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• Costs of Scarborough subway extension, Eglinton West LRT far outweigh benefits, Metrolinx study finds

  28-02-2020 23:59 via cbc.ca
  
  The cost associated with the Scarborough subway extension and the Eglinton West LRT significantly outweigh their benefits, new business cases released by Metrolinx show.
  
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• VIA Rail to resume partial Ottawa-Toronto service Tuesday - CTV News

  28-02-2020 23:19
  
  VIA Rail to resume partial Ottawa-Toronto service Tuesday  CTV News
  
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• Ontario high school teachers announce new 1-day strike, including in Toronto - Global News

  28-02-2020 23:15
  
  Ontario high school teachers announce new 1-day strike, including in Toronto  Global News
  
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• Zamboni driver turned NHL goalie David Ayres given his own hockey card

  28-02-2020 23:06
  
  The Toronto-area Zamboni driver who became famous after suiting up at the last minute for the Carolina Hurricanes has now been awarded a hockey card in his honour.
  
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• Kay solid over 2 innings as Jays beat Tigers - TSN

  28-02-2020 22:52
  
  Kay solid over 2 innings as Jays beat Tigers  TSN
  
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• Leaside realtor targeted by extortionists again, threats made to family - Global News

  28-02-2020 22:30
  
  Leaside realtor targeted by extortionists again, threats made to family  Global News
  
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• CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season sets new record for food bank donations

  28-02-2020 22:30 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Toronto’s Sounds of the Season had its most successful year ever in 2019, according to the final tallies from the annual campaign. More than $847,000 was raised for food banks across the Greater Toronto Area -- a 14 per cent increase compared to 2018.
  
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• Overnight street parking a real possibility in parts of Scarborough - Toronto.com

  28-02-2020 22:03
  
  Overnight street parking a real possibility in parts of Scarborough  Toronto.com
  
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• Ontario will restrict vape flavours to curb youth vaping

  28-02-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario will restrict the sale of vape flavours and high nicotine e-cigarettes in a bid to address youth vaping.
  
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• B.C. man gets pranked with fake Wienermobile ad - Toronto Sun

  28-02-2020 21:33
  
  B.C. man gets pranked with fake Wienermobile ad  Toronto Sun
  
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• Auston Matthews Says Justin Bieber's Toronto Home Is "Like A Funhouse" - Narcity

  28-02-2020 21:24
  
  Auston Matthews Says Justin Bieber's Toronto Home Is "Like A Funhouse"  Narcity
  
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• Suspected Toronto hammer-attack terrorist sparked bomb scare at police station as he surrendered - National Post

  28-02-2020 21:14
  
  Suspected Toronto hammer-attack terrorist sparked bomb scare at police station as he surrendered  National Post
  
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• Toronto's oldest bar set to reopen on St. Patrick's Day - CTV News

  28-02-2020 20:30
  
  Toronto's oldest bar set to reopen on St. Patrick's Day  CTV News
  
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• Toronto’s oldest bar set to reopen on St. Patrick's Day

  28-02-2020 20:30
  
  Month’s after closing for renovations last July, Toronto’s oldest bar has announced that it will open its doors, once again, on March 17.
  
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• 21 marvellous March food events to check out in Toronto | Dished - Daily Hive

  28-02-2020 20:22
  
  21 marvellous March food events to check out in Toronto | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• Friday Five: The Toronto Maple Leafs are showing some fight - TSN

  28-02-2020 20:14
  
  Friday Five: The Toronto Maple Leafs are showing some fight  TSN
  
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• Toronto high school teachers will hold one-day strike on March 5 - CTV News

  28-02-2020 20:02
  
  Toronto high school teachers will hold one-day strike on March 5  CTV News
  
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• Toronto high school teachers will hold one-day strike on March 5

  28-02-2020 20:02
  
  The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation says teachers and education workers at select school boards, including the Toronto District School Board, will walk off the job on March 5 as the union resumes its rotating one-day strikes.
  
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• High school teachers announce new one-day strike, including in Toronto - National Post

  28-02-2020 19:59
  
  High school teachers announce new one-day strike, including in Toronto  National Post
  
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• 45-year-old man dead after crash on Highway 401 in Toronto - Global News

  28-02-2020 19:59
  
  45-year-old man dead after crash on Highway 401 in Toronto  Global News
  
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• Search continues for family of cat rescued from top of Toronto hydro pole - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  28-02-2020 19:48
  
  Search continues for family of cat rescued from top of Toronto hydro pole  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Ford government says new licence plates in the works

  28-02-2020 19:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Two senior government officials told CBC News they couldn't say whether the revised plates will look the same as the current blue plates, which have been blasted for visibility issues.
  
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• David Ayres's famous Maple Leafs-beating stick now in Hockey Hall of Fame

  28-02-2020 19:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The 42-year-old’s hockey stick, which he used last Saturday night to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs on 'Hockey Night in Canada,' now sits in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  
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• Search continues for owner of small cat rescued from Toronto hydro pole

  28-02-2020 19:35
  
  Toronto Animal Services is still searching for the owner of a small cat that was rescued from the top of a hydro pole during a winter storm on Thursday.
  
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• Ontario will restrict sale of vape flavours in effort to curb youth consumption

  28-02-2020 19:35
  
  Ontario will restrict the sale of vape flavours and high nicotine e-cigarettes in a bid to address youth vaping.
  
