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• What you need to know about the first one-day Ontario teachers strike of the new year

  07-01-2020 23:29
  
  Ontario public high school teachers will hold their first one-day walkout of the new year on Wednesday.
  
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• ‘We are not going to quit’: Police still searching for Sonia Varaschin’s killer as 10-year anniversary of her murder nears

  07-01-2020 23:05
  
  Close to eight months away from the 10-year anniversary of Sonia Varaschin’s horrific murder, police say they are still searching for her killer.
  
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• Ford government to decide on upcoming EQAO test 'in short order'

  07-01-2020 22:53
  
  Ontario's Education Minister says a decision on the upcoming Grade 9 standardized math test—scheduled for next Monday—will be made "in very short order" amid warnings from public schools boards that the test cannot be salvaged.
  
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• Ford government to decide on upcoming EQAO test 'in short oder'

  07-01-2020 22:53
  
  Ontario's Education Minister says a decision on the upcoming Grade 9 standardized math test—scheduled for next Monday—will be made "in very short order" amid warnings from public schools boards that the test cannot be salvaged.
  
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• Police rights violations lead to overturned convictions in 2 Ontario cases

  07-01-2020 22:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Police violations of the accused's rights in two Ontario cases resulted in quashed convictions for child pornography and weapons offences on Tuesday.
  
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• Police searching for young suspects after string of armed carjackings in Forest Hill

  07-01-2020 21:17
  
  Toronto police are looking for several young suspects after a string of armed carjackings took place in Forest Hill over the past two weeks.
  
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• Police seek suspects after 13 bee hives go missing near Chatham, Ont.

  07-01-2020 20:33
  
  Police in southwestern Ontario are appealing to the public for help in identifying suspects in a recent bee hive theft.
  
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• Toronto home sales up 17.4 per cent in December compared to last year

  07-01-2020 20:10
  
  Toronto home sales were up 17.4 per cent in December compared with the same month last year, while the average price was up almost 12 per cent in the month from a year earlier, the city's real estate board said Tuesday.
  
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• Former officer launches $4M lawsuit over damage caused by assault allegations

  07-01-2020 19:46
  
  A lawsuit has been launched against the London Abused Women's Centre, Anova, and representatives of those organizations, as well as London and Woodstock police.
  
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• Death row saga 'Just Mercy' traces justice crusade for poor, disenfranchised

  07-01-2020 19:18
  
  The death row lawyer whose work inspired the star-studded legal drama "Just Mercy" says Hollywood is not known for tackling challenging material, and that initially gave him pause when he was approached to share his story on the big screen.
  
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• Uber to let riders use pin codes to help identify right car

  07-01-2020 18:24
  
  Uber is offering riders a four-digit pin code to help ensure they're getting into the right car.
  
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• Toronto health officials monitoring undiagnosed viral pneumonia in China

  07-01-2020 18:19
  
  Toronto health officials are monitoring an investigation into an undiagnosed viral pneumonia in the city of Wuhan in central China.
  
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• Karygiannis election overspending amounted to 'abusive conduct,' allege new court documents

  07-01-2020 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Coun. Jim Karygiannis' election overspending amounted to "abusive conduct," allege new court documents filed by a Toronto advocate appealing the longtime politician's reinstatement at city hall.
  
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• Councillor's election overspending amounted to 'abusive conduct,' allege new court documents

  07-01-2020 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Coun. Jim Karygiannis' election overspending amounted to "abusive conduct," allege new court documents filed by a Toronto advocate appealing the longtime politician's reinstatement at city hall.
  
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• Canada relocating some troops from Iraq to Kuwait

  07-01-2020 17:39
  
  Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance says the Canadian military is temporarily relocating some soldiers from Iraq to Kuwait.
  
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• Canada, allies begin withdrawing troops from Iraq amid U.S.-Iran standoff

  07-01-2020 17:39
  
  The Canadian military started to move troops out of Iraq on Tuesday, following other Western nations concerned about the increasingly volatile standoff between the United States and Iran.
  
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• Read an excerpt from Teva Harrison's poetry collection, Not One of These Poems Is About You

  07-01-2020 17:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto comic creator died at the age of 42 on April 27, 2019. Her comics and poetry explored living with metastatic breast cancer.
  
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• Guns and ammunition found inside Cadillac in Toronto after tip from public

  07-01-2020 17:30
  
  Four guns, including a semi-automatic rifle, and ammunition have been located inside a vehicle in Toronto after a tip from the public, police say.
  
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• Toronto home sales jump 17.4% in December, average price up 12%

  07-01-2020 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The December jump caps a surge in activity in the second half of last year, while a slower first half meant that overall 2019 sales were in line with annual medians for the decade.
  
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• Map: How big are the Australia wildfires and where are they burning?

  07-01-2020 17:00
  
  As officials warn weather conditions in Australia may only worsen, CTVNews.ca puts into context the devastating toll of the wildfires on humans and wildlife, and how the size of the blaze compares to other major fires around the world.
  
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• City of Toronto dismantles homeless encampment in Rosedale Valley despite criticism

  07-01-2020 16:58
  
  City crews have dismantled a homeless encampment in Toronto's Rosedale Valley despite ongoing criticism from some anti-poverty advocates.
  
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• 'What a beautiful place you live': Harry and Meghan thank Canada for holiday stay

  07-01-2020 16:37
  
  The Duke and Duchess of Sussex made their return to official duties Tuesday with a visit to Canada House in London, England, thanking the staff for their holiday stay in British Columbia, which they called ‘beautiful.’
  
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• Toronto Wolfpack will advertise CBD cream on 2020 Super League jersey

  07-01-2020 16:34
  
  The Toronto Wolfpack will be walking advertisements for one of their own products in 2020 with the brand Rugby Strength, a CBD-infused body cream, featured on the front of their jerseys for the Super League season.
  
