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• Toronto Health run by a bunch of 'lefties': Ford - Toronto Sun

  13-05-2019 23:52 via torontosun.com
  Toronto Health run by a bunch of 'lefties': Ford  Toronto SunThe Toronto Board of Health is a “bastion of lefties” that spends ridiculous amounts of money, Premier Doug Ford says.“As a matter of fact, we put them there,” ...
  
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• Get ready for 'busiest construction season ever' in Toronto - 680 News

  13-05-2019 23:49 via 680news.com
  Get ready for 'busiest construction season ever' in Toronto  680 NewsConstruction season in Toronto will be the biggest one yet, according to Mayor John Tory. Mark McAllister with what it means for you commute, and the major ...
  
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• 'Busiest' construction season ever underway in Toronto with $1B in projects in the works - CBC.ca

  13-05-2019 23:47 via cbc.ca
  'Busiest' construction season ever underway in Toronto with $1B in projects in the works  CBC.ca‘Busiest ever’ billion-dollar 2019 construction season starts in Toronto  Global NewsCity says residents should expect 'busiest construction season ever' this year  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsMayor Tory announces ‘biggest ever’ spring/summer construction plan  680 NewsView full coverage on Google News
  
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• Chilly temperatures and rain to last a little longer: Weather experts - Toronto Sun

  13-05-2019 23:39 via torontosun.com
  Chilly temperatures and rain to last a little longer: Weather experts  Toronto SunThink the last few days have been uncharacteristically cold and wet for the middle of May? No surprise, you're right.Meteorologists say Mother Nature has ...
  
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• Raptors shift focus to Bucks, East final after breathtaking Game 7

  13-05-2019 23:38 via cbc.ca
  There is still a buzz from Kawhi Leonard's buzzer-beating, Eastern Conference semifinal-winning shot on Sunday night, but the Raptors can't savour the moment as the top seeded Milwaukee Bucks await Toronto in the NBA Eastern Conference final.
  
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• Mayor John Tory takes shot at provincial cuts while announcing record $1B construction season

  13-05-2019 23:32 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city has embarked on its "busiest" construction season ever with slightly more than $1 billion budgeted this year for work on roads, bridges, expressways, sewers and water mains.
  
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• 'Busiest' construction season ever underway in Toronto with $1B in projects in the works

  13-05-2019 23:32 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city has embarked on its "busiest" construction season ever with slightly more than $1 billion budgeted this year for work on roads, bridges, expressways, sewers and water mains.
  
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• Commuters are in for a summer of delays as Toronto gears up for busiest construction season ever - Toronto Star

  13-05-2019 23:18 via thestar.com
  Commuters are in for a summer of delays as Toronto gears up for busiest construction season ever  Toronto StarCommuters can expect headaches and delays this summer in what the city says will be Toronto's busiest construction season ever. More than $1 billion in work ...
  
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• Watch Toronto Raptors fans react after Kawhi Leonard beats the buzzer to win game 7 - The Globe and Mail

  13-05-2019 23:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Watch Toronto Raptors fans react after Kawhi Leonard beats the buzzer to win game 7  The Globe and MailToronto Raptors fans across the country shared videos on social media of themselves and those they watched the final moments with jumping and screaming as ...
  
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• Crown appeals acquittal of ex-violin teacher who measured students' bare breasts

  13-05-2019 22:59
  Prosecutors are asking Ontario's highest court to overturn the acquittal of a former violin teacher who measured his teenage students' bare breasts while fitting them for shoulder rests.
  
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• Kevin Johnston ordered to pay $2.5M for 'hateful, Islamophobic' remarks against restaurant chain owner

  13-05-2019 22:50 via cbc.ca
  A former Mississauga mayoral candidate charged two years ago with a hate crime displayed "horrific" behaviour when he made "hateful Islamophobic" comments against Paramount Fine Foods owner Mohammed Fakih, a judge has ruled.
  
