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• Ford government encouraging more home co-ownership to solve provincial 'housing crisis'

  11-12-2019 23:06 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government wants more people to consider co-owning a home in the face of what it calls a provincial housing crisis.
  
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• Transport Canada investigates 'racist' song shared in no-fly list office - 10 years after the fact

  11-12-2019 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  It took Transport Canada a decade to launch an investigation into claims that a song parody with "racist" and "violent" lyrics about turban-wearing travellers was shared within the department that oversees Canada's no-fly list.
  
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• New talks planned between province, Ontario high school teachers

  11-12-2019 22:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Public high school teachers at nine Ontario school boards held a one-day strike Wednesday — the second in as many weeks — as the province and union agreed to return to the bargaining table.
  
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• MPP who posed with 'F*** Doug Ford' sign to remain in NDP caucus

  11-12-2019 22:14
  
  Ontario MPP Joel Harden will not be kicked out of the New Democratic Party, despite being caught posing for a photograph with a sign that read “F*** Doug Ford.”
  
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• 'We need billions': Tory pitches property tax hike to councillors

  11-12-2019 20:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayor John Tory says his proposal to increase property taxes is needed in the face of Toronto’s “disproportionate burden” to provide services to residents across the GTA.
  
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• Peel cop of 22 years charged with sexual assault

  11-12-2019 19:47
  
  A Peel police officer, who has been with the service for 22 years, has been charged with sexual assault after a nine-month investigation.
  
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• Toronto church cages baby Jesus to bring awareness to plight of asylum seekers

  11-12-2019 19:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The creche displayed outside the Eastminster United Church features an infant Jesus alone in a cold steel cage and swathed in a solar blanket.
  
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• Nativity scene puts baby Jesus in a cage with solar blanket, like would-be migrants to U.S.

  11-12-2019 19:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The creche displayed outside the Eastminster United Church features an infant Jesus alone in a cold steel cage and swathed in a solar blanket.
  
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• Charges laid after woman allegedly crashes stolen car and flees with infant

  11-12-2019 19:29
  
  A Toronto woman is facing charges after allegedly crashing a stolen vehicle and fleeing the scene with her infant last month.
  
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• Babcock family praised for sparking change to death certificate rules

  11-12-2019 19:25
  
  A Toronto family has received a standing ovation from Ontario lawmakers for their efforts to change the heart-wrenching process to get a death certificate for people whose remains have not been found.
  
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• More avoidable deaths in Ontario's poorest neighbourhoods, study finds

  11-12-2019 18:42
  
  A new study finds that people who live in Ontario's poorest neighbourhoods are more likely to suffer avoidable deaths than those who live in the richest neighbourhoods.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard won't be surprised to hear some boos tonight in return to Toronto

  11-12-2019 18:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Last year's NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard drew a crowd in his return to Toronto on Wednesday. While downtown billboards heralded him coming back for the first time as a Los Angeles Clipper, the 28-year-old faced a media throng at the morning shootaround.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard receives championship ring from Raptors to rousing ovation

  11-12-2019 18:26 via cbc.ca
  
  At long last, the Raptors put a ring on it. 2019 Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard received his championship ring in a pre-game ceremony on Wednesday, just minutes before his first appearance in Toronto as a member of the Los Angeles Clippers.
  
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• Kids read to shelter dogs awaiting adoption in 'Reading Buddies' program

  11-12-2019 18:25
  
  Seated on a cold concrete floor, seven-year-old Thomas Stoop reads a passage from his favourite book to an audience of one.
  
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• Students charged after 'misogynistic' messages found on Toronto memorial for École Polytechnique massacre

  11-12-2019 18:07
  
  Four men have been charged after a memorial plaque commemorating the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre was damaged.
  
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• Four men charged after memorial for École Polytechnique massacre damaged in Toronto

  11-12-2019 18:07
  
  Four men have been charged after a memorial plaque commemorating the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre was damaged.
  
