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• Ontario elementary teachers union announces full week of rotating strikes

  26-01-2020 22:15
  
  Ontario elementary school teachers have provided notice of another one-day strike in Peel and in Hamilton on Friday.
  
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• NBA legend Kobe Bryant, daughter Gianna killed in helicopter crash

  26-01-2020 20:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Los Angeles Lakers legend and five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant was among five people, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif. He was 41.
  
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• NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 41, killed in helicopter crash

  26-01-2020 20:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, who retired in 2016 as a five-time NBA champion with 33,643 points, was among five people killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif. He was 41.
  
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• Toronto Public Health says it's ready for infectious diseases like coronavirus

  26-01-2020 20:52 via cbc.ca
  
  With the confirmation of Canada’s first case of the coronavirus in Toronto, health authorities are assuring the public the required systems are in place to keep people safe.
  
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• NBA legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash

  26-01-2020 20:50
  
  Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career spent entirely with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.
  
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• Kobe Bryant left deep legacy in L.A. sports, basketball world

  26-01-2020 20:50
  
  Kobe Bryant, Bryant, the 18-time All-Star who won five NBA championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career all with the Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.
  
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• Kobe Bryant and daughter among those killed in chopper crash

  26-01-2020 20:50
  
  Kobe Bryant, the 18-time NBA All-Star who won five championships and became one of the greatest basketball players of his generation during a 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, died in a helicopter crash Sunday. He was 41.
  
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• Basketball legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash: reports

  26-01-2020 20:50
  
  Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash in southern California, according to multiple reports.
  
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• Basketball legend Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash

  26-01-2020 20:50
  
  Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash the Associated Press has confirmed. He was 41.
  
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• Who will share the Holocaust's horrors as its survivors disappear?

  26-01-2020 20:26
  
  As the Holocaust fades further and further into the reaches of history, some surveys suggest it may be difficult to maintain the memory of one of humanity's greatest atrocities.
  
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• Woman stabbed near York University was also shot, police say

  26-01-2020 18:16
  
  The 23-year-old woman who was stabbed near York University on Wednesday was also shot, Toronto police say.
  
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• Toronto patient diagnosed with possible coronavirus showed mild symptoms on flight

  26-01-2020 17:45
  
  The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre, Canada's Chief Public Health officer said Sunday as she stressed the risk of future infection is low.
  
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• Police identify man killed in Scarborough triple shooting, 2 suspects sought

  26-01-2020 16:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police have identified a man killed in a triple shooting in Scarborough on Saturday night.
  
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• Fatal pizza shop shooting that killed 1, injured 2 was gang-related, police say

  26-01-2020 16:51 via cbc.ca
  
  A triple shooting that left a man dead and two other people injured at a pizza shop in Scarborough on Saturday night was gang-related, Toronto police say.
  
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• Health officials expect more coronavirus cases, but say risk of outbreak in Canada remains low

  26-01-2020 16:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Health officials say the risk of an outbreak of the coronavirus in Canada remains low, but they expect more cases.
  
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• Health minister says risk of coronavirus outbreak in Canada remains low

  26-01-2020 16:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu says the risk of an outbreak of coronavirus in Canada remains low, but officials at all levels of government are working with hospitals and international partners to prevent and respond to potential infections. 
  
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• Health minister, chief public health officer to update Canadians on coronavirus

  26-01-2020 16:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu and Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Pauline Tam will hold a news conference in Ottawa this morning after Canada confirmed its first "presumptive" case of coronavirus in Toronto on Saturday. The news conference is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. ET and CBCNews.ca will carry it live.
  
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• Multiple explosives, submachine gun seized in Stockyards: police

  26-01-2020 16:16
  
  A man and woman are facing a raft of charges after police raided a home in the Stockyards on Saturday and allegedly seized explosives, a submachine gun and a silencer.
  
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• Police say shooting that killed man in Scarborough restaurant was gang-related

  26-01-2020 15:41
  
  Toronto police have identified a 28-year-old man shot and killed inside a Scarborough restaurant on Saturday night in an incident that injured two other people.
  
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• Police ID man, 28, shot dead inside Scarborough restaurant

  26-01-2020 15:41
  
  Toronto police have identified a 28-year-old man shot and killed inside a Scarborough restaurant on Saturday night in an incident that injured two other people.
  
