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• WATCH: Massive lineup at North York IKEA - Toronto Sun

  29-05-2020 22:06
  
  WATCH: Massive lineup at North York IKEA  Toronto Sun
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued north of Toronto - Globalnews.ca

  29-05-2020 22:05
  
  Severe thunderstorm watch issued north of Toronto  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Toronto Offers a Rent Assistance Program Up to $4k for Low-Income Households - Toronto Storeys

  29-05-2020 21:58
  Toronto Offers a Rent Assistance Program Up to $4k for Low-Income Households  Toronto Storeys
  
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• Toronto live music venues get tax break - Toronto Sun

  29-05-2020 21:43
  
  Toronto live music venues get tax break  Toronto Sun
  
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• Tory calls on employers to embrace work from home 'until September at the earliest'

  29-05-2020 21:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Mayor John Tory is calling on the city’s employers to continue work from home initiatives until at least September, a plan that many major companies and organizations have already agreed on.
  
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• Toronto Public Health facing renewed criticism over contact tracing abilities

  29-05-2020 21:14 via cbc.ca
  
  A Toronto emergency doctor says the city is still struggling to perform adequate contact tracing for COVID-19, including at least one recent case involving a person considered a high risk for spreading the virus.
  
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• Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on May 29 - Globalnews.ca

  29-05-2020 20:57
  
  Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on May 29  Globalnews.ca
  
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• These are the rules for restaurant and bar patios in Toronto right now - blogTO

  29-05-2020 20:49
  
  These are the rules for restaurant and bar patios in Toronto right now  blogTO
  
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• Toronto police chief warns of 'opportunists,' 'misinformation' after woman's fall from highrise

  29-05-2020 20:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto's police union is raising concerns over "opportunistic" comments posted on social media in the wake of the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. The 29-year-old's family said in the hours after her death they believed police pushed her from a highrise balcony.
  
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• Police union slams 'opportunistic' comments about Toronto woman's highrise death, calls grow for transparency

  29-05-2020 20:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto's police union is raising concerns over "opportunistic" comments posted on social media in the wake of the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. The 29-year-old's family said in the hours after her death they believed police pushed her from a high-rise balcony.
  
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• Police chief speaks about Toronto woman's highrise death, calls grow for transparency

  29-05-2020 20:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto's police union is raising concerns over "opportunistic" comments posted on social media in the wake of the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet. The 29-year-old's family said in the hours after her death they believed police pushed her from a high-rise balcony.
  
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• 14 companies are hiring for over 100 jobs in Toronto this June | Venture - Daily Hive

  29-05-2020 20:18
  
  14 companies are hiring for over 100 jobs in Toronto this June | Venture  Daily Hive
  
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• 'There's a lot I want to say': Toronto police chief reveals new details in death of woman who fell from Toronto balcony

  29-05-2020 20:13
  
  The chief of Toronto police addressed the death of a 29-year-old woman who fell from a 24th-floor balcony after officers were called to the High Park apartment building Wednesday evening.
  
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• 'There's a lot I want to say': Toronto police chief reveals new details in death of woman who fell from balcony

  29-05-2020 20:13
  
  The chief of Toronto police addressed the death of a 29-year-old woman who fell from a 24th-floor balcony after officers were called to the High Park apartment building Wednesday evening.
  
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• Police board asks SIU to provide regular updates on probe of woman's deadly fall from High Park balcony

  29-05-2020 20:13
  
  The Toronto Police Services Board is calling on the SIU to provide “regular public updates” as they continue to probe the death of a woman who fell from an apartment building balcony near High Park on Wednesday night.
  
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• Man sought in theft of mail from Toronto condo building - Toronto Sun

  29-05-2020 18:21
  
  Man sought in theft of mail from Toronto condo building  Toronto Sun
  
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• Video of brazen shooting in Toronto parking lot released by police - CTV News

  29-05-2020 17:49
  
  Video of brazen shooting in Toronto parking lot released by police  CTV News
  
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• Video of brazen shooting in Toronto parking lot released by police

  29-05-2020 17:49
  
  Police have released surveillance footage of a brazen shooting in a Toronto parking lot earlier this month.
  
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• These are the stores open at shopping malls in and around Toronto - blogTO

  29-05-2020 17:12
  
  These are the stores open at shopping malls in and around Toronto  blogTO
  
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• Ontario records another day with more than 300 new COVID-19 cases

  29-05-2020 16:34
  
  For a second straight day, Ontario has recorded more than 300 new cases of COVID-19 after reporting a dip in patients earlier this week.
  
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• Risk of thunderstorms this afternoon ahead of cooler weekend in Toronto | News - Daily Hive

  29-05-2020 16:26
  
  Risk of thunderstorms this afternoon ahead of cooler weekend in Toronto | News  Daily Hive
  
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• Toronto man in custody after police pursuit - Tbnewswatch.com

  29-05-2020 15:58
  
  Toronto man in custody after police pursuit  Tbnewswatch.com
  
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• Toronto's mayor admits Ontario should take regional approach to reopening - CTV News

  29-05-2020 15:19
  
  Toronto's mayor admits Ontario should take regional approach to reopening  CTV News
  
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• Toronto's mayor admits Ontario should take regional approach to reopening

  29-05-2020 15:19
  
  Toronto's mayor believes that the Ontario government should take a more regionalized approach to restarting the economy.
  
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• Ontario now considering regional approach to reopening the province

  29-05-2020 15:19
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is now considering a regional approach to reopening.
  
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• Pop-up COVID-19 testing centres coming to hard hit area in Toronto

  29-05-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario has struggled in recent weeks to meet its own daily testing target.
  
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• Ontario reports 344 new COVID-19 cases as it rolls out new testing strategy

  29-05-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported 344 additional cases of COVID-19 on Friday and said it surpassed its testing benchmark for the second straight day.
  
