2019 23:09 via cbc.ca
  The heads of the Ryerson Students' Union have been given one week to explain approximately $250,000 in credit card spending, which includes numerous questionable expenditures.
  
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• Hamilton woman searched for 24 years for the daughter she was forced to give up. Then fate brought them together

  25-01-2019 23:00
  Darcy Dee, a disabled woman profiled in a Star story in 1990, never gave up hope. After Dee’s death this week, her daughter agreed to speak about their reunion.
  
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• In praise of Toronto's classic diners - Toronto Star

  25-01-2019 22:56
  In praise of Toronto's classic diners  Toronto StarA fire that ripped through the Danforth's Detroit Eatery is a reminder that we should cherish our city's ever dwindling number of old-fashioned greasy spoons, ...
  
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• Injured man charged with 2nd-degree murder in Toronto stabbing - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 22:54
  Injured man charged with 2nd-degree murder in Toronto stabbing  CBC.caToronto police say a man brought to hospital with stab wounds this week has been charged with second-degree murder.
  
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• Injured man charged with 2nd-degree murder in Toronto stabbing

  25-01-2019 22:54 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police say a man brought to hospital with stab wounds this week has been charged with second-degree murder.
  
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• Blue Jays favourite Marco Estrada off to Athletics - Toronto Sun

  25-01-2019 22:37
  Blue Jays favourite Marco Estrada off to Athletics  Toronto SunWhen Marco Estrada was traded to Toronto on Nov.1, 2014 from the Milwaukee Brewers for fan favourite Adam Lind, it didn't appear as though his time with the ...
  
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• Change of Ownership at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport's Passenger Terminal - GlobeNewswire

  25-01-2019 22:23
  Change of Ownership at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport's Passenger Terminal  GlobeNewswireTORONTO, Jan. 25, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management have agreed to consolidate ownership of ...
  
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• Power, water slowly being restored to Toronto highrise after 3-day outage - Global News

  25-01-2019 22:22
  Power, water slowly being restored to Toronto highrise after 3-day outage  Global NewsWATCH ABOVE: Three days since a pipe burst in an electrical room of a toronto highrise leaving approximately 1,000 residents without power, finally some ...
  
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• Power will be slowly restored to a highrise building in downtown Toronto

  25-01-2019 22:15
  Residents of a 30-storey downtown building who have been without power for more than three days should have the lights back on in the next 24 hours, according to Toronto Fire Services.
  
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• Inside Toronto's big new steak houses - Eat - December 2018 - Toronto - Post City

  25-01-2019 22:14
  Inside Toronto's big new steak houses - Eat - December 2018 - Toronto  Post CityThe big smoke now boasts two more pedigreed grill masters.
  
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• Van der Wiel says goodbye to Toronto, blames differences with TFC coaches - Yahoo Canada Sports

  25-01-2019 21:56
  Van der Wiel says goodbye to Toronto, blames differences with TFC coaches  Yahoo Canada SportsTORONTO — Dutch international Gregory van der Wiel blames "difference with the coaching staff" for his split with Toronto FC. And the 30-year-old defender ...
  
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• After 3 days in the dark, power is being restored to Wellesley Street apartment

  25-01-2019 21:44 via cbc.ca
  There's welcome news for the approximately 1,000 residents living at a Wellesley Street apartment building where power and water had been shut off for three days.
  
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• City of Toronto launches street art map for locals and visitors - CityNews

  25-01-2019 21:36
  City of Toronto launches street art map for locals and visitors  CityNewsToronto has launched a new online map to help locals and visitors alike find the street art that dots the city.
  
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• Extreme cold alert in effect for Toronto as frigid air returns - CBC.ca

  25-01-2019 21:33
  Extreme cold alert in effect for Toronto as frigid air returns  CBC.caToronto's top health official issued an extreme cold weather alert Friday as temperatures are forecast to plunge. Environment Canada says the mercury will keep ...
  
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• Police identify victim, charge suspect in deadly stabbing at Jane and St. Clair home

  25-01-2019 21:08
  Police have identified a woman who was stabbed to death at a home in the city’s Rockcliffe-Smythe neighbourhood early Thursday morning.
  
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• Toronto newspaper declares Calgary Flames to be 'Canada's team' - Daily Hive

  25-01-2019 20:56
  Toronto newspaper declares Calgary Flames to be 'Canada's team'  Daily HiveHow good have the Calgary Flames been this season? Well, the centre of the universe has just anointed them Canada's team.
  
