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• Blue Jays sweep season series against A's on Smoak's walk-off single

  28-04-2019 23:28 via cbc.ca
  Justin Smoak drove in the winning run in the 11th inning as the Blue Jays completed a three-game sweep of the visiting Oakland Athletics with a 5-4 win on Sunday afternoon. Toronto also swept the six-game season series.
  
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• Canadian hospitals reported 138 cases of lost fentanyl in one 15-month period, federal records show

  28-04-2019 23:00
  More than half of the lost fentanly incidents occurred in Ontario hospitals. In Nunavut, 20 packages of fentanyl went missing after a break-and-enter at a nurses station in 2017.
  
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• 'It was unbelievable': Lowry compares Leonard's stunning night to 2009 Yao

  28-04-2019 22:50
  Kyle Lowry remembers witnessing only one other performance that was as dominant as Kawhi Leonard's was on Saturday night.
  
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• Teva Harrison, award-winning Toronto cartoonist, dead at 42

  28-04-2019 22:04 via cbc.ca
  The author of In-Between Days, who was known for her poignant comics about living with metastatic breast cancer, has died.
  
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• Ontario cannabis distributor cancels tender for same-day pot deliveries

  28-04-2019 22:04 via cbc.ca
  Ontario's government-run cannabis distributor has cancelled its tender for couriers to make same-day pot deliveries.
  
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• Tender for same-day marijuana deliveries cancelled by Ontario cannabis distributor

  28-04-2019 21:52
  Ontario's government-run cannabis distributor has cancelled its tender for couriers to make same-day pot deliveries.
  
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• Woman charged with murder in 2016 shooting - Toronto Sun

  28-04-2019 20:25 via torontosun.com
  Woman charged with murder in 2016 shooting  Toronto SunA woman wanted in a 2016 murder has turned herself in to Toronto Police.Hours after police circulated Monique Ibrahim's photo and a description of the killing ...
  
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• BRAUN: Power play from squirrel population - Toronto Sun

  28-04-2019 19:46 via torontosun.com
  BRAUN: Power play from squirrel population  Toronto SunThe noise and smell are unmistakeable.When a squirrel's last gesture is conducting electricity through its furry little body, there's usually a loud boom and the ...
  
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• Armed forces in Bracebridge, Ont., to help battle rising floodwaters

  28-04-2019 19:26
  The Canadian Armed Forces have landed in a small town in central Ontario's cottage country grappling with record floodwaters to help with sandbagging and other relief efforts.
  
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• Armed forces arrive in Bracebridge, Ont., to help battle rising floodwaters

  28-04-2019 19:21 via cbc.ca
  The mayor of Bracebridge says that while dry weather is expected for the next couple of days, more rain is in the forecast ahead.
  
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• Illegal Toronto Dispensary Finds Legal Loophole to Keep Doors Open - Leafly

  28-04-2019 19:10 via leafly.com
  Illegal Toronto Dispensary Finds Legal Loophole to Keep Doors Open  LeaflyA chain of illegal cannabis stores has found a crafty way to keep dealing. A lawyer for the dispensaries claims that people live on the premises.
  
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• Morden Student Travelling To Toronto For National Spelling Bee - PembinaValleyOnline.com

  28-04-2019 19:00 via pembinavalleyonline.com
  Morden Student Travelling To Toronto For National Spelling Bee  PembinaValleyOnline.comMaria Koryukina, a grade five student at École Morden Middle School, will be travelling to Toronto for a national spelling bee after winning first place in the ...
  
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• Longtime city workers share stories from decades-long careers in Toronto - CBC.ca

  28-04-2019 17:27 via cbc.ca
  Longtime city workers share stories from decades-long careers in Toronto  CBC.caRome wasn't built in a day and neither was the City of Toronto.
  
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• Ontario cuts music fund by more than half, looks to modernize it

  28-04-2019 17:15
  Ontario is cutting a music grant program by more than half as it looks to modernize it.
  
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• Longtime city workers share stories from decades-long careers in Toronto

  28-04-2019 17:13 via cbc.ca
  Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was the City of Toronto.
  
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• Ontario government cuts music grant program by more than half

  28-04-2019 17:07 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is cutting a music grant program by more than half, as it looks to modernize it.
  
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• For years, child advocate Irwin Elman has been a voice for the voiceless. That voice has now been silenced

  28-04-2019 17:00
  Ontario’s independent child and youth advocate’s office officially closes April 30, a victim of the Ford government’s cuts to “restore trust, transparency and accountability.”
  
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• Downtown road closures in place for Khalsa Day Parade

  28-04-2019 16:59
  The annual Khalsa Day Parade will take place in downtown Toronto Sunday and a number of road closures will be in effect to accommodate the event. The parade starts at The Better Living Centre at Exhibition Place and then proceeds to Nathan Phillips Square. The parade gets underway at 1 p.m. and is expected to finish at Nathan Phillips Square at around 3:30 p.m.
  
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• Woodbridge Hells Angels fuel club’s rapid growth with welcome party for P.E.I. bikers

  28-04-2019 16:20
  The Charlotteown bikers were given their winged skulls patches at the party, announcing full membership into the outlaw biker club, which now has 467 charters in 58 countries.
  
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• Woman wanted in 2016 homicide surrenders to police

  28-04-2019 14:44 via cbc.ca
  A woman facing a first degree murder charge in connection with a 2016 homicide has surrendered to Toronto police.
  