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• 'Kind of a scary time': Canadian creators face uncertainty in the streaming era

  11-12-2019 17:31 via cbc.ca
  
  With Netflix, Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, Amazon Prime Video, YouTube and several other major American streamers now competing in Canada alongside homegrown counterparts including CBC Gem and Crave, many film and TV creators here are expressing a cautious optimism.
  
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• Canadian diagnosed with brain tumour in Thailand undergoing surgery, wife says he is suffering

  11-12-2019 15:51
  
  The wife of a Canadian diagnosed with a brain tumour in Thailand said her husband is now undergoing surgery to have a drain inserted into his head in an effort to relieve some pressure before his hopeful return home despite his condition deteriorating.
  
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• Canadian diagnosed with brain tumour in Thailand undergoes surgery, wife says he is suffering

  11-12-2019 15:51
  
  The wife of a Canadian diagnosed with a brain tumour in Thailand said her husband is now undergoing surgery to have a drain inserted into his head in an effort to relieve some pressure before his hopeful return home despite his condition deteriorating.
  
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• Canadian diagnosed with brain tumour in Thailand in surgery to insert drain but wife says he is suffering

  11-12-2019 15:51
  
  The wife of a Canadian diagnosed with a brain tumour in Thailand said he's now undergoing surgery to insert a drain in his brain and is hoping to return home as scheduled despite his condition deteriorating.
  
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• Toronto prepares for the return of Kawhi Leonard

  11-12-2019 14:52
  
  The L.A. Clippers are set to take on the Toronto Raptors at Scotiabank Arena on Wednesday night, but just before game time, Leonard, dubbed the King of the North, will be presented with his NBA championship ring.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard receives championship ring in return to Toronto, Clippers beat Raptors 112-92

  11-12-2019 14:52
  
  Kawhi Leonard got his 2019 NBA championship ring in downtown Toronto Wednesday night before the Los Angeles Clippers went on to beat the Raptors 112-92.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard receives championship ring in return to Toronto

  11-12-2019 14:52
  
  Kawhi Leonard got his 2019 NBA championship ring in downtown Toronto Wednesday night as the Los Angeles clippers take on the Raptors.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard gets championship ring and win in return to Toronto

  11-12-2019 14:52
  
  Kawhi Leonard got his 2019 NBA championship ring in downtown Toronto Wednesday night before the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Raptors 112-92.
  
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• Kawhi Leonard expecting boos in return to Toronto

  11-12-2019 14:52
  
  Kawhi Leonard says he is expecting more boos than cheers as he steps back onto the court in downtown Toronto for the first time since the Raptors championship run.
  
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• Leonard leaves lasting imprint on Raptors fans in form of permanent tattoos

  11-12-2019 14:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Many fans commemorated the Toronto Raptors' championship win in June with tattoos. Waterloo, Ont., tattoo artist Sean Martin says he doesn't judge because he's used to people 'wanting weird things tattooed in weird places.'
  
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• These are Google's top trending Canadian moments of the decade

  11-12-2019 13:30
  
  The Toronto Raptors’ 2019 NBA championship run is the top trending moment of the past decade, according to data from Google.
  
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• Tavares scores twice, Andersen comes up big in third as Leafs beat Canucks

  11-12-2019 13:11
  
  John Tavares scored twice but goaltender Frederik Andersen was the difference as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 Tuesday night.
  
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• Police fire stun gun at passenger after traffic stop on Hwy. 410 in Brampton

  11-12-2019 12:35
  
  Multiple lanes of Highway 410 were closed for several hours this morning in Brampton following a traffic stop where a stun gun was fired at a civilian by police.
  
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• Multiple lanes on Highway 410 closed for police investigation in Brampton

  11-12-2019 12:35
  
  Multiple lanes of Highway 410 are closed this morning in Brampton due to a police investigation.
  
