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• Yet another pedestrian has been killed in Scarborough, this time a 65-year-old man described as “kind” and “quiet.” @MelNakhavoly with how the death is prompting advocates to call for changes to city streets in the area.https://bdd

  25-09-2019 23:57 via twitter.com
  Yet another pedestrian has been killed in Scarborough, this time a 65-year-old man described as “kind” and “quiet.” @MelNakhavoly with how the death is prompting advocates to call for changes to city streets in the area.https://bddy.me/2lan97D 
  
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• 1 dead following industrial accident in North York

  25-09-2019 23:45 via cbc.ca
  One person is dead following an industrial accident in North York, Toronto paramedics say. 
  
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• Man, 63, battles life-threatening injuries after debris from truck slams into windshield on QEW

  25-09-2019 23:23
  A 63-year-old man is suffering from life-threatening injuries after a piece of equipment from a passing truck flew into his windshield on the Queen Elizabeth Way.
  
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• What to see at the Toronto Biennial of Art - NOW Magazine

  25-09-2019 23:15 via nowtoronto.com
  What to see at the Toronto Biennial of Art  NOW Magazine
  
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• Toronto's rental crisis likely to get worse, report says - The Globe and Mail

  25-09-2019 23:00 via theglobeandmail.com
  Toronto's rental crisis likely to get worse, report says  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Worker dies after industrial accident in North York

  25-09-2019 22:50
  A worker has died after an industrial accident in North York Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Survivor of fiery 2016 crash begs Canadian government for immigration assistance

  25-09-2019 22:35
  An Etobicoke woman who survived a collision in 2016 that killed three members of her family says she is now dealing with an immigration issue that is keeping her surviving family from returning to Canada.
  
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• Auston Matthews' apology will probably be good enough

  25-09-2019 22:32 via cbc.ca
  Today's edition of our newsletter looks at the chances of Auston Matthews being punished for his disorderly conduct charge, plus an NHL gender barrier being broken and the longest kick ever.
  
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• Two thugs sought for Vaughan Mills Mall food court attack - Toronto Sun

  25-09-2019 22:12 via torontosun.com
  Two thugs sought for Vaughan Mills Mall food court attack  Toronto Sun
  
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• What could a work-to-rule in Ontario schools look like?

  25-09-2019 21:54
  Hallways, offices and gymnasiums in Ontario schools may not be cleaned come Monday, as thousands of school support workers launch a work-to-rule campaign aimed at putting pressure on the contract negotiation process.
  
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• Man dead after struck by car near Toronto’s east end - Global News

  25-09-2019 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  Man dead after struck by car near Toronto’s east end  Global News
  
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• Toronto is sending off its old streetcars in style - CTV News

  25-09-2019 21:16 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  Toronto is sending off its old streetcars in style  CTV News
  
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• Toronto is sending off its old streetcars in style

  25-09-2019 21:16
  Toronto is sending its old streetcars off in style.
  
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• Ontario Science Centre turns 50 with free admission - Toronto Sun

  25-09-2019 21:11 via torontosun.com
  Ontario Science Centre turns 50 with free admission  Toronto Sun
  
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• Suspect tied to series of bank heists from Sudbury to Toronto - The Sudbury Star

  25-09-2019 20:54 via thesudburystar.com
  Suspect tied to series of bank heists from Sudbury to Toronto  The Sudbury Star
  
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• 9 Things To Do This Weekend In Toronto, September 27-29 - Narcity

  25-09-2019 19:44 via narcity.com
  9 Things To Do This Weekend In Toronto, September 27-29  Narcity
  
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• Toronto Schools & Unis Won't Cancel Classes For Climate Strike Even Though Vancouver Has - Narcity

  25-09-2019 19:38 via narcity.com
  Toronto Schools & Unis Won't Cancel Classes For Climate Strike Even Though Vancouver Has  Narcity
  
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• Bizarre video shows Toronto-area motorcyclist being attacked by turkey - Driving

  25-09-2019 19:19 via driving.ca
  Bizarre video shows Toronto-area motorcyclist being attacked by turkey  Driving
  
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• Juul move to end vaping advertising in the U.S. not extended to Canada

  25-09-2019 19:12
  A commitment by San Francisco-based Juul Labs to no longer promote its e-cigarettes in print, digital and TV advertisements applies only in the United States, not in Canada, a spokesman says.
  