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• Driver of luxury car allegedly clocked going 218 km/h on Toronto highway

  07-01-2020 15:30
  
  A 19-year-old driver of a luxury car was caught allegedly going 218 km/h on a highway in Toronto.
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs fan diagnosed with stage 4 cancer meets her hockey hero, Auston Matthews

  07-01-2020 15:14
  
  The dying wish of a 71-year-old Toronto Maple Leafs fan diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer a few months ago came true on Monday night when she met her hockey hero, Auston Matthews.
  
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• Former Toronto pastor sentenced to 15 years in death of pregnant wife

  07-01-2020 13:47
  
  Philip Grandine, a former Toronto pastor convicted of manslaughter in the death of his pregnant wife, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison less time served.
  
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• Former Toronto pastor expected to be sentenced today in 2011 death of pregnant wife

  07-01-2020 13:47
  
  A former Toronto pastor convicted in the death of his pregnant wife is expected to learn his fate today.
  
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• Ex-Toronto pastor expected to be sentenced today in drowning death of pregnant wife

  07-01-2020 12:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Philip Grandine is slated to be sentenced nearly a year after jurors found him guilty of manslaughter in the drowning of his wife Anna Grandine.
  
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• Ex-pastor sentenced to 15 years for drowning death of pregnant wife

  07-01-2020 12:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Philip Grandine, convicted of manslaughter in the death of his wife, was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday.
  
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• Top 3 concerns for Ontario hospital patients after discharge? Home care, home care and home care

  07-01-2020 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The three biggest problems for patients surveyed about their discharge from Ontario hospitals all concern publicly funded home care, according to new research published in an international medical journal. 
  
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• Man struck and killed on side of Toronto-bound QEW: OPP

  07-01-2020 11:52
  
  A man is dead after he was struck by a car in an apparent failure to remain collision on the side of the Toronto-bound QEW near Beamsville early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Man fatally struck on side of Toronto-bound QEW

  07-01-2020 11:52
  
  A man is dead after he was struck by a car in an apparent failure to remain collision on the side of the Toronto-bound QEW near Beamsville early Tuesday morning.
  
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• No injuries after fire at Jewish community centre in North York

  07-01-2020 11:35
  
  No one was injured after a fire tore through the roof of a Jewish community centre in North York early on Tuesday morning.
  
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• Want a 1-bedroom in a downtown Victorian for $800 a month? Meet novelist and landlord David Kendall

  07-01-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fifteen houses along Niagara Street were given protection as heritage homes just before Christmas, thanks in large measure to one local landlord.
  
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• This Toronto landlord has only raised rent by $100 — since the 1980s

  07-01-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fifteen houses along Niagara Street were given protection as heritage homes just before Christmas, thanks in large measure to one local landlord.
  
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• What really happens to plastic drink bottles you toss in your recycling bin

  07-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The recycling symbol may give the comforting impression that your plastic pop or water bottle will be recycled into other plastic bottles again and again. Unfortunately, there’s a good chance it won’t become even one new bottle. Here’s what really happens — and what's needed to boost recycling.
  
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• Toronto Police union accuses own members of spreading 'misinformation' about financial issues

  07-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Police Association has taken the unusual step of reaching out to its members amid grumbling it mishandled the sale of its multi-million-dollar headquarters. CBC News has obtained a message from the TPA’s board of directors calling rumours of financial issues “misinformation.”
  
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• Canadians calling CRA facing longer wait times, getting unreliable answers, CFIB audit finds

  07-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Months after the Canada Revenue Agency promised that a new phone system would fix the problems plaguing its business call centre, wait times have increased — and 40 per cent of the answers employees give are wrong or incomplete — according to a new report.
  
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• Canadians calling CRA are facing longer wait times, getting unreliable answers

  07-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Months after the Canada Revenue Agency promised that a new phone system would fix the problems plaguing its business call centre, wait times have increased — and 40 per cent of the answers employees give are wrong or incomplete — according to a new report.
  
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• Scarborough's golden boy Akil Thomas welcomed home after winning world junior championship

  07-01-2020 04:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Akil Thomas scored only one goal during the entire world junior hockey tournament, but it was the goal that mattered the most: the game winner in the gold-medal game.
  
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• Connor McDavid dazzles, Oilers end Leafs' point streak at 10 games

  07-01-2020 04:01
  
  Connor McDavid scored a highlight-reel goal and added three assists as the Edmonton Oilers snapped the Toronto Maple Leafs' point streak at 10 games with a 6-4 victory on Monday.
  
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• McDavid's gorgeous 1st hometown goal helps Oilers seal win in Toronto

  07-01-2020 03:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Connor McDavid scored a highlight-reel goal and added three assists as the Edmonton Oilers snapped the Toronto Maple Leafs' point streak at 10 games with a 6-4 victory on Monday.
  
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• Mayor John Tory defends decision to clear homeless out of Rosedale Ravine Lands

  07-01-2020 02:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city will dismantle homeless encampments in Rosedale Ravine Lands on Tuesday even though advocates have urged him to call off the move because they believe it will harm people living there.
  
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• Canadian players return home from world juniors after winning gold

  07-01-2020 00:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Members of Canada's world junior hockey team were greeted by dozens of friends, family and supporters at Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon after winning gold a day earlier in the Czech Republic.
  
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• Public funeral service to be held for Diane Ford

  07-01-2020 00:19
  
  A public funeral service will be held for Diane Ford, the matriarch of the Ford family, who passed away over the weekend
  
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• The rumours are real: Timbits-inspired cereal to hit Canadian store shelves

  07-01-2020 00:10
  
  Following months of rumours, Timbits-flavoured cereal is coming to grocery store shelves after all.
  
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