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• Province pulls $20M in funding from OCAD University expansion

  16-04-2019 23:59
  University says it will push ahead with expansion plans despite ‘devastating’ news of funding cut.
  
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• Mitch Marner helping to pace Maple Leafs at both ends of the ice

  16-04-2019 23:34
  Mitch Marner blocked one shot off his leg.
  
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• Ottawa's Bronson Centre gets Toronto investment - Ottawa Citizen

  16-04-2019 23:29 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa's Bronson Centre gets Toronto investment  Ottawa CitizenAn innovative partnership between a Toronto music venue and Ottawa's Bronson Centre will bring more live music to the nation's capital and support social ...
  
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• Toronto council makes decisions and Doug Ford’s government keeps changing them - Toronto Star

  16-04-2019 23:15 via thestar.com
  Toronto council makes decisions and Doug Ford’s government keeps changing them  Toronto StarTransit plans overshadowed by Premier Doug Ford's own transit map. An opioid crisis made more challenging by provincial funding cuts. Uncertainty over the ...
  
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• Justin Trudeau says Doug Ford 'doesn't want to partner' on funding projects

  16-04-2019 22:52 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Ontario government hasn't approved any infrastructure projects in a year that would see joint funding with the federal government.
  
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• Developer says city should rethink missing middle restrictions

  16-04-2019 22:51
  Changes to zoning, speeding up approvals are just two of the ways Toronto can encourage missing middle construction, Stephen Diamond says.
  
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• Toronto's St. James Cathedral, razed twice in fires, offers hope and advice to Notre-Dame - CBC.ca

  16-04-2019 22:49 via cbc.ca
  Toronto's St. James Cathedral, razed twice in fires, offers hope and advice to Notre-Dame  CBC.caThe leaders of Toronto's oldest church are sharing a message of hope and solidarity following this week's devastating fire at France's Notre-Dame Cathedral.
  
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• Toronto's St. James Cathedral, razed twice in fires, offers hope and advice to Notre-Dame

  16-04-2019 22:49 via cbc.ca
  The leaders of Toronto's oldest church are sharing a message of hope and solidarity following this week's devastating fire at France's Notre-Dame Cathedral.
  
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• They were strangers. Then she changed his life in what's believed to be a North American first

  16-04-2019 22:23 via cbc.ca
  One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel."
  
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• She changed a stranger's life in what's believed to be a North American first

  16-04-2019 22:23 via cbc.ca
  One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel."
  
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• City staff calling on council to potentially allocate $4B to Ford government's transit plan

  16-04-2019 22:18 via cbc.ca
  A new city report responding to the province's transit plan outlines more than 60 technical questions about the roughly $30-billion proposal, and suggests council allocate funding if the city is satisfied with the plan. Already, one councillor is calling that notion "absurd."
  
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• Barbara Kay: Anti-Semitic 'blood libels' get poster treatment at Toronto-area school - National Post

  16-04-2019 22:18 via nationalpost.com
  Barbara Kay: Anti-Semitic 'blood libels' get poster treatment at Toronto-area school  National PostAs part of a recent week-long “social justice” program, pro-Palestinian students at Stephen Lewis Secondary School in the Toronto area's Peel District mounted ...
  
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• Toronto should fund some of Ford's transit plan, but only after assessment: city manager

  16-04-2019 22:17
  Toronto’s top bureaucrat is recommending that the city allocate $3.8 billion in federal transit funding to two subway projects that the province has proposed extensive changes to but only upon the satisfactory completion of an assessment that will be seek clarity on more than 60 unanswered questions.
  
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• City managers recommends Toronto fund some of Ford's transit plan after assessment - CTV News

  16-04-2019 22:17 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  City managers recommends Toronto fund some of Ford's transit plan after assessment  CTV NewsToronto's top bureaucrat is recommending that the city allocate $3.8 billion in federal transit funding to two subway projects that the province has proposed ...
  
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• City managers recommends Toronto fund some of Ford's transit plan after assessment

  16-04-2019 22:17
  Toronto’s top bureaucrat is recommending that the city allocate $3.8 billion in federal transit funding to two subway projects that the province has proposed extensive changes to but only upon the satisfactory completion of an assessment that will be seek clarity on more than 60 unanswered questions.
  
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• Toronto ranked 12th most-expensive housing market in the world - Daily Hive

  16-04-2019 22:05 via dailyhive.com
  Toronto ranked 12th most-expensive housing market in the world  Daily HiveTorontois the 12th most epensive housing market in the world, according to CBRE's latest Global Living report, which looks at housing markets in 35 cities.
  