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• Woman attacked on York University campus was stabbed and shot, police say

  26-01-2020 13:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say a young woman attacked on the York University campus on Wednesday was stabbed and shot.
  
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• Shawn Mendes, Drake and other Canadian nominees leave Grammys empty handed

  26-01-2020 13:37
  
  It was never going to be a banner year for Canadians at the Grammy Awards, since only a handful of homegrown artists were nominated, but this one really stings.
  
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• Canadian superstars hoping for Grammy glory tonight

  26-01-2020 13:37
  
  Shawn Mendes, Drake and Shania Twain will offer a dash of Canadian flavour at the 2020 Grammy Awards tonight in Los Angeles.
  
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• Paramedics union mad they weren’t told about coronavirus finding

  26-01-2020 13:12
  
  The union that represents two Toronto paramedics who transported Canada’s first presumptive case of the coronavirus to hospital on Saturday say they’re upset they had to hear about the man’s likely diagnosis from the news, but officials say that is standard procedure.
  
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• Man dies in hospital after vehicle slams into pole in Brampton

  26-01-2020 13:02 via cbc.ca
  
  A man has died in hospital after the vehicle he was driving slammed into a large concrete electrical pole in Brampton early Sunday, Peel police say.
  
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• Male reportedly shot in leg in North York: police

  26-01-2020 12:15
  
  A male victim is in hospital after he was shot, reportedly in the leg, outside an apartment building in North York early on Saturday morning.
  
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• Should Bombardier build more streetcars for Toronto? Here's why one TTC board member says no

  26-01-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Now that TTC staff have officially let their political masters know that they want to spend tens of millions of dollars on 60 new streetcars, should Bombardier build them? At least one TTC board members says the answer should be no.
  
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• Ransomware attack on Toronto-based construction company raises questions about federal contracts

  26-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A construction company that’s won millions of dollars worth of contracts with the military and other federal departments has been hit by a ransomware attack, raising questions about how the federal government does businesses with outside firms open to cyber attacks.
  
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• 'I was livid': Single Toronto mom hit with $32K bill to get out of furnace, air conditioner contract

  26-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Tracy Spence was outraged when Crown Crest Capital told her she'd have to pay $32,406 to buy out her rental contract for her air conditioner and furnace. After being contacted by CBC News, Crown Crest said there was an error and it offered Spence a better deal.
  
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• How 3D holograms and AI are preserving Holocaust survivors' stories

  26-01-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian Max Eisen has had his memories of what happened to him and his family during the Holocaust archived using an interactive system powered by artificial intelligence.
  
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• Why Canada's first suspected coronavirus case is 'a world of difference' from SARS

  26-01-2020 04:57 via cbc.ca
  
  News that Toronto has its first suspected case of coronavirus may come as a shock to Canadians, but health officials have been preparing for this exact scenario for weeks.
  
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• Why Canada's 1st suspected coronavirus case is 'a world of difference' from SARS

  26-01-2020 04:57 via cbc.ca
  
  News that Toronto has its first suspected case of coronavirus may come as a shock to Canadians, but health officials have been preparing for this exact scenario for weeks.
  
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• Man dead, 2 injured after ‘gang-related’ Scarborough shooting: Toronto police - Global News

  26-01-2020 04:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  Man dead, 2 injured after ‘gang-related’ Scarborough shooting: Toronto police  Global News
  
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• Scarborough shooting leaves one dead and two others injured

  26-01-2020 03:51
  
  One person is dead and two others are injured after a shooting in Scarborough on Saturday night.
  
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• Triple shooting in Scarborough leaves one dead, another critically injured

  26-01-2020 03:48 via cbc.ca
  
  One person is dead and another has been critically injured after a triple shooting in Scarborough, Toronto police say.
  
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• LILLEY: Canada's first case of deadly coronavirus lands in Toronto - Toronto Sun

  26-01-2020 02:27 via torontosun.com
  
  LILLEY: Canada's first case of deadly coronavirus lands in Toronto  Toronto Sun
  
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• Two Ontario veterans celebrate shared 107th birthday

  26-01-2020 01:51
  
  Two men who served during the Second World War met for the first time on Saturday with the help of technology to celebrate a shared milestone—their 107th birthdays.
  
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