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• Playoff Scenarios: Riders can clinch with win over Toronto - CFL.ca

  25-09-2019 19:00 via cfl.ca
  Playoff Scenarios: Riders can clinch with win over Toronto  CFL.ca
  
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• Trudeau's claim that Canada is 'on track' to meet 2030 climate target is misleading

  25-09-2019 18:39 via cbc.ca
  There is still time for Canada to meet its Paris Agreement commitment, but it would require ramped-up climate change policies.
  
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• Two people charged with conspiracy to commit murder in ‘Project Kraken’

  25-09-2019 18:38
  Two people have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and a third is facing firearm offences in connection with an ongoing organized crime investigation in the Greater Toronto Area known as “Project Kraken.”
  
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• Metrolinx in early stages of major overhaul of UP Express service

  25-09-2019 18:15 via cbc.ca
  Almost four years after Metrolinx launched UP Express, the agency says it plans to expand and overhaul the city’s airport rail service, including relocating the platform and integrating the service with the GO train network, spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins confirms. 
  
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• Second female arrested in 2018 Windsor homicide

  25-09-2019 18:07 via cbc.ca
  A second female has been arrested in the homicide of Jason Pantlitz-Solomon, who died Aug. 26, 2018 in downtown Windsor. 
  
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• Police rule out homicide after human remains found in North York dumpster

  25-09-2019 18:07 via cbc.ca
  The human remains found in a North York dumpster earlier this week are not the result of a homicide, Toronto police said Wednesday.
  
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• Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews speaks out after disorderly conduct charge

  25-09-2019 18:04
  Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews said he regrets any actions of his that “put a distraction on the team or hurt or stressed any individual” on the heels of facing a charge of disorderly conduct and disruptive behaviour.
  
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• Leafs star Auston Matthews regrets 'distraction' of disorderly conduct charge

  25-09-2019 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews said he regrets if any of his actions are a distraction to his team after news broke Tuesday of Matthews facing a charge of disorderly conduct and disruptive behaviour after an incident in his hometown of Scottsdale, Ariz., in May.
  
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• Conservatives highlight home renovation credit as part of climate plan

  25-09-2019 17:48 via cbc.ca
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is highlighting his promise to give Canadians a tax credit to help make their homes more environmentally friendly.
  
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• Toronto will kick off October with an extreme heat wave - blogTO

  25-09-2019 17:27 via blogto.com
  Toronto will kick off October with an extreme heat wave  blogTO
  
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• Police arrest Mississauga man in series of bank robberies

  25-09-2019 17:11 via cbc.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police say the accused was arrested last Friday at a hotel in White River, approximately 700 kilometres northwest of his hometown.
  
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• Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate Is Flooded With Amateur Landlords - Better Dwelling

  25-09-2019 16:59 via betterdwelling.com
  Toronto and Vancouver Real Estate Is Flooded With Amateur Landlords  Better Dwelling
  
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• A rough transcript shows President Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Bidenhttp://ow.ly/5nrC50wqELi 

  25-09-2019 16:39 via twitter.com
  A rough transcript shows President Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Bidenhttp://ow.ly/5nrC50wqELi 
  
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• Mississauga man accused of robbing dozens of banks across Ontario

  25-09-2019 16:32
  Police have arrested a 54-year-old man from Mississauga, Ont., in a series of bank robberies from Toronto to Sudbury.
  
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• Father fatally struck by car steps away from Scarborough home

  25-09-2019 16:04
  A father fatally struck by a car just steps away from his Scarborough home is being remembered by family members as a nice person, who was loved by everyone.
  
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• Talks aimed at stopping school worker job action have been set

  25-09-2019 15:57
  Ontario's educational workers will head back to the bargaining table this weekend amid preparations for a work-to-rule campaign starting Monday.
  
