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• Toronto Sports Media Musings & A Week In The ICU – Toronto Sports Media Blog - Toronto Sports Media

  20-03-2019 23:47 via torontosportsmedia.com
  Toronto Sports Media Musings & A Week In The ICU – Toronto Sports Media Blog  Toronto Sports Mediaby TSM. Been a crazy couple of weeks- year here in the TSM household capped off with my son's week long stay in the ICU here in Seattle. Thank you to all ...
  
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• Philpott faced 'tough' questions from Liberal MPs in Wednesday's regional caucus meeting

  20-03-2019 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Jane Philpott, who resigned from cabinet earlier this month over the SNC-Lavalin affair, faced a barrage of tough questions from her Liberal colleagues Wednesday during a closed-door session of the Ontario caucus, sources told CBC News.
  
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• Philpott faced 'tough' questions from Liberal MPs in today's regional caucus meeting

  20-03-2019 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Jane Philpott, who resigned from cabinet earlier this month over the SNC-Lavalin affair, faced a barrage of tough questions from her Liberal colleagues today during a closed-door session of the Ontario caucus, sources told CBC News.
  
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• Subway upload talks to cost $2 million, city report says

  20-03-2019 23:06
  The city will seek “full cost recovery” from Queen’s Park for its participation in the talks, according to the report, which will go before Mayor John Tory’s executive committee on Thursday.
  
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• Mississauga just got one step closer to leaving Peel Region

  20-03-2019 22:45 via cbc.ca
  Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie's bid for the city of nearly 800,000 to separate from Peel Region won the support of council on Wednesday.
  
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• ‘How am I supposed to plan for this?’: University students walk out of class over changes to post-secondary funding

  20-03-2019 22:30
  Thousands of students walked out of classes at Ontario universities and colleges Wednesday in a call for the province to scrap a move to eliminate free tuition for low-income students and make some student fees, including those funding campus clubs, optional.
  
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• Mississauga city council asks to be separated from the rest of Peel Region

  20-03-2019 22:22
  Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie is calling on the province to remove the city of more than 721,000 residents from Peel Region and allow it to govern its own affairs as a standalone municipality.
  
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• Toronto police seeking public’s help to identify man hit by a truck who left the hospital early

  20-03-2019 22:19
  Police responded to a call for a personal injury collision at Perth and Wallace Aves. at 6:10 p.m. Tuesday to find a man in life-threatening condition.
  
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• Council to consider loosening shelter zoning rules

  20-03-2019 22:11
  A city staff recommendation to relax requirements on the distance between sites and their proximity to arterial roads is expected to go to a council vote next week.
  
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• How ‘monster homes’ are transforming Toronto neighbourhoods - Toronto Star

  20-03-2019 22:00 via thestar.com
  How ‘monster homes’ are transforming Toronto neighbourhoods  Toronto StarHarvey Knopman's spidey senses gave him an inkling in 2010 that his Bedford Park-Nortown neighbourhood was about to undergo a major transformation.
  
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• How ‘monster homes’ are transforming Toronto neighbourhoods

  20-03-2019 22:00
  “The current housing policy permits expensive houses to become more expensive,” says urban planner Cheryll Case, who co-authored a report that looked at how redevelopment of detached homes was changing the face of several neighbourhoods.
  
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• Toronto police board chair backs request to let independent review probe McArthur disappearances

  20-03-2019 21:45
  The board chair is backing a request by a former Ontario Court of Appeal judge Gloria Epstein that would allow her to investigate how police probed the disappearances of the men murdered by serial killer Bruce McArthur.
  
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• Mayor John Tory Promises To Lower Speed Limits In Toronto To Reduce Pedestrian And Cyclist Deaths - Narcity

  20-03-2019 21:34 via narcity.com
  Mayor John Tory Promises To Lower Speed Limits In Toronto To Reduce Pedestrian And Cyclist Deaths  NarcityToronto Mayor John Tory commits to lowering speed limits in the city in order to reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalities.
  
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• Third Day Of Chaos On The TTC Has Toronto Commuters Feeling Defeated (PHOTOS) - Narcity

  20-03-2019 21:28 via narcity.com
  Third Day Of Chaos On The TTC Has Toronto Commuters Feeling Defeated (PHOTOS)  NarcityFor the third day in a row, a TTC subway *service* suspension at the height of morning rush hour has caused thousands of Toronto commuters to line up for shuttle ...
  
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• Toronto is home to the longest standing 'sex-related' billboard ad in North America - Daily Hive

  20-03-2019 21:13 via dailyhive.com
  Toronto is home to the longest standing 'sex-related' billboard ad in North America  Daily HiveToronto is allegedly home to the longest standing 'sex-related' billboard ad in North America and it's on one of Canada's busiest highways.
  
