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• Teen boys charged after man beaten up at Toronto school - Toronto Star

  29-03-2019 23:59 via thestar.com
  Teen boys charged after man beaten up at Toronto school  Toronto StarTwo 13-year-old boys have been charged with assault after punching a man at Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School.
  
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• Teen boys charged after man beaten up at Toronto school

  29-03-2019 23:58
  Two 13-year-old boys have been charged with assault after punching a man at Lord Dufferin Junior and Senior Public School.
  
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• Two men charged, one sought in Leslieville attempted murder investigation

  29-03-2019 23:31
  Two suspects have been charged and another is being sought in connection with an attempted murder investigation in the city’s Leslieville neighbourhood.
  
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• A rare case of an Ontario cop charged with attempted murder for shooting a fellow police officer

  29-03-2019 23:29
  The SIU has charged a Niagara Region police officer with attempted murder in the shooting of another officer in November
  
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• Health officials say public may have been exposed to measles at Vaughan Mills

  29-03-2019 23:21
  Toronto public health officials are warning anyone who was at Vaughan Mills on March 20 to make sure their measles immunization is up to date after a person with the disease passed through the mall.
  
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• Sexual misconduct allegations against two NDP MLAs were investigated by Toronto, Edmonton firms, says party - Edmonton Journal

  29-03-2019 22:59 via edmontonjournal.com
  Sexual misconduct allegations against two NDP MLAs were investigated by Toronto, Edmonton firms, says party  Edmonton JournalThe NDP says the allegations of sexual misconduct levied against two MLAs were investigated by two independent lawyers based in Edmonton and Toronto.
  
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• Public health officials warn of measles exposure at Vaughan Mills mall

  29-03-2019 22:51 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Public Health is warning the public about possible measles exposure at the Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre earlier this March.
  
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• Alleged Ripley's shark-tank skinny-dipper going to trial in September

  29-03-2019 22:43 via cbc.ca
  Police say David Weaver, 37, allegedly stripped naked and jumped into a tank at the downtown Toronto aquarium in October 2018.
  
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• Measles case confirmed in Toronto - CityNews

  29-03-2019 22:32 via toronto.citynews.ca
  Measles case confirmed in Toronto  CityNewsToronto Public Health (TPH) has confirmed a case of measles in a Toronto resident who acquired the infection in another country. TPH is warning that the public ...
  
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• 2 students, both 13, charged with assaulting teacher after shocking video surfaces online

  29-03-2019 22:27 via cbc.ca
  Two 13-year-old boys have been charged with assaulting a teacher at a public school in downtown Toronto last week after a video of an attack inside a classroom surfaced online.
  
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• Woman who showed ‘remarkable lack of judgement’ as articling student cleared to practise law, Law Society rules

  29-03-2019 22:14
  Nadia Guo has learned “a very hard lesson” and has made some “real and substantive changes,” a Law Society tribunal found in a 16-page decision released Thursday.
  
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• Police arrest convicted pedophile deemed 'high-risk' after Brampton mayor's complaint

  29-03-2019 22:01 via cbc.ca
  Mayor Patrick Brown criticized Correctional Service of Canada for picking Brampton as the new home for the 36-year-old sex offender from western Canada.
  
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• El Chapo Paid A Toronto Trucker Over $150,000 To Move Cocaine Into Canada - Narcity

  29-03-2019 21:16 via narcity.com
  El Chapo Paid A Toronto Trucker Over $150,000 To Move Cocaine Into Canada  NarcityA Toronto man is facing extradition over his alleged ties to Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
  
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• George Brown College took away paid sick days from part-time staff. Now it might be forced to give them back

  29-03-2019 21:15
  The Ontario Public Service Employees Union wants to force George Brown College to reverse a decision to strip part-time and casual faculty of two paid sick days,
  
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• Suspicious package found on school property in York

  29-03-2019 21:13
  Police are at the scene of a Harwood-area high school after a suspicious package was found outside of the building on Friday afternoon.
  
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• CFL heads back to Moncton with Toronto-Montreal game in August - CBC.ca

  29-03-2019 21:01 via cbc.ca
  CFL heads back to Moncton with Toronto-Montreal game in August  CBC.caThe CFL will stage another game in Moncton, N.B., with the possibility of more to come. The league announced Friday the Aug. 25 contest between the Toronto ...
  
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• Ontario approves 15 overdose prevention sites across the province

  29-03-2019 21:00
  Fifteen overdose-prevention sites across Ontario have been approved for operation under a new model, the provincial government announced Friday in a decision critics called a disaster because six previously licenced sites weren't given the green light.
  
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• Vehicles won’t be allowed in High Park during peak cherry blossom season

  29-03-2019 20:59
  Councillor Gord Perks says car access will be restricted during peak days to ensure public safety and address traffic congestion.
  