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• Tokyo's Michelin star ramen restaurant opening outpost in downtown Toronto - Daily Hive

  16-04-2019 21:37 via dailyhive.com
  Tokyo's Michelin star ramen restaurant opening outpost in downtown Toronto  Daily HiveGet ready to slurp some noodles downtown. Konjiki Ramen, the Michelin one-star ramen restaurant from Japan, is about to open a location on Elm Street.
  
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• Galleria Mall: New Community Centre and Park Detailed at DRP - Urban Toronto

  16-04-2019 21:37 via urbantoronto.ca
  Galleria Mall: New Community Centre and Park Detailed at DRP  Urban TorontoLast week, Toronto's Design Review Panel got a first look at plans for the new park and community centre designs from Public Work and Perkins + Will coming ...
  
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• Mental health program aims to help young people cope with life after children’s aid

  16-04-2019 21:35
  Program being launched this month offers support to youth who leave care and aims to put them on the road to employment and education.
  
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• Fire at winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake had potential to be catastrophic: deputy fire chief

  16-04-2019 21:04
  A fire at a winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake Tuesday afternoon had the potential to be “catastrophic,” according to the region’s deputy fire chief.
  
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• Emergency crews battle fire at winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake

  16-04-2019 21:04
  Emergency crews are working to put out a fire at a winery in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
  
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• A ‘paired living liver donation’ was done in Toronto and involved 4 simultaneous surgeries

  16-04-2019 20:53
  The procedure conducted by the University Health Network Transplant Program involved four simultaneous surgeries.
  
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• Paired living liver donation at Toronto hospital believed to be North American first - CTV News

  16-04-2019 20:30 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  Paired living liver donation at Toronto hospital believed to be North American first  CTV NewsTORONTO -- One of the recipients of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation is calling the stranger who saved his life "an angel.".
  
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• Paired living liver donation at Toronto hospital believed to be North American first

  16-04-2019 20:30
  The recipient of what's believed to be North America's first paired living liver donation says he has "the deepest regards" for the stranger who saved his life.
  
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• PM announces $52M for 'innovation network' between Waterloo, Toronto and Ottawa - CBC News

  16-04-2019 20:23 via cbc.ca
  PM announces $52M for 'innovation network' between Waterloo, Toronto and Ottawa  CBC NewsThe federal government is investing $52.4 million in an innovation network that is expected to create 18000 skilled jobs in Waterloo, Toronto and Ottawa.
  
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• Doug Ford threatens to change expiry date for Ontario teachers’ contracts

  16-04-2019 20:23
  Teachers’ contracts will not be immune to Ford government changes if the premier gets his way.
  
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• Ford government looks at merging ambulance services in Ontario

  16-04-2019 20:21
  Ontario's Progressive Conservative government says it is looking at merging ambulance services.
  
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• Trudeau says Ford government won't work with feds on building projects

  16-04-2019 20:14
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Ontario government is holding up vital infrastructure spending.
  
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• Canadian Civil Liberties Association files lawsuit over Quayside project

  16-04-2019 20:10
  The Canadian Civil Liberties Association says it's making good on its threat to sue all three orders of government over plans for a high-tech neighbourhood in Toronto.
  
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• Art Shoppe Condos Rising Tall Above Yonge in Midtown - Urban Toronto

  16-04-2019 20:00 via urbantoronto.ca
  Art Shoppe Condos Rising Tall Above Yonge in Midtown  Urban TorontoFreed and Capital Developments' Art Shoppe Condos are rising higher into the air of Midtown Toronto on Yonge such of Eglinton.
  
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• Canadian Civil Liberties Association files lawsuit over Sidewalk Labs project

  16-04-2019 19:16 via cbc.ca
  The association announced it was filing suit against the federal, provincial and municipal governments as well as Waterfront Toronto, and Sidewalk Labs.
  
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• Spanish soccer's La Liga to set up youth academy in Toronto region - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  16-04-2019 19:06 via cp24.com
  Spanish soccer's La Liga to set up youth academy in Toronto region  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsLooking to further its brand overseas, La Liga has chosen Toronto as site of the Spanish league's first soccer academy in North America.
  
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• Runaway sweet tooth: Funnel cake truck stolen in Toronto - CTV News

  16-04-2019 18:59 via ctvnews.ca
  Runaway sweet tooth: Funnel cake truck stolen in Toronto  CTV NewsA “Funnel Cake Express” food truck was stolen on Friday and Toronto police are urging people to be on lookout for it and the dark Ford pick-up that towed it ...
  
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• Canadian Civil Liberties Association files lawsuit over Sidewalk Labs project in Toronto - The Globe and Mail

  16-04-2019 18:56 via theglobeandmail.com
  Canadian Civil Liberties Association files lawsuit over Sidewalk Labs project in Toronto  The Globe and MailFederal, provincial and municipal governments are all named in the notice of application filed by the civil rights and freedoms group, which has been threatening ...
  
