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• Radio host Erin Davis chronicles pain of losing daughter - Toronto Sun

  03-03-2019 23:48 via torontosun.com
  Radio host Erin Davis chronicles pain of losing daughter  Toronto SunYou'll dance again, but with a limp.That paraphrase — inspired by the work of American writer Anne Lamott — is used by popular Toronto radio broadcaster Erin ...
  
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• Pot confiscation at Canadian border increased in weeks after legalization: stats

  03-03-2019 23:40 via cbc.ca
  The number of cannabis confiscations at the Canadian border increased more than 60 per cent year-over-year in the first six weeks after pot legalization, new statistics show.
  
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• Toronto cafe owner suing province for $1.1M over lost cannabis licence - Global News

  03-03-2019 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto cafe owner suing province for $1.1M over lost cannabis licence  Global NewsThe Ford government's decision to award only 25 locations with retail cannabis licences through a lottery has left one Toronto business owner on the outside ...
  
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• Confiscation of cannabis at Canadian border increased after legalization: stats

  03-03-2019 22:28
  The number of cannabis confiscations at the Canadian border increased more than 60 per cent year-over-year in the first six weeks after pot legalization, new statistics show.
  
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• Toronto poised to OK budget: Taxes, water, garbage up - Toronto Sun

  03-03-2019 21:31 via torontosun.com
  Toronto poised to OK budget: Taxes, water, garbage up  Toronto SunThe average Toronto homeowner will likely be down at least $227 by the end of the week.City Council will determine this year's property tax, water and garbage ...
  
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• Huawei CFO suing Canada, its border agency and the RCMP

  03-03-2019 20:32
  The defence team for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou has filed a notice of civil claim alleging “serious violations” of her constitutional rights.
  
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• Ontario government consults on gender wage gap law, asks for business input

  03-03-2019 20:01 via cbc.ca
  Based on the most recent data from Statistics Canada, the gender wage gap accounting for the annual earnings of all workers is 29.3 per cent, meaning that women earn about 71 cents for every dollar that men earn.
  
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• Cynthia Dale returns to Street Legal role 25 years after original

  03-03-2019 17:09 via cbc.ca
  Stage and screen actor Cynthia Dale is returning to what she calls "the best job in Canada." On Monday, nearly 25 years after it ended, CBC's popular Canadian courtroom drama Street Legal makes a comeback, with Dale once again starring as steely lawyer Olivia Novak.
  
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• Ontario consults on gender wage gap law, asks for business input

  03-03-2019 16:41
  Ontario is gathering feedback on legislation aimed at eliminating the gender wage gap, including asking businesses how onerous pay transparency reporting would be.
  
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• How to rig a political party nomination meeting

  03-03-2019 16:01 via cbc.ca
  Someone committed fraud at a Hamilton-area PC nomination meeting, police say. But we'll likely never know who.
  
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• Extreme cold weather alert issued for Toronto

  03-03-2019 15:00
  The city's medical officer of health has issued an extreme cold weather alert for Toronto, with a frigid night ahead.
  
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• Toronto under extreme cold weather alert as temperature set to plunge - CBC News

  03-03-2019 14:46 via cbc.ca
  Toronto under extreme cold weather alert as temperature set to plunge  CBC NewsToronto's medical officer of health has issued an extreme cold weather alert for the city on Sunday because the temperature is expected to plunge to –17 C ...
  
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• Toronto under extreme cold weather alert as temperature set to plunge

  03-03-2019 14:46 via cbc.ca
  Toronto's medical officer of health has issued an extreme cold weather alert for the city on Sunday because the temperature is expected to plunge to – 17 C overnight.
  
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• Downtown collision sends woman to hospital

  03-03-2019 13:55
  A woman was taken to hospital after two vehicles collided downtown early Sunday, one of them striking a traffic pole.
  
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• 'They weren't just ordinary tenants': Exhibition shines light on Japanese-Canadian couple

  03-03-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Redefining Home: A Story of Japanese Canadian Resettlement in Toronto follows the story of Harold and Hana Kawasoe, a young Japanese-Canadian couple who lived in Campbell House’s attic from 1948 to 1951.
  
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• Solar project opponents call PC green energy rhetoric a 'boatload of BS'

  03-03-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A group of residents in Port Hope say they were promised that a controversial solar project would be cancelled if the Progressive Conservatives formed government.
  
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• 'We didn't sleep for 3 days': How a network of women watched over Rahaf Mohammed's escape to the West

  03-03-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  When Rahaf Mohammed made her risky escape from Saudi Arabia in January, a network of young women were advising her and others in the same way they’ve helped each other flee repression at home.
  
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• Customers flag bottled water smelling of 'old socks' and 'urine,' but CFIA says it poses no health risk

  03-03-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Some of Canada's best-known brands have sold bottled water that smells like "urine," tastes like "old socks" or reeks of "diarrhea," according to four years' worth of inspection reports obtained by CBC News.
  