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• Toronto filmmaker's work pulled from Chinese festival for 'political reasons' - CBC.ca

  29-03-2019 20:36 via cbc.ca
  Toronto filmmaker's work pulled from Chinese festival for 'political reasons'  CBC.caA Toronto-based filmmaker says she was accepted and then rejected from a major Chinese film festival, with organizers in Beijing blaming "political reasons."
  
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• Gas prices to rise in Ontario on Monday as federal carbon tax kicks in, analyst says

  29-03-2019 20:22
  A spike in gas prices is likely on Monday when the federal carbon tax takes effect.
  
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• Convictions for Toronto Employer's Failure to Obey Orders to Pay Wages - Government of Ontario News

  29-03-2019 20:22 via news.ontario.ca
  Convictions for Toronto Employer's Failure to Obey Orders to Pay Wages  Government of Ontario NewsConvicted: Academic Hospitality Inc. and its director Bradley Moore, for a company operated as Recess or Recess Diner; 8 Dovercourt Road, Suite 502, Toronto, ...
  
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• Convicted pedophile released to halfway house in Brampton taken into police custody

  29-03-2019 20:13
  Peel police have confirmed that a convicted sex offender that was released to a halfway house in Brampton has been taken into custody and has been transferred to a correctional facility.
  
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• A Huge BBQ And Bourbon Festival Is Coming To Toronto This Summer - Narcity

  29-03-2019 20:12 via narcity.com
  A Huge BBQ And Bourbon Festival Is Coming To Toronto This Summer  NarcityNothing screams summer more than a BBQ! This summer Toronto will be hosting the ultimate BBQ and bourbon festival that you will want to go to with all your ...
  
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• Engineer says plans for Radiohead stage that collapsed had 'sloppy' mistakes

  29-03-2019 20:04
  An engineer who approved the plans for a stage that collapsed before a Radiohead concert in Toronto says the drawings contained "very sloppy" mistakes.
  
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• Police charge another suspect in triple homicide of Six Nations friends

  29-03-2019 20:01
  Police say they've made another arrest in the triple homicide of three members of an Ontario First Nation.
  
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• Could Toronto and the GTA be a National Park City? One U.K. ‘guerrilla geographer’ thinks so - Toronto Star

  29-03-2019 20:00 via thestar.com
  Could Toronto and the GTA be a National Park City? One U.K. ‘guerrilla geographer’ thinks so  Toronto StarDaniel Raven-Ellison says designating Toronto a National Park City could lead it to become greener, healthier and wilder.
  
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• Video shows confrontation between woman pushing stroller and car in Toronto - CTV News

  29-03-2019 19:39 via ctvnews.ca
  Video shows confrontation between woman pushing stroller and car in Toronto  CTV NewsA home surveillance camera caught a confrontation between a woman pushing a stroller and a car in a residential neighbourhood in Toronto.
  
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• Plans for Radiohead stage that collapsed in Toronto had ‘sloppy’ mistakes, engineer says - Global News

  29-03-2019 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  Plans for Radiohead stage that collapsed in Toronto had ‘sloppy’ mistakes, engineer says  Global NewsAlmost seven years after Scott Johnson was killed after a stage collapsed ahead of a Radiohead concert at Downsview Park, an inquest has been set.
  
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• High-risk child sex offender to return to detention centre following outrage in Brampton

  29-03-2019 19:08
  Madilyn Harks (formerly Matthew Harks) was taken into custody Friday after a request from Correctional Services Canada, Mayor Patrick Brown and Peel Region police said.
  
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• Toronto filmmaker's work pulled from Chinese festival for 'political reasons'

  29-03-2019 19:03 via cbc.ca
  A Toronto-based filmmaker says she was accepted and then rejected from a major Chinese film festival, with organizers in Beijing blaming "political reasons."
  
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• Engineer didn't check for right materials on Radiohead stage that collapsed, inquest hears

  29-03-2019 19:02
  Domenic Cugliari testified at an inquest into the death of Scott Johnson, a drum technician who was killed when the structure came crashing down just hours before the show was set to start on June 16, 2012.
  
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• ‘There’s a child in this!’ Video shows driver nearly hit woman and stroller at midtown intersection

  29-03-2019 18:42
  Police said they are aware of the video, which shows a heated encounter between a woman with a stroller and a car in midtown Toronto after vehicle almost collides into her.
  
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• Noise bylaw report urges removing blanket exemptions, increasing fines for rule breakers

  29-03-2019 18:41
  Recommendations from the noise bylaw review, started in 2015, will go to the city’s Economic and Community Development Committee on Wednesday.
  