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• Kevin Johnston ordered to pay $2.5M for 'hateful, Islamophobic' remarks against Paramount owner

  13-05-2019 22:50 via cbc.ca
  A former Mississauga mayoral candidate charged two years ago with a hate crime displayed "horrific" behaviour when he made "hateful Islamophobic" comments against Paramount Fine Foods owner Mohammed Fakih, a judge has ruled.
  
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• Brampton wedding reception pauses to take in final moments of Raptors game

  13-05-2019 22:47
  If Dolly Kambo couldn't see Kawhi Leonard sink a legendary shot for her favourite sports team in person, then watching him do it from a relative's wedding was the next best thing.
  
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• TDSB to hold budget meeting amid a projected multi-million dollar shortfall

  13-05-2019 22:39
  Toronto District School Board trustees will be handed a proposed budget plan outlining reductions and changes to the delivery of services and programs amid a projected multi-million dollar shortfall at a meeting held on Monday afternoon.
  
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• TDSB announces cuts amid a projected $67 million shortfall

  13-05-2019 22:39
  The Toronto District School Board announced where cuts will have to be made as a $67 million shortfall looms.
  
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• Person found dead in Brampton residence

  13-05-2019 22:24 via cbc.ca
  Peel police are investigating after a person was found dead in a Brampton residence Monday morning. 
  
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• Man arrested after woman, 82, found dead in Brampton residence

  13-05-2019 22:24 via cbc.ca
  Peel police have arrested a man after finding an elderly woman dead in a Brampton residence Monday morning.
  
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• How Kawhi Leonard's shot reversed years of Raptors history

  13-05-2019 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  As Kawhi Leonard's fadeaway jumper hung in the air for what felt like 18 years, every Raptors fan thought back through the team's history. And after four bounces on the rim, the shot fell through the hoop, and Toronto found itself in the Eastern Conference final.
  
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• Protesters plan to disrupt the annual Walk With Israel in Toronto - Canadian Jewish News

  13-05-2019 22:08 via cjnews.com
  Protesters plan to disrupt the annual Walk With Israel in Toronto  Canadian Jewish NewsThree levels of government say they are “aware” of an anti-Israel rally that's planned to coincide with the annual UJA Walk With Israel in Toronto on May 20.
  
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• EDITORIAL: Stop pandering and fight terrorism - Toronto Sun

  13-05-2019 21:53 via torontosun.com
  EDITORIAL: Stop pandering and fight terrorism  Toronto SunWhen is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau going to place the safety of Canadians ahead of political correctness, identity politics and pandering on the issue of ...
  
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• 2 charged after police say Toronto man shot himself during argument - Global News

  13-05-2019 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  2 charged after police say Toronto man shot himself during argument  Global NewsToronto police say a man and a woman have been charged after the man allegedly shot himself during an argument between the pair.
  
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• Huron County hosting concierges from Greater Toronto Area - CTV News London

  13-05-2019 21:43 via london.ctvnews.ca
  Huron County hosting concierges from Greater Toronto Area  CTV News LondonIn an effort to boost local tourism, Huron County is taking 25 concierges from the Greater Toronto Area on a tour of the region.
  
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• Toronto Public Health investigating two new measles cases, warns of possible exposure at Pearson airport - Toronto Star

  13-05-2019 21:41 via thestar.com
  Toronto Public Health investigating two new measles cases, warns of possible exposure at Pearson airport  Toronto StarToronto Public Health says it is investigating two confirmed travel-related cases of measles and is warning about possible exposure in the GTA earlier this month ...
  
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• Chris Selley: Doug Ford's cuts are a stinging blow to Toronto's fiscal fantasy - National Post

  13-05-2019 21:39 via nationalpost.com
  Chris Selley: Doug Ford's cuts are a stinging blow to Toronto's fiscal fantasy  National PostPremier Doug Ford's antipathy toward the city government he ran to lead five years ago exploded last week in an attack against Toronto mayor John Tory, who ...
  
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• Ontario government cuts $46M from provincial police budget

  13-05-2019 21:27 via cbc.ca
  Ontario is planning to cut about $46 million this year from the provincial police budget.   
  