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• Three things to know about Toronto FC ahead of 2020 MLS season - Sportsnet.ca

  28-02-2020 19:00
  
  Three things to know about Toronto FC ahead of 2020 MLS season  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• Zamboni driver David Ayres’ stick gets a spot in the Hockey Hall of Fame

  28-02-2020 18:53
  
  Within a week, the hockey stick of a Zamboni driver forced onto the ice as an emergency backup goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes in Toronto went from a game of shinny with friends, to an NHL game, to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
  
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• The Week Ahead: PDAC hits Toronto; Bank of Canada rate decision - BNNBloomberg.ca

  28-02-2020 18:34
  
  The Week Ahead: PDAC hits Toronto; Bank of Canada rate decision  BNNBloomberg.ca
  
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• Canadians finding hundreds of dollars in unclaimed cheques on CRA website

  28-02-2020 18:07 via cbc.ca
  
  A little-known feature on the Canada Revenue Agency’s website is netting some Canadians hundreds of dollars they are owed from uncashed government cheques.
  
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• Ontario government will stop issuing new blue licence plates amid readability issue

  28-02-2020 18:05
  
  The Ford government will stop issuing the defective new licence plates next week and temporarily return to the old white-with-blue-lettering licence plates, as the province works to fix a readability issue with the new plates.
  
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• White Claw hard seltzer has landed in Toronto, is it worth the hype? - Toronto Star

  28-02-2020 18:00
  
  White Claw hard seltzer has landed in Toronto, is it worth the hype?  Toronto Star
  
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• Elementary schools may combine classes as teachers' strikes ramp up, TDSB says

  28-02-2020 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Teachers and education workers with the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario recently began Phase 6 of their ongoing strike action.
  
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• Shopify cancels Toronto conference and some international events over coronavirus concerns - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  28-02-2020 17:22
  
  Shopify cancels Toronto conference and some international events over coronavirus concerns  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto Arrows' Argentine forward Tomas de la Vega comes with law degree - North Shore News

  28-02-2020 17:21
  
  Toronto Arrows' Argentine forward Tomas de la Vega comes with law degree  North Shore News
  
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• Ontario's seventh COVID-19 patient recently returned to Toronto from Iran

  28-02-2020 17:19
  
  The seventh case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Ontario has been confirmed in Toronto.
  
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• Officials confirm new Toronto case of COVID-19 - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  28-02-2020 17:17
  
  Officials confirm new Toronto case of COVID-19  CP24 Toronto's Breaking NewsOntario's seventh COVID-19 patient recently returned to Toronto from Iran  CTV NewsLatest COVID-19 case in Toronto is Ontario’s 1st instance of human-to-human transmission  Global NewsNew case of coronarvirus confirmed in Toronto man who travelled to Iran  680 NewsAnother coronavirus case in Toronto  Toronto SunView Full coverage on Google News
  
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• Ontario's 7th case of coronavirus reported in man who travelled to Iran

  28-02-2020 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  A seventh person in Ontario has tested positive for coronavirus, health officials said Friday.
  
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• 7th case of coronavirus reported in Ontario

  28-02-2020 17:13 via cbc.ca
  
  A seventh person in Ontario has tested positive for coronavirus, health officials said Friday.
  
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• Three pedestrians hit in Toronto as car breaks gas line, strikes building - Toronto Sun

  28-02-2020 17:11
  
  Three pedestrians hit in Toronto as car breaks gas line, strikes building  Toronto Sun
  
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• 3 pedestrians struck in north Toronto, vehicle smashes into building - CBC.ca

  28-02-2020 17:09
  
  3 pedestrians struck in north Toronto, vehicle smashes into building  CBC.ca
  
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• Shopify cancels annual conference due to fears over coronavirus

  28-02-2020 17:06
  
  Shopify Inc. says the recent outbreak of a novel form of coronavirus has prompted it to cancel its annual conference.
  
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• Hockey Hall of Fame adds stick used by emergency goalie David Ayres LIVE

  28-02-2020 16:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Emergency Goaltender David Ayres has his goalie stick entered into a display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.  
  
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• The 10 Best Things to Do in Toronto this Weekend: February 28 to March 1 - Toronto Storeys

  28-02-2020 16:47
  The 10 Best Things to Do in Toronto this Weekend: February 28 to March 1  Toronto Storeys
  
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• S&P/TSX down more than 500 points as trading resumes after outage Thursday

  28-02-2020 15:43
  
  Canada's main stock index plunged at the open as trading resumed on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it was halted early Thursday afternoon due to a technical issue.
  
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• Rout continues as stock markets plunge amid novel coronavirus fears

  28-02-2020 15:43
  
  The rout on stock markets continued in trading today as North American markets continued to plunge amid concerns about the novel coronavirus and its impact on the global economy.
  
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• Canada's main stock index plunges as trading resumes

  28-02-2020 15:43
  
  Canada's main stock index plunged at the open as trading resumed on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it was halted early Thursday afternoon due to a technical issue.
  
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• TSX reopens after glitch — and the stock market rout continues

  28-02-2020 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Stock Exchange reopened Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.
  
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• TSX on track for worst day since 2011 as stock market rout continues

  28-02-2020 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Stock Exchange reopened Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.
  
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• TSX drops 700 points as stock market rout continues

  28-02-2020 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Stock Exchange reopened Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.
  
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• Stock markets finish rough week with another dive into the red

  28-02-2020 15:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Stock Exchange lost 454 points on Friday after a technical glitch shut down trading early the day before — and investors picked up right where they left off by dumping shares in just about everything.
  
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