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• 68 kg of cocaine and over $340k seized in major Toronto drug bust - Daily Hive

  25-01-2019 20:44
  68 kg of cocaine and over $340k seized in major Toronto drug bust  Daily HiveProject Sparta was an intense investigation into the distribution of cocaine within the city of Toronto that involved a "large sophisticated network."
  
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• A taste for the road: globetrotting with Toronto's top chefs - Toronto Life

  25-01-2019 20:42
  A taste for the road: globetrotting with Toronto's top chefs  Toronto LifeBefore opening Kiin in 2017, chef and co-owner Nuit Regular returned to her homeland to immerse herself in the high culinary art of Royal Thai cuisine.
  
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• Convicted Canadian Tire attacker tells court she wants to ‘withdraw’ her agreement with the facts

  25-01-2019 20:21
  Rehab Dughmosh said she was not disputing the facts, but was “not admitting to the facts for religious reasons.”
  
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• Toronto woman convicted of terror charges disagrees with facts of case

  25-01-2019 20:09
  A Toronto woman found guilty of terror charges after an attack at a Canadian Tire says she now disagrees with the previously agreed-upon facts of her case for religious reasons, leaving the prosecution working to figure out how to proceed.
  
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• Looking down: Toronto remains comfortably on top in latest North American construction crane count - On-Site Magazine

  25-01-2019 19:56
  Looking down: Toronto remains comfortably on top in latest North American construction crane count  On-Site MagazineTORONTO—A voracious appetite for new residential, office and mixed-use towers has allowed Toronto to extend its considerable lead over its North American ...
  
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• EDITORIAL: McCallum’s answers on China don’t cut it - Toronto Sun

  25-01-2019 19:55
  EDITORIAL: McCallum’s answers on China don’t cut it  Toronto SunCanada's Ambassador to China, John McCallum, says he “misspoke” on Tuesday when offering up what appeared to many as a robust defence of Huawei CFO ...
  
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• Dughmosh said she disagreed with “most” of the psychiatric assessments that say she has delusions and paranoid thou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  25-01-2019 19:50 via twitter.com
  Dughmosh said she disagreed with “most” of the psychiatric assessments that say she has delusions and paranoid thou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Federal inmate known to frequent Barrie, Hamilton, Toronto areas wanted on Canada-wide warrant - Global News

  25-01-2019 19:45
  Federal inmate known to frequent Barrie, Hamilton, Toronto areas wanted on Canada-wide warrant  Global NewsAccording to police, the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad (ROPE) has been searching for Dhaliwal on suspicion that he breached his statutory ...
  
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• Police are searching for a suspect after a string of fires were set in North York

  25-01-2019 19:41
  Police in Toronto are trying to identify a suspect who allegedly set a series of fires in North York over the past few weeks.
  
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• RCMP: Police are confident there are no explosives or "trace elements" remaining.

  25-01-2019 19:27 via twitter.com
  RCMP: Police are confident there are no explosives or "trace elements" remaining.
  
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• New Canada Post stamp honours country's 1st black letter carrier - Toronto.com

  25-01-2019 19:18
  New Canada Post stamp honours country's 1st black letter carrier  Toronto.comAlbert Jackson delivered mail in Toronto's Harbord Village.
  
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• Toronto Arrows set for debut on Major League Rugby pro circuit - The Globe and Mail

  25-01-2019 19:15
  Toronto Arrows set for debut on Major League Rugby pro circuit  The Globe and MailThe Arrows, a beefed-up version of the Canadian Rugby Championship reigning title-holder Ontario Blues, make their Major League Rugby debut in New ...
  
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• Toronto woman convicted of terror charges disagrees with facts of case - CityNews

  25-01-2019 19:09
  Toronto woman convicted of terror charges disagrees with facts of case  CityNewsA Toronto woman found guilty of terror charges after an attack at a Canadian Tire says she now disagrees with the previously agreed-upon facts of her case for ...
  
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• Toronto woman convicted of terror charges disagrees with facts of case - CTV News

  25-01-2019 19:00
  Toronto woman convicted of terror charges disagrees with facts of case  CTV NewsA Toronto woman found guilty of terror charges after an attack at a Canadian Tire says she now disagrees with the previously agreed-upon facts of her case for ...
  
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• Unifor calls for Canadian boycott on GM vehicles built in Mexico

  25-01-2019 18:53 via cbc.ca
  The union representing workers at General Motors' Oshawa assembly plant on Friday called on Canadians to boycott any of the automaker's vehicles manufactured in Mexico.
  