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• Revised Queen & Parliament Development Presented at DRP - Urban Toronto

  20-03-2019 21:12 via urbantoronto.ca
  Revised Queen & Parliament Development Presented at DRP  Urban TorontoLast year, a rezoning application was submitted for a pair of towers at 351 Queen East (also referred to as 161 Parliament) within the quickly densifying ...
  
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• University, college students walk out of class to protest Ontario's funding changes

  20-03-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Students at colleges and universities across Ontario walked out of class Wednesday to protest against the government's changes to post-secondary funding, in what organizers called an escalation of student action against the plan.
  
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• 'The wrong direction': Students walk out of class over Ontario's post-secondary funding changes

  20-03-2019 21:08 via cbc.ca
  Students at colleges and universities across Ontario walked out of class Wednesday to protest against the government's changes to post-secondary funding, in what organizers called an escalation of student action against the plan.
  
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• Paccar Parts opens newer, larger Toronto distribution center - Truck News

  20-03-2019 21:05 via trucknews.com
  Paccar Parts opens newer, larger Toronto distribution center  Truck NewsTORONTO, Ont. – Paccar Parts held a grand opening for its new, $34-million state-of-the-art distribution center today. The new center is 160,000 square feet and ...
  
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• Hamilton police officer faces disciplinary charges for arresting two journalists

  20-03-2019 20:43
  Const. Jeff Todoruck handcuffed a journalist after seizing his camera, then allegedly zip-tied a videographer’s hands and locked him in a cruiser following a deadly crash in Waterdown.
  
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• Report finds overwhelming support for police enforcement of animal cruelty laws

  20-03-2019 20:28
  The vast majority of thousands of Ontarians surveyed on animal cruelty laws want police to be the ones to enforce the rules, says a new report compiled amid questions about the role of the province's animal welfare organization.
  
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• Education minister says higher class sizes will teach students coping skills

  20-03-2019 20:21
  Ontario's education minister defended a plan to increase high school class sizes Wednesday by saying today's students lack resiliency and coping skills.
  
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• Toronto Raptors Temperature: Serge Ibaka is back in the mix - RaptorsHQ

  20-03-2019 20:05 via raptorshq.com
  Toronto Raptors Temperature: Serge Ibaka is back in the mix  RaptorsHQThis week had it all. Two blowout victories and one pesky loss to Dwane Casey's Pistons. Plus Serge Ibaka stirred the pot. Let's take the temperature.
  
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• Whitby MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus, sits as independent

  20-03-2019 19:51
  Celina Caesar-Chavannes has informed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that she's leaving the federal Liberal caucus and will sit as an independent MP.
  
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• Raptors guard Kyle Lowry ruled out of Oklahoma City game due to injury

  20-03-2019 19:33
  Kyle Lowry was ruled out of the Toronto Raptors' game Wednesday at Oklahoma City because of a sprained right ankle.
  
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• MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes quits Liberal caucus

  20-03-2019 19:26 via cbc.ca
  Whitby, Ont. MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes has quit the Liberal caucus and will sit as an independent. The PMO has denied her allegations that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau became angry and hostile with her when she informed him she was not seeking re-election.
  
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• Mayor John Tory pledges crackdown to curb pedestrian and cyclist deaths

  20-03-2019 19:03
  Toronto Mayor John Tory has pledged to lower speed limits and crack down on scofflaw motorists in an effort to cut down on the number of pedestrian and cyclist fatalities in the city.
  
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• Tory launches 'Vision Zero 2.0' with aim of lowering speed limits, making safer pedestrian crossings

  20-03-2019 18:54 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Mayor John Tory announced the next phase of the city's Vision Zero plan on Wednesday, vowing to make the streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
  
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• Doug Ford didn't breach rules in Taverner appointment, integrity commissioner says

  20-03-2019 18:52 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's integrity commissioner says Premier Doug Ford did not breach conflict of interest rules in the appointment of his friend Ron Taverner as Ontario Provincial Police commissioner.
  
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• Premier Doug Ford says he's vindicated by integrity report on OPP hiring

  20-03-2019 18:48
  The recruitment process that led to the appointment of a close friend of Doug Ford as Ontario's top cop was "flawed," the province's integrity commissioner has found, but the premier himself didn't break any rules.
  
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• Ford 'did not breach' integrity act with hiring of Taverner, commissioner finds

  20-03-2019 18:48
  Ontario's integrity commissioner says Premier Doug Ford did not break the rules that govern legislators when one of his close friends was hired as the province's top cop last fall.
  