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• Ontario high school teachers hold one-day strike which affects nine boards

  11-12-2019 12:24
  
  High school students at nine Ontario school boards will be out class today as their teachers hold a one-day strike to protest the lack of progress in contract talks with Premier Doug Ford's government.
  
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• New talks planned after Ontario high school teachers hold one-day strike

  11-12-2019 12:24
  
  Public high school teachers at nine Ontario school boards held a one-day strike Wednesday -- the second in as many weeks -- as the province's education minister urged them to return to the bargaining table.
  
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• Ottawa MPP Joel Harden apologizes for posing with 'F--k Doug Ford' sign

  11-12-2019 12:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Joel Harden has apologized to the premier after posing in a photo with a sign that read "F--k Doug Ford."
  
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• Ontario's chief coroner reviewing 132 cases where coroners investigated deaths of former patients

  11-12-2019 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario’s Office of the Chief Coroner is reviewing 132 cases in which some of the province’s top-billing coroners investigated the death of a person who they’d treated within five years of their demise.
  
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• What did Canada Google about in 2019? Toronto Raptors, of course

  11-12-2019 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Google says the topic that was searched the most by Canadians in 2019 was the Toronto Raptors.
  
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• 7 brides who used same wedding photographer still don't have their photos, videos

  11-12-2019 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Finding the right wedding photographer can be tough and several women thought they made the right decision when they went with Shelby Morell Photography. That choice is their biggest regret now that the photographer has disappeared with their money and memories. 
  
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• Andersen stones Canucks to lead Leafs to win in 1st game of Western Canada swing

  11-12-2019 06:38 via cbc.ca
  
  John Tavares scored two goals and added an assist at the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Vancouver Canucks 4-1 Tuesday night.
  
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• No deal ahead of one-day teachers strike as rhetoric ramps up

  11-12-2019 03:35
  
  Ontario's high school teachers and the provincial government dialed up attacks rather than labour negotiations on Tuesday, all but assuring that a midnight strike that promises to shutter schools in Toronto and other regions will go ahead.
  
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• Mississauga athletic therapist becomes TikTok famous with new fitness challenge

  11-12-2019 02:33 via cbc.ca
  
  A Mississauga fitness maven who calls herself "definitely that girl in the gym that is always filming herself" has become famous on social media by creating a new fitness challenge that is much harder to do than it looks.
  
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• ‘I was just shocked’: Computer glitch sours President’s Choice Optimum points promo

  11-12-2019 02:10
  
  Some 5,000 President’s Choice Optimum members are frustrated after a promotional event error clawed back valuable points they thought they had earned in what Shoppers called a “glitch.
  
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• 'I was just shocked': Computer glitch sours President’s Choice Optimum points promo

  11-12-2019 02:10
  
  Some 5,000 President’s Choice Optimum members are frustrated after a promotional event error clawed back valuable points they thought they had earned in what Shoppers called a “glitch.
  
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• Man dead after driving into back of transit bus in Mississauga, Peel police say

  11-12-2019 01:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Peel police say a 45-year-old man is dead after the car he was driving ran into the back of a bus near Derry Road and Tomken in Mississauga.
  
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• Man dead after driving into back of bus in Mississauga, Peel police say

  11-12-2019 01:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Peel police say a 45-year-old man is dead after the car he was driving ran into the back of a bus near Derry Road and Tomken in Mississauga.
  
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• Man killed after car collides with bus in Mississauga

  11-12-2019 01:39
  
  A man is dead after a car collided with a city bus in Mississauga Tuesday night, according to Police.
  
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• Man dead after car collides with transit bus in Mississauga

  11-12-2019 01:39
  
  A man is dead after a car collided with a city bus in Mississauga Tuesday night, according to Police.
  
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• Woman fears losing home after mortgage insurance expires due to age limit

  11-12-2019 00:54
  
  A local woman says she’s shocked after learning that her husband’s mortgage insurance expired when he turned 70, just 40 days before his death.
  
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