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• Human remains found in wooded area in Oshawa

  28-04-2019 13:38 via cbc.ca
  Durham police are investigating after human remains were found in a heavily wooded area of Oshawa on Saturday.
  
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• Five people injured in Vaughan collision

  28-04-2019 12:54
  Five people were taken to hospital after a collision in Vaughan overnight.
  
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• 500 people to attend CivicAction summit to look for solutions to GTHA's problems

  28-04-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Rising and established leaders from business, government, and community sectors will attend Canvas, CivicAction’s 2019 Summit.
  
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• New Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce hopes to give business owners a 'unified voice'

  28-04-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The newly-launched Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce held its launch event Thursday evening in Toronto, with the aim of creating better economic opportunities and growth for Canada's many black communities.
  
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• New Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce hopes to give black business-owners a 'unified voice'

  28-04-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The newly-launched Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce held its launch event Thursday evening in Toronto, with the aim of creating better economic opportunities and growth for Canada's many black communities.
  
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• London family wants OHIP to cover daughter's cancer costs

  28-04-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  A London family wants the Ontario government to waive the three-month waiting period for OHIP coverage for their 23-year-old daughter diagnosed with stage four cancer.
  
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• Hamburglar strikes again, feasts on $2,000 in meals using customer's McDonald's app

  28-04-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Since February, fraudsters have infiltrated some customers' McDonald's app and run up big bills. In the latest case, a scammer ordered more than 100 meals after gaining access to a Toronto tech writer's app.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard dominates in Toronto Raptors’ Game 1 victory over Philadelphia 76ers - The Globe and Mail

  28-04-2019 06:30 via theglobeandmail.com
  Kawhi Leonard dominates in Toronto Raptors’ Game 1 victory over Philadelphia 76ers  The Globe and MailLeonard and Pascal Siakam, combined with punishing team defence, helped the Toronto Raptors to a dominant 108-95 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in ...
  
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• STINSON: These Raptors are some kind of different - Toronto Sun

  28-04-2019 05:25 via torontosun.com
  STINSON: These Raptors are some kind of different  Toronto SunSaturday night marked an uncomfortable anniversary of sorts for the Toronto Raptors.It was the first game of the second round that the home side last year ...
  
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• Why they brought him here: Raptors' Kawhi Leonard rises to the occasion

  28-04-2019 04:50 via cbc.ca
  A controversial off-season trade and a season's worth of load management was all for this moment: Kawhi Leonard scored 45 points and added 11 rebounds in the Toronto Raptors' resounding Game 1 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday. But a defensive play is what sticks out most.
  
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• Raptors win 108-95 against 76ers in Game 1

  28-04-2019 04:19
  Kawhi Leonard poured in a post-season career-best 45 points and the Toronto Raptors opened the Eastern Conference semifinal with a 108-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard leads Raptors past Sixers in series opener

  28-04-2019 04:10 via cbc.ca
  Kawhi Leonard poured in a post-season career-best 45 points and the Toronto Raptors opened the Eastern Conference semifinal with a 108-95 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday.
  
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• Here’s how a wiretap recorded a conversation about getting rid of Pat Musitano

  28-04-2019 02:12
  The Hamilton mob boss was shot in a Mississauga parking lot Thursday.
  
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• John Tory angered by cuts to Toronto Public Health - CBC.ca

  28-04-2019 01:28 via cbc.ca
  John Tory angered by cuts to Toronto Public Health  CBC.caMayor John Tory is not pleased about the Ontario government's cuts to Toronto Public Health. He and budget chief Gary Crawford fear that they will have to ...
  
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• John Tory angered by cuts to Toronto Public Health

  28-04-2019 01:28 via cbc.ca
  Mayor John Tory is not pleased about the Ontario government's cuts to Toronto Public Health. He and budget chief Gary Crawford fear that they will have to make their own cuts to essential services to make up the cost. This comes after the province said they will be cutting $1 billion over 10 years.
  
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• Royal Canadian Navy sailors put their search and rescue skills to the test during training exercise

  28-04-2019 00:54 via cbc.ca
  Members of the Royal Canadian Navy teamed up on Saturday with civilian search and rescue organizations for an emergency flood assistance and search and rescue training exercise.
  
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• Timbers put on show for 1st ever win in Toronto - CBC.ca

  28-04-2019 00:49 via cbc.ca
  Timbers put on show for 1st ever win in Toronto  CBC.caThe Portland Timbers scored two highlight-reel goals in a 2-1 victory over Toronto FC on a windswept BMO Field on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• Blue Jays beat Athletics 7-1 - CTV News

  28-04-2019 00:37 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  Blue Jays beat Athletics 7-1  CTV NewsRandal Grichuk drove in a pair of runs and Aaron Sanchez allowed just two hits over five innings as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 7-1 on ...
  
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• Blue Jays beat Athletics 7-1

  28-04-2019 00:37
  Randal Grichuk drove in a pair of runs and Aaron Sanchez allowed just two hits over five innings as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics 7-1 on Saturday.
  
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• Toronto doubles up Calgary to clinch TELUS Cup final berth - Tbnewswatch.com

  28-04-2019 00:06 via tbnewswatch.com
  Toronto doubles up Calgary to clinch TELUS Cup final berth  Tbnewswatch.comLiam Del Mastro broke a 1-1 early in the third and the Young Nationals went on to defeat the Buffaloes 4-2 in semifinal play on Saturday.
  
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