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• Toronto stock market moves higher to start week as Shopify surges - Yahoo Canada Finance

  11-05-2020 23:20
  
  Toronto stock market moves higher to start week as Shopify surges  Yahoo Canada Finance
  
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• Toronto restaurant and theatre offering three-course meal and live show at home - blogTO

  11-05-2020 23:19
  
  Toronto restaurant and theatre offering three-course meal and live show at home  blogTO
  
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• First COVID-19 death in Toronto’s shelter systems confirmed by officials

  11-05-2020 23:18
  
  A man believed to be in his 50s is the first person within Toronto’s shelter system to die after contracting COVID-19, health officials confirmed.
  
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• UN Housing Expert Calls Out Corporate Landlord with Buildings in Toronto - Toronto Storeys

  11-05-2020 22:17
  UN Housing Expert Calls Out Corporate Landlord with Buildings in Toronto  Toronto Storeys
  
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• 15 cake delivery options in Toronto - blogTO

  11-05-2020 21:52
  
  15 cake delivery options in Toronto  blogTO
  
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• Decision on whether Ontario schools will reopen this year coming 'early next week'

  11-05-2020 21:11
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government will make announcements “early next week” about when licenced childcare and public schools can re-open, but the current emergency measures may prevent that from occurring this month.
  
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• City leading Toronto tech initiative to get local small businesses online - BetaKit

  11-05-2020 20:43
  
  City leading Toronto tech initiative to get local small businesses online  BetaKit
  
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• 'Absolutely staggering': Premier slams young driver caught allegedly speeding 308 km/h on Ontario highway

  11-05-2020 20:27
  
  Premier Doug Ford is taking aim at a young driver who was caught allegedly speeding 308 kilometres an hour on an Ontario highway Saturday night.
  
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• Ford triggers COVID-19 restriction confusion after admitting daughters came to visit him

  11-05-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford appears to have broken COVID-19 physical distancing measures prescribed by Ontario's public health officials, saying his two daughters who live in different households visited his home over Mother's Day weekend.
  
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• Doug Ford admits daughters visited his home on the weekend, violating Ontario's COVID-19 rules

  11-05-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford appears to have broken COVID-19 physical distancing measures prescribed by Ontario's public health officials, saying his two daughters who live in different households visited his home over Mother's Day weekend.
  
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• Doug Ford admits daughters visited his home on the weekend, contrary to Ontario's COVID-19 rules

  11-05-2020 20:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford appears to have broken COVID-19 physical distancing measures prescribed by Ontario's public health officials, saying his two daughters who live in different households visited his home over Mother's Day weekend.
  
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• Toronto police find 200 cars at illegal Fast & Furious-style street racing meetup - blogTO

  11-05-2020 20:03
  
  Toronto police find 200 cars at illegal Fast & Furious-style street racing meetup  blogTO
  
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• Toronto reopens High Park after temporary closure during cherry blossom bloom - CBC.ca

  11-05-2020 20:01
  
  Toronto reopens High Park after temporary closure during cherry blossom bloom  CBC.ca
  
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• Q&A: Saad Rafi, Toronto's recovery czar, on coming out of retirement to guide the city to its new normal - Toronto Life

  11-05-2020 19:56
  Q&A: Saad Rafi, Toronto's recovery czar, on coming out of retirement to guide the city to its new normal  Toronto Life
  
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• Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on May 11 - Globalnews.ca

  11-05-2020 19:47
  
  Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on May 11  Globalnews.ca
  
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• PM Trudeau: One jurisdiction's misstep could see COVID-19 efforts 'go up in smoke'

  11-05-2020 19:37
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says everything Canadians have worked for in the fight against COVID-19 could "go up in smoke" if reopening happens too quickly — or if just one jurisdiction making the wrong decisions.
  
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• Toronto reports 1st COVID-19 death of person in its shelter system - CBC.ca

  11-05-2020 19:20
  
  Toronto reports 1st COVID-19 death of person in its shelter system  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto reports 1st COVID-19 death of person in its shelter system

  11-05-2020 19:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The city has reported its first COVID-19 death of a person experiencing homelessness who had used its shelter system.
  
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• Salvation Army confirms COVID-19 outbreak at Toronto women's shelter

  11-05-2020 19:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Salvation Army has confirmed an outbreak of COVID-19 at a women's shelter in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood.
  
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• City to report on COVID-19 as Salvation Army confirms outbreak at women's shelter

  11-05-2020 19:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The Salvation Army has confirmed an outbreak of COVID-19 at a women's shelter in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood.
  
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• City reports 1st COVID-19 death of person experiencing homelessness

  11-05-2020 19:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The city has reported its first COVID-19 death of a person experiencing homelessness who had used its shelter system.
  
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• Canadian kids bored and missing friends in isolation, new poll suggests

  11-05-2020 19:15 via cbc.ca
  
  A new poll focusing on Canada’s children shows the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting people across the country, no matter their age.
  
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• Feds hint at scaling back immigration due to pandemic fallout - Toronto Sun

  11-05-2020 19:01
  
  Feds hint at scaling back immigration due to pandemic fallout  Toronto Sun
  
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• COVID-19 isolation may be factor in lack of suspect descriptions in Brampton school fire: police

  11-05-2020 18:38
  
  The fact that people are staying indoors and “closing their curtains” due to COVID-19 may be a factor in why investigators don’t have more information about the person or people responsible for a fire at a Brampton school on Saturday, Peel police say.
  
