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• Plastic surgeon filmed patients without consent, class-action lawsuit alleges

  28-11-2019 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Toronto plastic surgeon could face a class-action lawsuit over allegations that he breached the privacy rights of patients by recording them - sometimes in a state of undress - without their consent using surveillance cameras inside his clinic.
  
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• Ontario high school teachers to take part in one day, province wide walkout

  28-11-2019 22:08
  
  Ontario’s public high school teachers will participate in a one-day, province-wide strike if the union can't reach a deal with the Progressive Conservative government.
  
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• Ontario high school teachers to take part in one day, province-wide strike

  28-11-2019 22:08
  
  Ontario’s public high school teachers will participate in a one-day, province-wide strike if the union can't reach a deal with the Progressive Conservative government.
  
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• Ontario's energy minister tells reporter he believes in climate change – then walks away

  28-11-2019 21:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Days after being attacked for quoting a blog that denies climate change during a public debate, Ontario's energy minister told reporters he does believe in climate change. And that's all he told them.
  
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• Public high school teachers to hold 1-day province-wide strike on Dec. 4

  28-11-2019 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Teachers and education workers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) will will stage a one-day, province-wide walkout on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
  
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• OSSTF president to provide update on work-to-rule campaigns

  28-11-2019 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  The president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF), Harvey Bischof, is set to provide an update on the status of negotiations with the government.
  
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• OSSTF announces one-day walkout to take place Dec. 4

  28-11-2019 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Teachers and education workers represented by the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF/FEESO) will will stage a one-day, province-wide walkout on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
  
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• Black Friday: How to avoid scams when shopping online

  28-11-2019 21:20
  
  Experts say scammers will use Black Friday and Cyber Monday as bait to lure in Canadian consumers distracted by finding the best deals. Here’s how to avoid falling victim to an online scam this year.
  
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• Power play: Hockey players are finally speaking out against the sport's toxic culture

  28-11-2019 21:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Hockey players fed up with abuse are no longer willing to keep the sacred silence of the locker room, writes Oren Weisfeld.
  
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• This Ontario company shows a greener way to bottle water

  28-11-2019 20:47 via cbc.ca
  
  In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the difficulty of recycling plastic bottles, the hubbub over Tesla's Cybertruck and a Second World War bunker that was turned into a vertical farm.
  
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• Computer issues may delay murder trial for Alek Minassian, man accused in Toronto van attack

  28-11-2019 20:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The defence and the Crown say that computer issues may have jeopardized the start of the trial, set for February of 2020.
  
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• Shoppers head out Black Friday instead of Boxing Day in search of holiday gifts

  28-11-2019 20:22
  
  Canadian shoppers craving a deal increasingly turn to Black Friday -- a sales bonanza imported from America, where retailers long slashed prices the day after their Thanksgiving holiday -- at the expense of another sales spree, Boxing Day.
  
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• Ontario adviser reports on flood mitigation; province doesn't commit to funds

  28-11-2019 19:25
  
  Ontario's special adviser on flooding is recommending dozens of ways the province can improve its response and resiliency to floods, but the government isn't saying if it will commit more funding to implement them.
  
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• E-scooters coming to Ontario in January as pilot project launches

  28-11-2019 19:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The province has announced that its e-scooter pilot project will begin on Jan. 1 — but municipalities will still have to decide whether to allow the devices on municipal roads, parks and trails.
  
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• Computer issues may delay murder trial for Alek Minassian in Toronto van attack

  28-11-2019 19:10
  
  The lawyer for a man who killed 10 pedestrians on a Toronto sidewalk says he is having trouble accessing his client's computers.
  
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• Ontario investing $20M into fighting human trafficking

  28-11-2019 18:59 via cbc.ca
  
  More than half of the investment will go to prevention and services for victims, including emergency and transitional housing and counselling.
  
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• Church camp counsellor charged with sexual assault

  28-11-2019 18:23
  
  A 21-year-old church camp counsellor has been charged with sexual assault after an incident involving a young girl at summer camp in Ganaraska.
  
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• Police warn of new 'line-trapping technology' being used to scam people over the phone

  28-11-2019 18:13
  
  A new piece of sophisticated technology is being used by fraudsters to scam unsuspecting people over the phone.
  
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• 'Throw away the keys:' Ford touts plan to fight human trafficking in Ontario

  28-11-2019 17:49
  
  Ontario will be developing a strategy to fight human trafficking, with Premier Doug Ford saying judges should lock up perpetrators and throw away the keys.
  
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• Ontario investing $20 million into fighting human trafficking

  28-11-2019 17:49
  
  Ontario is investing $20 million into fighting human trafficking.
  
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• Woman breaks free after attempted kidnapping in North York

  28-11-2019 17:20
  
  Police are investigating an attempted kidnapping after a 23-year-old woman said someone in a red pickup truck attempted to grab and pull her into their vehicle while she was walking.
  
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• Four abandoned Toronto properties will be sold to the highest bidder today

  28-11-2019 17:10
  
  Four Toronto properties that have been left abandoned for over a decade will be sold to the highest bidder this afternoon.
  
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• Four abandoned Toronto properties sold for $2M more than was owed in taxes

  28-11-2019 17:10
  
  Four Toronto properties that have been left abandoned for over a decade were sold to the highest bidder Thursday afternoon as the city looks to recover unpaid property taxes.
  
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• Ontario adviser recommends new flooding plan, province doesn't commit to funds

  28-11-2019 16:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's special adviser on flooding has published 66 recommendations to improve the province's resiliency to floods, but the government isn't saying if it will commit more funding to implement them.
  