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• Ford warns teachers not to strike as contract expires, claims unions have 'declared war'

  16-04-2019 18:55 via cbc.ca
  Premier Doug Ford warned teachers Tuesday not to "pull this strike nonsense," with a likely challenging round of bargaining set to start as soon as this month.
  
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• Ford tells teachers not to strike as contract talks near

  16-04-2019 18:55 via cbc.ca
  Premier Doug Ford is telling teachers not to strike, saying they have a good deal with three months of holidays and the best benefits and pensions in the country.
  
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• Man charged after allegedly driving more than 200 km/h on Gardiner

  16-04-2019 18:54
  A 23-year-old man is facing several charges, including refusing to provide a breath sample, after police say he was caught driving more than 200 km/h on the Gardiner Expressway early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Toronto council makes King Street transit pilot permanent - The Globe and Mail

  16-04-2019 18:39 via theglobeandmail.com
  Toronto council makes King Street transit pilot permanent  The Globe and MailToronto council has decided to keep in place efforts to speed up transit vehicles on King Street, making permanent what staff called an “unprecedented” success ...
  
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• Suspect accused of murdering his elderly father in Keelesdale appears in court

  16-04-2019 18:17
  The man accused of murdering his elderly father appeared briefly in court on Tuesday as close family friends try to come to terms with the 77-year-old’s untimely death.
  
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• Canadian researchers hope new drugs possible for hardest-to-treat brain cancer

  16-04-2019 18:01
  Canadian researchers have identified genes in brain cancer stem cells that fuel the growth and survival of glioblastoma in hopes their data will be mined to develop treatments targeting an aggressive tumour that claimed the life of Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie.
  
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• 3 Toronto teens arrested in connection with armed gas station robbery in Oakville - Toronto Star

  16-04-2019 17:44 via thestar.com
  3 Toronto teens arrested in connection with armed gas station robbery in Oakville  Toronto StarThree male teens from Toronto are facing numerous charges in connection with an armed robbery, which took place at an Oakville gas station on Jan. 23.
  
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• City council votes to make King Street pilot permanent

  16-04-2019 17:41 via cbc.ca
  Toronto City Council voted Tuesday to make the King Street pilot project permanent, while also voting to monitor how the project performs over time.
  
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• Ontario 'alarmist' over federal powers if carbon pricing law stands, court hears

  16-04-2019 17:38
  The federal government says Ontario is being "alarmist" in its fight against Ottawa's carbon pricing law.
  
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• City council votes in favour of making the King Street pilot project permanent

  16-04-2019 17:32
  City council has voted overwhelmingly in favour of making the King Street pilot project permanent despite objections from some restaurant owners.
  
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• Toronto home sales perk up in April after dismal March weather - The Globe and Mail

  16-04-2019 17:18 via theglobeandmail.com
  Toronto home sales perk up in April after dismal March weather  The Globe and MailReal estate agent Ira Jelinek has experienced ebbs and flows in the Toronto real estate market in 2019. So far in April, deals are flowing. “Everything I list has ...
  
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• Spanish soccer's La Liga to set up youth academy in Toronto region - TSN

  16-04-2019 17:00 via tsn.ca
  Spanish soccer's La Liga to set up youth academy in Toronto region  TSNTORONTO — Looking to further its brand overseas, La Liga has chosen Toronto as site of the Spanish league's first soccer academy in North America.
  
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• Public health spending cut in Ontario called 'huge step backwards'

  16-04-2019 16:53 via cbc.ca
  A cut of $200 million to public health units in Ontario annually would be a "huge step backwards" to frontline services that help to keep communities healthy, says the head of an organization that represents boards of health and medical officers of health.
  
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• University of Toronto's asbestos response falls short, leaving asbestos incidents unaddressed - Canada NewsWire

  16-04-2019 16:43 via newswire.ca
  University of Toronto's asbestos response falls short, leaving asbestos incidents unaddressed  Canada NewsWireTORONTO, April 16, 2019 /CNW/ - On March 26, 2019, the University of Toronto Administration released both the Report of the Panel to Review the Asbestos ...
  
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• Seth Rogen To Talk Cannabis Startup ‘Houseplant’ At Toronto Tech Conference - ETCanada.com

  16-04-2019 16:38 via etcanada.com
  Seth Rogen To Talk Cannabis Startup ‘Houseplant’ At Toronto Tech Conference  ETCanada.comAfter launching his cannabis startup Houseplant, Seth Rogen will take the stage at Collision, Toronto's tech conference to talk the cannabis business. Rogen will ...
  
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