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• Hudson's Bay staffer accused of poisoning co-worker's water bottle - Toronto Sun

  25-01-2019 18:45
  Hudson's Bay staffer accused of poisoning co-worker's water bottle  Toronto SunToronto Police allege an employee at a downtown Hudson Bay Company store took her dislike for a coworker to a new level by trying to poison her colleague.
  
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• Is Kawhi Leonard having the best season in Raptors history?

  25-01-2019 18:38 via cbc.ca
  Kawhi Leonard is in the process of delivering one of the greatest individual Raptor seasons in the team's history. Will it going down as the greatest? Here's how he currently stacks up with four of the franchise's all-time great players.
  
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• The milkman is about to make a comeback in Toronto - Daily Hive

  25-01-2019 17:49
  The milkman is about to make a comeback in Toronto  Daily HiveRemember when we suggested that 2019 could be the year of zero-waste for Toronto? Soon we'll all be saving the world, one container at a time.
  
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• Homicide victim found in Pickering woods identified as Nicholas Samaroo, 24

  25-01-2019 17:47 via cbc.ca
  Durham police have identified a man found dead in a wooded area in Pickering and now say he is the region's first homicide victim of 2019.
  
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• Body found in Pickering woods prompts suspicious death probe by Durham police

  25-01-2019 17:47 via cbc.ca
  Durham police are investigating a suspicious death after the body of a male was found in a wooded area in Pickering.
  
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• 12 Totally Free Skating Rinks You Should Take Advantage Of This Winter - Narcity

  25-01-2019 17:46
  12 Totally Free Skating Rinks You Should Take Advantage Of This Winter  NarcityWinter is a time where it can be difficult to get out of the house. Fewer things are open and overall it's just colder. However, there actually happens to be amazing ...
  
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• Police treating the discovery of man's body in Pickering as a 'suspicious death'

  25-01-2019 17:43
  Police in Durham Region say they are investigating the discovery of a man’s body in Pickering as a “suspicious death.”
  
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• Police treating the discovery of man's body in Pickering as a homicide

  25-01-2019 17:43
  The discovery of a man’s body in Pickering is now being investigated as a homicide, Durham Regional Police say.
  
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• Materials sector helps boost stocks in Toronto, loonie flies higher - 570 News

  25-01-2019 17:28
  Materials sector helps boost stocks in Toronto, loonie flies higher  570 NewsTORONTO — The materials sector helped boost Canada's main stock index in late-morning trading, while the loonie gained ground against the U.S. dollar.
  
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• Man, 40, charged in west end slaying of woman, 41 - Toronto Sun

  25-01-2019 17:28
  Man, 40, charged in west end slaying of woman, 41  Toronto SunA 40-year-old man has now been arrested for Thursday's murder of a woman at a west end home.Toronto Police say officers were called to the house on Mould ...
  
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• Young person charged with terrorism-related offence in Kingston, Ont. investigation

  25-01-2019 17:26
  The RCMP say they have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, alleging he tried to get someone to plant a bomb.
  
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• RCMP charge Kingston youth with terrorism-related offences - CTV News

  25-01-2019 17:26
  RCMP charge Kingston youth with terrorism-related offences  CTV NewsKINGSTON, Ont. -- The RCMP have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, saying the person -- who cannot be identified -- allegedly tried to persuade ...
  
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• RCMP charge Kingston youth with terrorism-related offences

  25-01-2019 17:26
  The RCMP say they have charged a Kingston youth with terrorism, saying he allegedly tried to get someone to plant a bomb.
  
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• 3 arrested, $6.8M worth of cocaine seized in Toronto drug trafficking probe - Global News

  25-01-2019 17:25
  3 arrested, $6.8M worth of cocaine seized in Toronto drug trafficking probe  Global NewsInvestigators said Project Sparta began last fall and resulted in the execution of six search warrants at three homes and three vehicles.
  
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• Toronto police seize 68 kg of cocaine smuggled in custom 'trap furniture'

  25-01-2019 17:15 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police seized some 68 kilograms of cocaine as well as large quantities of other drugs as part of its recent Project Sparta investigation, the force announced Friday.
  
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• Toronto police seize 68 kg of cocaine in major drug bust

  25-01-2019 17:15 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police seized some 68 kilograms of cocaine as well as large quantities of other drugs as part of its recent Project Sparta investigation, the force announced Friday.
  
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