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• Scheer picks GTA MP Leona Alleslev as his deputy Conservative leader

  28-11-2019 15:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has chosen a former Liberal MP who crossed the floor to join his party as his new deputy leader.
  
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• TTC still searching for issue that damaged 25 Queen streetcars

  28-11-2019 15:27 via cbc.ca
  
  TTC workers spent Wednesday afternoon and overnight inspecting the Queen streetcar tracks inch by inch — but found nothing to explain why 25 streetcars sustained damage to their supplementary brake systems. 
  
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• Queen streetcars to remain out of commission until Monday

  28-11-2019 15:27 via cbc.ca
  
  TTC workers spent Wednesday afternoon and overnight inspecting the Queen streetcar tracks inch by inch — but found nothing to explain why 25 streetcars sustained damage to their supplementary brake systems. 
  
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• Buses to remain on Queen Street after 25 streetcars mysteriously damaged

  28-11-2019 15:27 via cbc.ca
  
  TTC workers spent Wednesday afternoon and overnight inspecting the Queen streetcar tracks inch by inch — but found nothing to explain why 25 streetcars sustained damage to their supplementary brake systems. 
  
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• Man police consider ‘violent’ goes missing from downtown

  28-11-2019 15:18
  A 36-year-old man police describe to be "violent” has gone missing from downtown Toronto.
  
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• Police release video of SUV they say killed woman, 77, in hit and run

  28-11-2019 14:38 via cbc.ca
  
  A 77-year-old woman is dead after being hit by an SUV early Thursday morning in Etobicoke. Police have released video that they say shows the vehicle that left the scene.
  
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• Pedestrian without vital signs after Etobicoke hit and run

  28-11-2019 14:38 via cbc.ca
  
  A woman is without vital signs after being struck by a driver who fled the scene following a crash in Etobicoke on Thursday morning, police say.
  
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• Pedestrian in her 70s killed in Etobicoke hit and run

  28-11-2019 14:38 via cbc.ca
  
  A woman in her 70s is dead after being hit by an SUV early Thursday morning in Etobicoke.
  
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• Woman killed in North York hit-and-run identified by family

  28-11-2019 14:34
  
  A woman in her 70s is dead after a vehicle struck her and fled the scene in North York, police say.
  
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• Woman in her 70s dead after North York hit-and-run

  28-11-2019 14:34
  
  A female pedestrian is without vitals after being struck by a vehicle in North York, police say.
  
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• Pedestrian without vital signs after being struck by vehicle in North York

  28-11-2019 14:34
  
  A female pedestrian is without vitals after being struck by a vehicle in North York, police say.
  
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• Driver flees scene after woman struck by car in North York

  28-11-2019 14:34
  
  A female pedestrian is without vitals after being struck by a vehicle in North York, police say.
  
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• Seven people, including three children, dead after Kingston plane crash

  28-11-2019 14:15
  
  Seven people, including three children, are dead after a plane that took off from Markham, Ont. crashed in a wooded area in Kingston.
  
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• 'Numerous fatalities' after plane that took off in Markham, Ont. crashes in Kingston

  28-11-2019 14:15
  
  Police confirmed there are "numerous fatalities" after a plane that took off in Markham crashed in a wooded area in Kingston.
  
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• Taste this Tuscan wild boar ragu tagliatelle in Toronto's Entertainment District

  28-11-2019 13:45 via cbc.ca
  Tutti Matti concentrates on the home-cooked taste of Tuscany with simple, seasonal ingredients. Try the peposo fiorentino - a riff on the classic Tuscan dish where beef is braised overnight in clay pots with a generous amount of black pepper.
  
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• TSB investigators start combing scene of fatal plane crash in Kingston, Ont.

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Wet, windy weather has been identified as a possible factor in the fatal crash of a six-seater Piper PA-32 in a wooded area northwest of Kingston, Ontario's core.
  
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• TSB investigators heading to scene of fatal plane crash in Kingston, Ont.

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  It's not known how many people were on board the plane — identified as a six-seater Piper PA-32 by the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) — which came down in a wooded area northwest region of Kingston, Ont.
  
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• TSB investigators head to scene of fatal plane crash in Kingston, Ont.

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Wet, windy weather has been identified as a possible factor in the fatal crash of a six-seater Piper PA-32 in a wooded area northwest of Kingston, Ont.'s core.
  
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• Toronto-area couple among 7 killed in Kingston, Ont., plane crash

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two adults from Canada died in a small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.
  
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• Texas pilot, family among victims of plane crash in Kingston, Ont.

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two other adults died in a small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening, CBC has learned. 
  
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• Family of 5, Toronto-area couple killed in Kingston, Ont., plane crash

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two adults from Canada died in a small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.
  
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• Family of 5, Toronto-area couple among 7 killed in Kingston, Ont., plane crash

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A pilot from Houston, Texas, his family and two adults from Canada died in a small plane crash in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.
  
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• 7 dead in Kingston, Ont., plane crash, TSB confirms

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has confirmed seven people died in a plane crashed in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.
  
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• 7 dead in fatal plane crash in Kingston, Ont., TSB confirms

  28-11-2019 12:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The Transportation Board of Canada (TSB) has confirmed seven people died in a plane crashed in Kingston, Ont., Wednesday evening.
  
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• Streetcar service remains suspended along Queen Street for morning rush

  28-11-2019 11:44
  
  Streetcar service remains suspended along Queen Street today as efforts continue to determine what caused seven of the TTC’s new low-floor vehicles to sustain damage to their breaking systems.
  
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• Streetcar service remains suspended along Queen Street after 25 more vehicles found with damage

  28-11-2019 11:44
  
  Streetcar service remains suspended along Queen Street today after the TTC found damage on an additional 25 of its low-floor vehicles overnight.
  
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