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• Police say two suspects approached a man and woman in the food court and began making offensive statements towards the woman before knocking the man to the ground and punching him in the headhttps://bddy.me/2nd1FYp 

  25-09-2019 15:52 via twitter.com
  Police say two suspects approached a man and woman in the food court and began making offensive statements towards the woman before knocking the man to the ground and punching him in the headhttps://bddy.me/2nd1FYp 
  
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• e-cigarettes have become popular among teenagers, and illnesses potentially liked to the product are on the risehttps://bddy.me/2n3PRaG 

  25-09-2019 14:54 via twitter.com
  e-cigarettes have become popular among teenagers, and illnesses potentially liked to the product are on the risehttps://bddy.me/2n3PRaG 
  
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• Less student supervision, less school cleaning: memo outlines CUPE's work-to-rule plan

  25-09-2019 14:36 via cbc.ca
  A union representing education workers and the Ontario government have scheduled two days of last-minute contract talks in an effort to avoid a work-to-rule campaign.
  
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• Hoping to avoid school work-to-rule campaign, CUPE and province holding weekend talks

  25-09-2019 14:36 via cbc.ca
  A union representing education workers and the Ontario government have scheduled two-days of last minute contract talks in an effort to avoid a work-to-rule campaign.
  
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• When it was impossible to buy beer at a Leafs game

  25-09-2019 14:30 via cbc.ca
  Management at Maple Leaf Gardens hoped to be able to sell beer in time for the start of the 1992-93 hockey season. But there were some hurdles to get over first.
  
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• Windsor boy sends veteran to Belgium for first time since WWII

  25-09-2019 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Using the tools in his own arsenal — a roadside lemonade stand and a barbecue — 10-year-old Aiden Dick raised enough money to fly a local veteran to a city in Belgium he hasn't seen since the Second World War.
  
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• Metrolinx considers major changes to UP Express

  25-09-2019 13:36
  Metrolinx is considering major changes to the Union Pearson Express, including the relocation of its platform at Union Station and the use of GO trains along the route.
  
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• Global Affairs Canada has dispatched former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Joe Clark to the annual UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders.http://ow.ly/VaDr50wqcYZ 

  25-09-2019 13:01 via twitter.com
  Global Affairs Canada has dispatched former prime ministers Jean Chretien and Joe Clark to the annual UN General Assembly meeting of world leaders.http://ow.ly/VaDr50wqcYZ 
  
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• There is between 99 and 100 per cent certainty the oceans are growing more acidic from the amount of carbon they have absorbed.http://ow.ly/Dne850wqcsl 

  25-09-2019 12:48 via twitter.com
  There is between 99 and 100 per cent certainty the oceans are growing more acidic from the amount of carbon they have absorbed.http://ow.ly/Dne850wqcsl 
  
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• Cities need to encourage cycling with 10 easy steps, report finds

  25-09-2019 12:20 via cbc.ca
  Cities need to do more to make cycling a viable transportation option for Canadians, a new study suggests. The report, titled Increasing Cycling in Canada: A Guide to What Works, provides municipalities with 10 courses of action to get people on bikes.
  
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• Lawyers for disqualified pot shop applicants say Ontario's process was unfair

  25-09-2019 11:46 via cbc.ca
  A legal battle over Ontario's licensing system for retail cannabis stores focused Wednesday on the steps taken by the province to contact a number of applicants who were later disqualified for failing to file documents by a certain date.
  
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• Case of 11 disqualified Ontario pot shop licence applicants in court today

  25-09-2019 11:46 via cbc.ca
  An Ontario court is expected to hear the case today of 11 people who won the chance to apply for a cannabis retail licence only to be disqualified shortly afterwards.
  
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• Canada's top 1 per cent saw fastest income acceleration, overall decrease in taxes

  25-09-2019 11:19
  The incomes of Canada's top one per cent grew at a faster pace than everyone else in 2017 -- and, overall, they saw their taxes edge down, says a new study.
  
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• Pricey downtown Toronto has luxury home buyers looking outside the core: Report - Toronto Star

  25-09-2019 11:11 via thestar.com
  Pricey downtown Toronto has luxury home buyers looking outside the core: Report  Toronto Star
  
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• Toronto-born woman living in U.S. 'ecstatic' about voting in Canadian election for first time - CBC.ca

  25-09-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  Toronto-born woman living in U.S. 'ecstatic' about voting in Canadian election for first time  CBC.ca
  
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