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• Deloitte is laying off 200 people in Toronto in AI, consulting, audit - Business Insider

  11-05-2020 18:19
  
  Deloitte is laying off 200 people in Toronto in AI, consulting, audit  Business Insider
  
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• "We opened on April Fools' Day": How one Toronto restaurateur managed to start a new business in the middle of a pandemic - Toronto Life

  11-05-2020 17:43
  "We opened on April Fools' Day": How one Toronto restaurateur managed to start a new business in the middle of a pandemic  Toronto Life
  
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• Will Toronto Real Estate Prices Drop this Summer? - RE/MAX News

  11-05-2020 17:31
  
  Will Toronto Real Estate Prices Drop this Summer?  RE/MAX News
  
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• Ontario education minister asks schools not to cancel graduations and proms

  11-05-2020 17:27
  
  Ontario’s minister of education is asking school boards not to cancel graduation and proms, but rather host them in the summer or fall when it is “safe to do so.”
  
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• Nearly $8M worth of cocaine seized in TPS drug trafficking investigation

  11-05-2020 17:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say 61 kilograms of cocaine was found in stash houses around the city following a months-long drug investigation.
  
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• Ontario records 308 new cases of COVID-19, adds 35 deaths

  11-05-2020 16:31
  
  Ontario recorded 308 new cases of COVID-19 while also adding 35 more deaths, health officials confirmed Monday.
  
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• Ontario continues downward trend with 308 new COVID-19 cases, 35 more deaths

  11-05-2020 16:31
  
  Ontario recorded 308 new cases of COVID-19 while also adding 35 more deaths, health officials confirmed Monday.
  
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• Ontario continues downward trend by recording 308 new cases of COVID-19, adding 35 deaths

  11-05-2020 16:31
  
  Ontario recorded 308 new cases of COVID-19 while also adding 35 more deaths, health officials confirmed Monday.
  
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• Toronto reopens High Park after temporary closure during cherry blossom bloom

  11-05-2020 16:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto has reopened High Park after temporarily closing one of the city’s busiest springtime tourist attractions.
  
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• Small playground in east-end Toronto set ablaze for 2nd time in 4 years - Global News

  11-05-2020 16:10
  
  Small playground in east-end Toronto set ablaze for 2nd time in 4 years  Global News
  
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• Ontario expected to extend state of emergency to June 2

  11-05-2020 15:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's legislature will sit Tuesday and is expected to extend the province's state of emergency to June 2, while also holding question period again.
  
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• Ontario confirms 308 new COVID-19 cases, state of emergency to be pushed to June 2

  11-05-2020 15:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The province's network of labs processed 13,970 tests, a decrease from a record 17,618 the day before last and below the 16,000 tests per day target instituted last week. The backlog of tests now sits at 9.018.
  
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• Ontario will need a $41B deficit to recover from COVID-19: budget watchdog

  11-05-2020 15:53
  
  Ontario's budget deficit could double to $41 billion this year, according to the province's Financial Accountability Officer (FAO), as the Ford government grapples with how to revive an economy stalled by COVID-19.
  
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• Loblaws shuts down Dupont and Christie store in Toronto after COVID-19 outbreak - blogTO

  11-05-2020 15:12
  
  Loblaws shuts down Dupont and Christie store in Toronto after COVID-19 outbreak  blogTO
  
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• Ontario premier will ask to extend state of emergency until June 2

  11-05-2020 14:53
  
  Premier Doug Ford will ask the Ontario Legislature to extend the provincial state of emergency until June 2, as the government continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ontario premier will ask to extend state of emergency until June

  11-05-2020 14:53
  
  Premier Doug Ford will ask the Ontario Legislature to extend the provincial state of emergency until June 2, as the government continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ontario premier will ask to extend province's state of emergency until May 31

  11-05-2020 14:53
  
  Premier Doug Ford will ask the Ontario Legislature to extend the provincial state-of-emergency until May 31, as the government continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ontario premier will ask to extend province's state of emergency until June 2

  11-05-2020 14:53
  
  Premier Doug Ford will ask the Ontario Legislature to extend the provincial state of emergency until June 2, as the government continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Toronto police to release results of cross-border cocaine trafficking investigation

  11-05-2020 14:32
  
  The Toronto Police Service is expected to announce the results of a cross-border investigation into cocaine trafficking on Monday morning.
  
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• Toronto police release results of cross-border cocaine trafficking investigation

  11-05-2020 14:32
  
  The Toronto Police Service is expected to announce the results of a cross-border investigation into cocaine trafficking on Monday morning.
  
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• Toronto police bust 'professional distributors,' seize nearly $8-million worth of pure cocaine

  11-05-2020 14:32
  
  Members of the Toronto Police Service say they brought down “professional cocaine distributors” when they busted a “sophisticated crime group” allegedly in possession of 61 kilograms of pure cocaine, worth nearly $8 million.
  
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• Ontario premier sparks confusion over social gathering rules after weekend visit with daughters

  11-05-2020 13:59
  
  Premier Doug Ford admitting to visiting with his wife and four daughters on Mother’s Day has sparked confusion about Ontario's rules on social gatherings.
  
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• Ontario premier says to only visit with 'immediate family' after spending Mother's Day with daughters

  11-05-2020 13:59
  
  Premier Doug Ford said that people in Ontario should only visit with immediate family and avoid larger groups after spending Mother’s Day at home with his wife and four daughters.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford will make another COVID-19-related announcement this afternoon

  11-05-2020 13:59
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make another COVID-19-related announcement this afternoon as many businesses across the province reopen for curbside pickup and delivery.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford makes another COVID-19-related announcement

  11-05-2020 13:59
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make another COVID-19-related announcement this afternoon as many businesses across the province reopen for curbside pickup and delivery.
  
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• Ontario premier admits to breaking COVID-19 restrictions after weekend visit with daughters

  11-05-2020 13:59
  
  Premier Doug Ford said that people in Ontario should only visit with immediate family and avoid larger groups after spending Mother’s Day at home with his wife and four daughters.
  
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