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• Larger high school class sizes will make Ontario students more resilient, education minister says

  20-03-2019 18:46 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Education Minister Lisa Thompson says increasing the average size of high school classes will benefit students across the province by making them more resilient.
  
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• University of Toronto students stage walkout to protest funding changes - CityNews

  20-03-2019 18:34 via toronto.citynews.ca
  University of Toronto students stage walkout to protest funding changes  CityNewsUniversity of Toronto students took part in a province-wide walkout Wednesday to protest the government's changes to post-secondary funding. Mar 20, 2019 ...
  
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• Mild weather in Toronto's forecast on first official day of spring - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  20-03-2019 18:00 via cp24.com
  Mild weather in Toronto's forecast on first official day of spring  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsSpring-like weather has decided to make an appearance in Toronto on the first official day of spring.
  
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• Garfield themed-restaurant debuting in Toronto, will be open on Mondays - The Takeout

  20-03-2019 17:40 via thetakeout.com
  Garfield themed-restaurant debuting in Toronto, will be open on Mondays  The TakeoutWhen I was a youngster, I made the fatal mistake of telling a few relatives how much I enjoyed Garfield the cat. Every holiday and birthday after that, I was ...
  
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• Toronto Is Hosting A Massive, Over-The-Top Burger Festival This Spring - Narcity

  20-03-2019 17:37 via narcity.com
  Toronto Is Hosting A Massive, Over-The-Top Burger Festival This Spring  NarcityNow that the weather is getting warmer, it is finally festival season again! One food festival you won't want to miss is Burgermania, a massive 3-day hamburger ...
  
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• Materials sector weighs on stocks in Toronto, US markets trade lower - BNNBloomberg.ca

  20-03-2019 17:32 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  Materials sector weighs on stocks in Toronto, US markets trade lower  BNNBloomberg.caTORONTO -- Losses in the materials sector weighed on Canada's main stock index in late-morning trading, while U.S. stock markets also moved lower.
  
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• 'I've never felt more empowered,' says Jann Arden of her new comedy series

  20-03-2019 17:32
  Jann Arden is having a moment.
  
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• Mississauga's R.J. Barrett named USA Today's player of the year

  20-03-2019 17:28
  Canadian basketball star R.J. Barrett has been named the National Player of the Year by USA Today.
  
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• The Strokes Toronto - Exclaim!

  20-03-2019 17:16 via exclaim.ca
  The Strokes Toronto  Exclaim!The Strokes are coming back to Toronto. The band will perform on May 20 at the Budweiser Stage. The show marks the kickoff to the venue'...
  
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• Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to sing at Toronto event - Canadian Jewish News

  20-03-2019 17:13 via cjnews.com
  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to sing at Toronto event  Canadian Jewish NewsIsraeli President Reuven Rivlinwill sing Matisyahu's hit song One Day at the Westin Harbour Castle in downtown Toronto on April 2.
  
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• Terrace B.C Man Learns of Toronto F.C’s 2017 MLS Cup Win For First Time While Watching “Engraved on a Nation”… - Eighty Six Forever

  20-03-2019 16:53 via eightysixforever.com
  Terrace B.C Man Learns of Toronto F.C’s 2017 MLS Cup Win For First Time While Watching “Engraved on a Nation”…  Eighty Six ForeverTerrace B.C man Gordon Smith was stunned to learn of Toronto F.C's 2017 MLS cup win for the first time last week when he watched an episode of TSN's ...
  
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• Preview: Regional Combine circuit caps off in Toronto - CFL.ca

  20-03-2019 16:40 via cfl.ca
  Preview: Regional Combine circuit caps off in Toronto  CFL.caTORONTO — The last of three regional combines has arrived and prospects will eye punching their ticket to the CFL Combine presented by New Era, as the ...
  
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• Luxury housing sales down in Toronto and Vancouver, up in Montreal - BNNBloomberg.ca

  20-03-2019 16:37 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  Luxury housing sales down in Toronto and Vancouver, up in Montreal  BNNBloomberg.caLuxury home sales fell in the two formerly hot housing markets of Vancouver and Toronto, as well as Calgary, in the first couple months of the new year, ...
  
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• Luxury sales down in Toronto and Vancouver markets, but up in Montreal

  20-03-2019 16:14
  Luxury home sales fell in the two formerly hot housing markets of Vancouver and Toronto, as well as Calgary, in the first couple months of the new year, according to data released Wednesday by Sotheby's International Realty Canada.
  
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