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• Ontario reports 344 new COVID-19 cases as it prepares to roll out new testing strategy

  29-05-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported 344 additional cases of COVID-19 on Friday and said it surpassed its testing benchmark for the second straight day.
  
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• Ford says he is considering regional reopening of Ontario as new testing strategy rolled out

  29-05-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said he's considering a regional, phased approach to reopening the province amid the COVID-19 pandemic — an option he had thus far publicly resisted.
  
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• Ontario mother hopes inquest into son’s death at school for the blind provides answers

  29-05-2020 14:37
  An Ontario mother says she is hoping a now-approved inquest by the coroner's office will provide answers into the mysterious death of her teenage son at a provincially-run school for the blind more than two years ago.
  
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• Ontario mother hopes inquest into son’s death at school for the blind finally provides answers

  29-05-2020 14:37
  
  An Ontario mother says she is hoping a now-approved inquest by the coroner's office will provide answers into the mysterious death of her teenage son at a provincially-run school for the blind more than two years ago.
  
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• Ontario coroner calls inquest into death of teen at school for the blind

  29-05-2020 14:37
  
  The parents of a disabled teen who died in the care of an Ontario residential school for the blind say they're hopeful a newly called inquest into their son's death may protect a future generation of vulnerable students.
  
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• Popular Toronto gym locked out by landlord after owing more than $100K - blogTO

  29-05-2020 14:23
  
  Popular Toronto gym locked out by landlord after owing more than $100K  blogTO
  
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• Statistics Canada says Q1 GDP worst showing since 2009

  29-05-2020 14:14
  
  Statistics Canada says the economy in the first quarter had its worst showing since 2009 as steps taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 forced businesses across the country to close their doors and lay off workers.
  
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• Ontario unveils new COVID-19 testing strategy. Here's what we know about the plan

  29-05-2020 14:14
  
  Ontario is pledging a massive expansion of COVID-19 testing in the next few weeks – targeting virtually any identifiable group thought to be at high risk of infection – but there is still no plan to screen widely for who may have had the virus without knowing.
  
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• Ontario to unveil new COVID-19 testing strategy this afternoon

  29-05-2020 14:14
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to unveil the province’s new COVID-19 testing strategy during his daily briefing at Queen’s Park this afternoon.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford unveils new COVID-19 testing strategy

  29-05-2020 14:14
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to unveil the province’s new COVID-19 testing strategy during his daily briefing at Queen’s Park this afternoon.
  
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• First-quarter GDP worst showing since 2009: StatCan

  29-05-2020 14:14
  
  Statistics Canada says the economy in the first quarter had its worst showing since 2009 as steps taken to slow the spread of COVID-19 forced businesses across the country to close their doors and lay off workers.
  
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• Coroner to hold inquest into teen's death at Brantford school for the blind

  29-05-2020 13:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's Office of the Chief Coroner will hold an inquest into the death of Samuel Brown, a deaf and blind teen who died at a provincially-run school for the blind in Brantford.
  
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• Motorcycle rider in life-threatening condition after Scarborough collision

  29-05-2020 11:31
  
  A motorcycle rider is in life-threatening condition after a collision in Scarborough early Friday morning.
  
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• Toronto store owners say they were beaten after forcing customer out for not wearing mask

  29-05-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Zhao Guang Yu's face still shows faint bruising from the night a month and a half ago four men allegedly attacked him and his wife inside their Toronto convenience store, an attack they say happened after they forcibly removed a woman for not wearing a mask.
  
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• Toronto store owners say they were beaten after forcibly removing customer for not wearing mask

  29-05-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Zhao Guang Yu's face still shows faint bruising from the night a month and a half ago four men allegedly attacked him and his wife inside their Toronto convenience store, an attack they say happened after they forcibly removed a woman for not wearing a mask.
  
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• Toronto store owners say they were assaulted after forcibly removing customer for not wearing mask - CBC.ca

  29-05-2020 11:00
  
  Toronto store owners say they were assaulted after forcibly removing customer for not wearing mask  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto store owners say they were assaulted after forcibly removing customer for not wearing mask

  29-05-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Zhao Guang Yu's face still shows faint bruising from the night a month and a half ago when, his wife says, four men attacked him in their Toronto convenience store after she fought with a customer and physically forced her out of the store when she refused to wear a mask.
  
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• Toronto store owners brutally beaten after forcing customer out for not wearing mask

  29-05-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Zhao Guang Yu's face is still bruised from the night four men attacked him and his wife in their Toronto convenience store last month, hitting them and stomping his face as he lay on the ground. Yu and his wife, Xue Lin, say the attack happened after they forcibly removed a woman for not wearing a mask.
  
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• Feds provide more funds to help remote Indigenous communities cope with pandemic

  29-05-2020 10:14
  
  The federal government is to spend millions more to help remote and rural Indigenous communities cope with the COVID-19 crisis.
  
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• Another $650M in COVID-19 aid bound for Indigenous communities, Miller says

  29-05-2020 10:14
  
  Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government will spend another $650 million to help Indigenous communities cope with the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Manufacturing plants, grocery stores, delivery companies all have COVID-19 outbreaks in GTA

  29-05-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Various types of indoor workplaces and factory settings are all hot spots, according to the latest details provided to CBC News by public health units across the Greater Toronto Area.
  
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• Man in serious condition after shooting Toronto’s north end - Globalnews.ca

  29-05-2020 05:51
  
  Man in serious condition after shooting Toronto’s north end  Globalnews.ca
  
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• North York shooting seriouly injures one man

  29-05-2020 04:27
  
  A man has been seriously injured in a shooting in North York Thursday evening.
  
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