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• Students speak out about loss of beloved school vocal group Mayfield Magnetics

  13-05-2019 21:23 via cbc.ca
  Students at a Caledon, Ont. high school are speaking out against provincial government increases to class size that will mean the cancellation of a popular vocal group known as Mayfield Magnetics.
  
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• Reviews Knuckle Puck / Citizen / HUNNY / Oso Oso Opera House, Toronto ON, May 12 Knuckle Puck have - Exclaim!

  13-05-2019 21:08 via exclaim.ca
  Reviews Knuckle Puck / Citizen / HUNNY / Oso Oso Opera House, Toronto ON, May 12 Knuckle Puck have  Exclaim!Knuckle Puck have been a band for a decade and are one of the most talented bands to come out of the modern pop punk scene in a while. Their...
  
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• Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to Address Toronto Region Board of Trade - Government of Ontario News

  13-05-2019 21:07 via news.ontario.ca
  Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to Address Toronto Region Board of Trade  Government of Ontario NewsSteve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, will speak to the Toronto Region Board of Trade about Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan.
  
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• Raptors need to move on from Leonard's series-winning shot as Bucks await

  13-05-2019 20:53
  Two and a half hours. That's how long Danny Green gave the Toronto Raptors to bask in the greatest moment in franchise history.
  
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• Ontario government to cut $46M from provincial police budget

  13-05-2019 20:46
  Ontario is planning to cut about $46 million this year from the provincial police budget.
  
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• Ontario cutting $46M from provincial police budget - Toronto Sun

  13-05-2019 20:46 via torontosun.com
  Ontario cutting $46M from provincial police budget  Toronto SunOntario is planning to cut about $46 million this year from the provincial police budget.The Progressive Conservative government's expenditure estimates for this ...
  
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• Greater Toronto Area municipalities not spending parkland development fees they collect: study - The Globe and Mail

  13-05-2019 20:42 via theglobeandmail.com
  Greater Toronto Area municipalities not spending parkland development fees they collect: study  The Globe and MailMunicipalities in the Toronto region are holding more than $1-billion in reserves earmarked for new park developments but not yet spent, even as parkland fees ...
  
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• How Kawhi’s Game Winner Affects the Toronto Maple Leafs - Editor In Leaf

  13-05-2019 20:41 via editorinleaf.com
  How Kawhi’s Game Winner Affects the Toronto Maple Leafs  Editor In LeafKawhi Leonard's winning shot is a generation-defining Toronto sports moment, one that the Toronto Maple Leafs have yet to achieve with this current core.
  
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• Police investigating homicide after body found in Brampton - Toronto Sun

  13-05-2019 20:17 via torontosun.com
  Police investigating homicide after body found in Brampton  Toronto SunPeel Regional Police are investigating the discovery of an adult body in Brampton as a homicide.Homicide and Missing Bureau is investigating a residence in ...
  
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• Toronto mayor says local MPPs are misleading voters over ‘massive’ public health cuts - Toronto Star

  13-05-2019 20:05 via thestar.com
  Toronto mayor says local MPPs are misleading voters over ‘massive’ public health cuts  Toronto StarToronto Progressive Conservative MPPs are misleading their constituents over the size of “massive” Ford government cuts to public health and other services, ...
  
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• Toronto mayor says local MPPs are misleading voters over ‘massive’ provincial cuts - Toronto Star

  13-05-2019 20:05 via thestar.com
  Toronto mayor says local MPPs are misleading voters over ‘massive’ provincial cuts  Toronto StarMayor John Tory is threatening to go “door by door, street by street” to tell residents of the 11 Toronto PC MPPs that Premier Doug Ford's cuts will hurt the city's ...
  
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• Raptors' Kawhi Leonard etches name in Toronto sports history with winner - Sportsnet.ca

  13-05-2019 19:59 via sportsnet.ca
  Raptors' Kawhi Leonard etches name in Toronto sports history with winner  Sportsnet.caKawhi Leonard's buzzer-beater on Sunday night is widely regarded as the greatest moment in Raptors history. But where does it rank all-time among the top ...
  