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• Crystal Papineau: Making sense of a life cruelly ended during an act of kindness

  03-03-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Crystal Papineau died on a frigid day in January inside a clothing donation bin in Toronto — a victim of her difficult life on the streets, and her compassion for others. The National sent reporter Nick Purdon and producer Leonardo Palleja to speak with Papineau's parents about their daughter's life.
  
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• New smaller Toronto city council costing more than the previous one - blogTO

  03-03-2019 09:00 via blogto.com
  New smaller Toronto city council costing more than the previous one  blogTOOne of Toronto's executive committees will be meeting today to discuss the city budget. In the discussion that takes place, the members of the com...
  
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• Hockey-themed movies and docs are a hard sell - Toronto Sun

  03-03-2019 05:03 via torontosun.com
  Hockey-themed movies and docs are a hard sell  Toronto SunFans will watch live hockey with five-a-side skaters and a game clock all night on TV, computer or mobile device.But shrink that 200×85-foot canvas to a movie ...
  
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• Police seek missing man, 50, last seen in Mississauga - CTV News

  03-03-2019 05:02 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  Police seek missing man, 50, last seen in Mississauga  CTV NewsPolice are looking for a 50-year-old man last seen last Tuesday in Mississauga's Burnhamthorpe neighbourhood.
  
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• Police seek missing man, 50, last seen in Mississauga

  03-03-2019 05:02
  Police are looking for a 50-year-old man last seen last Tuesday in Mississauga’s Burnhamthorpe neighbourhood.
  
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• New Waterfront Toronto appointee vows ‘independent judgment’ on Sidewalk Labs

  03-03-2019 05:00
  One of Doug Ford’s new appointees to the board has close ties to prominent ‘smart city’ critic Jim Balsillie, but says he has ‘no fundamental bias.’
  
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• Maple Leafs, fans remind John Tavares why he chose Toronto - Sportsnet.ca

  03-03-2019 04:00 via sportsnet.ca
  Maple Leafs, fans remind John Tavares why he chose Toronto  Sportsnet.caFeeling the need to reassure John Tavares that he made the right decision, the city of Toronto welcomed back the salary cap era's best free agent to change ...
  
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• Tavares scores on return home as Leafs down Buffalo 5-2

  03-03-2019 03:51
  John Tavares scored on what Maple Leafs fans had dubbed “TavaresDayTO,” and Nic Petan got the game-winner in his Leafs debut, as Toronto beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Saturday.
  
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• Woman, 24, dies after fall from nature trail in Toronto’s west end - Toronto Star

  03-03-2019 02:54 via thestar.com
  Woman, 24, dies after fall from nature trail in Toronto’s west end  Toronto StarPeel Regional Police say a call came in Saturday afternoon that a person had fallen from an edge near Etobicoke Creek, just south of Pearson airport.
  
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• Woman, 24, dies after fall from nature trail in Toronto’s west end

  03-03-2019 02:53
  Peel Regional Police say a call came in Saturday afternoon that a person had fallen from an edge near Etobicoke Creek, just south of Pearson airport.
  
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• ‘Building raincoats’ and heated paving stones: Smart city technology on display at Sidewalk Labs open house

  03-03-2019 02:43
  Many who attended an open house hosted by Sidewalk Labs on Saturday said they were enthusiastic about the company’s plans for the high-tech Quayside district, though privacy concerns about use of personal data remain.
  
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• WARMINGTON: India-Pakistan tension melts away in Toronto - Toronto Sun

  03-03-2019 02:36 via torontosun.com
  WARMINGTON: India-Pakistan tension melts away in Toronto  Toronto SunIf only Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi could come to Gerrard Street.They would see what getting along ...
  
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• How Canadians opened their hearts to refugees

  03-03-2019 01:00
  Forty years ago, in response to the “boat people” crisis, Canada’s private refugee sponsorship program was born.
  
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• ‘Forever grateful to them.’ 40 years on, refugees still feel warm embrace of their sponsors

  03-03-2019 01:00
  The Lee family was among the first wave of Indo-Chinese “boat people” welcomed to Canada under a then-new sponsorship program. Their sponsors are still by their side.
  
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• Largest Toronto snow removal happening since 2010, city says - CBC.ca

  03-03-2019 00:17 via cbc.ca
  Largest Toronto snow removal happening since 2010, city says  CBC.caAfter so much snow in Toronto this winter — and more coming down this weekend — the city is hauling it off the streets on the largest scale in nearly a decade.
  
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• Largest Toronto snow removal happening since 2010, city says

  03-03-2019 00:17 via cbc.ca
  After so much snow in Toronto this winter — and more coming down this weekend — the city is hauling it off the streets on the largest scale in nearly a decade.
  
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