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• Man wanted for alleged kidnapping and sexual assault may be in Toronto (PHOTOS) - Daily Hive

  29-03-2019 18:41 via dailyhive.com
  Man wanted for alleged kidnapping and sexual assault may be in Toronto (PHOTOS)  Daily HiveToronto Police is asking for the public's help to locate 31-year-old Wook Kang, who they believe to be in the Toronto area.
  
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• WATCH! MOM VS. MERCEDES!: Rage after encounter at Toronto intersection - Toronto Sun

  29-03-2019 18:30 via torontosun.com
  WATCH! MOM VS. MERCEDES!: Rage after encounter at Toronto intersection  Toronto SunA mom takes her baby for a walk in a stroller on a quiet midtown street.A silver Mercedes-Benz blasts through a stop sign, nearly hitting mom and baby.
  
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• City of Toronto seeks public input for 10-year housing plan - CityNews

  29-03-2019 18:05 via toronto.citynews.ca
  City of Toronto seeks public input for 10-year housing plan  CityNewsThe City of Toronto wants to hear from residents as it lays out its housing plan for the next decade. Mayor John Tory and deputy mayor Ana Bailao, who chairs ...
  
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• Wernick warns Wilson-Raybould of a 'collision' with the PM in new audio

  29-03-2019 17:45
  Former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould was cautioned about a potential "collision" with the prime minister over the SNC-Lavalin file, by outgoing Privy Council Clerk Michael Wernick, a newly-released audio recording reveals.
  
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• Audio recording to be released in addition to new Wilson-Raybould evidence: sources

  29-03-2019 17:45
  An audio recording from former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould will be made public Friday, in addition to new and supplementary evidence related to the SNC-Lavalin scandal, sources have confirmed to CTV News.
  
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• Travel advisory issued for Canadians in Britain in wake of latest twist in Brexit drama

  29-03-2019 17:31
  Global Affairs Canada has issued a travel advisory for Canadians in Britain, warning them of possible violence in the wake of today's latest twist in the country's Brexit drama.
  
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• 'Unacceptable': Toronto board of health chair slams province for supervised injection site cuts

  29-03-2019 17:19 via cbc.ca
  The chair of Toronto's board of health is sounding the alarm over the provincial government's cap on the number of supervised consumption sites, saying six such sites will be closed across Ontario as part of the stratedy — three of which are in Toronto.
  
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• Ford government's new overdose prevention strategy expected today

  29-03-2019 17:19 via cbc.ca
  Heatlh-care professionals, social service providers and community workers have been anxiously awaiting the plan from the province's Progressive Conservative government, which previously announced changes to addictions services last October.
  
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• This Toronto Mom Freaking Out at a Driver Is the Most Real Thing We've Ever Seen - VICE

  29-03-2019 17:08 via vice.com
  This Toronto Mom Freaking Out at a Driver Is the Most Real Thing We've Ever Seen  VICEWe can all relate to a little road rage. But only a select few of us take that anger to the next level. Enter, mom with baby in stroller. Security footage posted on ...
  
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• Buyer adds $78100 to offer for loft in Toronto's Fashion District - The Globe and Mail

  29-03-2019 17:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Buyer adds $78100 to offer for loft in Toronto's Fashion District  The Globe and MailThis 615-square-foot suite has a loft-like atmosphere with over 9½-foot concrete ceilings, a wall of windows and sliding terrace doors.
  
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• Toronto's twisted, tortured transit saga is even more tumultuous than Brexit (really) - The Globe and Mail

  29-03-2019 16:56 via theglobeandmail.com
  Toronto's twisted, tortured transit saga is even more tumultuous than Brexit (really)  The Globe and MailToronto's transit saga is like Brexit, only longer. It goes on and on, round and round, and nothing is ever settled. Politicians have been arguing for years about ...
  
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• Toronto woman jumps on hood of car after motorist almost hits stroller - blogTO

  29-03-2019 16:53 via blogto.com
  Toronto woman jumps on hood of car after motorist almost hits stroller  blogTODramatic video footage of a local woman facing off against the driver of a car that nearly rammed into her stroller at a traffic stop this week is ...
  
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• Province launching plan to curb suicide 'crisis' at OPP

  29-03-2019 16:49 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is launching new mental health supports for provincial police officers, after more than a dozen have died by suicide in recent years.
  
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• Outgoing child advocate asks province to 'amplify' voices of most vulnerable children

  29-03-2019 16:39 via cbc.ca
  "I have a lot of pride in what this amazing group of staff and an incredible group of thousands of young people did and built for the province," says Irwin Elman, whose last day on the job is Friday.
  
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• Peel public board to hire more Black and Indigenous teachers

  29-03-2019 16:26
  In an 11-3 recorded vote, the Peel District School Board approved a motion Monday authorizing a ‘targeted recruitment initiative’ aimed at creating greater staff diversity.
  
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