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• Report: Athletics DFA Morales - TSN

  13-05-2019 19:37 via tsn.ca
  Report: Athletics DFA Morales  TSNThe Oakland Athletics designated former Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Kendrys Morales for assignment, according to a report from Susan Slusser of the ...
  
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• Against Me! to Play Toronto on Fall North American Tour - Exclaim!

  13-05-2019 19:37 via exclaim.ca
  Against Me! to Play Toronto on Fall North American Tour  Exclaim!After announcing their headlining slot at Montreal's Pouzza Fest earlier this year, Against Me! have now revealed plans to play Toronto on a North American tour ...
  
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• Raptors star Kawhi Leonard joins exclusive Toronto playoff success club - National Post

  13-05-2019 19:31 via nationalpost.com
  Raptors star Kawhi Leonard joins exclusive Toronto playoff success club  National PostTORONTO — Kawhi Leonard's buzzer-beater on Sunday night is widely regarded as the greatest moment in Toronto Raptors history.But where does the shot ...
  
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• York Memorial CI teachers, students back in class amid uncertainty over future

  13-05-2019 19:29 via cbc.ca
  Exactly one week after the first of two fires forced the evacuation of York Memorial Collegiate Institute, students and staff are back in class Monday morning at a neighbouring school.
  
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• York Memorial CI teachers and students are back in class, but face uncertain future

  13-05-2019 19:29 via cbc.ca
  Exactly one week after the first of two fires forced the evacuation of York Memorial Collegiate Institute, students and staff were back in class Monday at a neighbouring school.
  
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• Ontario Liberal MPP Marie-France Lalonde to run for federal seat

  13-05-2019 19:29
  Liberal MPP Marie-France Lalonde is jumping into federal politics, announcing today that she will seek the nomination for the Ottawa-area riding of Orleans.
  
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• Why Toronto needs to re-localize its economy - Toronto Star

  13-05-2019 19:22 via thestar.com
  Why Toronto needs to re-localize its economy  Toronto StarLocal economies are stifled by multinational businesses, and re-localizing Toronto won't be easy given provincial efforts to court corporations, writes Christopher ...
  
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• More than 1,500 guns collected so far in Toronto’s gun buyback program, could cost $750,000: report - Global News

  13-05-2019 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  More than 1,500 guns collected so far in Toronto’s gun buyback program, could cost $750,000: report  Global NewsToronto's gun buyback program has resulted in the collection of more than 1500 firearms in its first two weeks, but could end up costing taxpayers potentially up ...
  
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• City says residents should expect 'busiest construction season ever' this year

  13-05-2019 19:01
  According to city officials, Toronto residents should be ready for “the busiest construction season ever” this summer.
  
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• How Toronto VIPs spent Mother's Day - Toronto Life

  13-05-2019 18:49 via torontolife.com
  How Toronto VIPs spent Mother's Day  Toronto LifeYesterday was Mother's Day, meaning most of the city spent the rainy Sunday waiting in line at flower shops before putting in some quality time with the maternal ...
  
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• 12th Annual Indigenous Youth Dance Show Comes to Toronto - CBC.ca

  13-05-2019 18:18 via cbc.ca
  12th Annual Indigenous Youth Dance Show Comes to Toronto  CBC.caOutside Looking In presents the 12th Annual Indigenous Youth Dance Show, proudly supported by CBC Toronto. Twelve participating communities from four ...
  
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• ‘Busiest ever’ billion-dollar 2019 construction season starts in Toronto - Global News

  13-05-2019 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  ‘Busiest ever’ billion-dollar 2019 construction season starts in Toronto  Global NewsMayor John Tory kicked off what is expected to be Toronto's busiest ever construction season Monday morning with more than $1 billion in work planned for ...
  
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• John Tory jokes that he supports calls for Raptors Kawhi Leonard as mayor

  13-05-2019 17:59 via cbc.ca
  Toronto Mayor John Tory has joked that he supports calls on social media for Raptors star Kawhi Leonard to take his job.
  
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