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• Free colouring pages help kids honour 'superhero' front-line workers

  16-06-2020 23:51
  
  A local company has created a collection of free, downloadable colouring pages featuring “superhero” essential workers.
  
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• Toronto is one of the last places in North America still largely closed due to COVID-19 - Toronto Star

  16-06-2020 23:44
  Toronto is one of the last places in North America still largely closed due to COVID-19  Toronto Star
  
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• Home Depot store in Richmond Hill to be cleaned after 14 workers test positive for COVID-19

  16-06-2020 23:27 via cbc.ca
  
  A Home Depot store in Richmond Hill, Ont. will undergo "deep cleaning" on Tuesday night after 14 employees at that location tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Coronavirus: Toronto’s tourism industry likely to lose billions in revenue, officials say - Globalnews.ca

  16-06-2020 23:09
  
  Coronavirus: Toronto’s tourism industry likely to lose billions in revenue, officials say  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Child under the age of 6 left in Toronto parking lot drives into stop signs - CTV News

  16-06-2020 23:00
  
  Child under the age of 6 left in Toronto parking lot drives into stop signs  CTV News
  
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• Child under the age of 6 left in Toronto parking lot drives into stop signs

  16-06-2020 23:00
  
  A child under the age of six left inside a vehicle at a store parking lot climbed into the driver’s seat and drove into stop signs, Toronto police say.
  
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• Child left in Toronto parking lot drives into stop signs

  16-06-2020 23:00
  
  A child under the age of six left inside a vehicle at a store parking lot climbed into the driver’s seat and drove into stop signs, Toronto police say.
  
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• Hal Johnson reveals 'Body Break' created to combat racism, lack of diversity

  16-06-2020 22:38
  
  Canadian television personality Hal Johnson, who co-hosted the popular health and fitness segment ‘Body Break,’ says the long-running series was started to combat racism and lack of diversity.
  
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• More Toronto small businesses added to COVID-19 toll - Toronto Sun

  16-06-2020 22:30
  
  More Toronto small businesses added to COVID-19 toll  Toronto Sun
  
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• Hal Johnson on how racist treatment inspired him to create Body Break

  16-06-2020 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Television personality Hal Johnson, who co-hosted the Canadian health and fitness segment Body Break, says the long-running series was started to combat racism.
  
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• Hal Johnson on how he created Body Break to counter racist treatment

  16-06-2020 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Television personality Hal Johnson, who co-hosted the Canadian health and fitness segment Body Break, says the long-running series was started to combat racism.
  
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• Fear of deportation could keep migrant workers from getting tested: Horwath

  16-06-2020 21:51
  
  Hundreds of migrant workers have been tested for COVID-19 in Windsor-Essex, an Ontario region dealing with outbreaks on farms, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday, but critics cautioned that fear of deportation could keep thousands more from getting tested.
  
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• Ontario pumping $500 million into corrections to hire staff, upgrade facilities

  16-06-2020 21:48
  
  Ontario says it will spend $500 million on corrections to hire more front-line staff and upgrade facilities.
  
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• 'Pro-slavery politician': Petition calls for Ontario city to change its name

  16-06-2020 21:22
  
  People are calling for Vaughan, Ont. to change its name after new light has been shed on the person the city was named after.
  
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• Toronto's only Cauldron Ice Cream location has permanently closed - blogTO

  16-06-2020 21:19
  
  Toronto's only Cauldron Ice Cream location has permanently closed  blogTO
  
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• Canada open to hosting an NHL hub: Here are the contenders

  16-06-2020 20:48
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed Tuesday that his government supports having an NHL hub in Canada. Here's a look at how each potential Canadian hub is faring during the COVID-19 pandemic and what it's put on the table to attract the NHL.
  
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• Four 'disfigured' dead cats in Vaughan park prompt police investigation

  16-06-2020 20:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Police north of Toronto are warning residents to keep an eye on their pets after the grisly discovery of four "disfigured" dead cats in a park.
  
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• Toronto companies make puzzles to support local businesses

  16-06-2020 20:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Puzzles have surged in popularity as a pandemic pastime, and now, two Toronto companies have pieced together a plan for the local economy to cash in. Taylor Simmons explains.
  
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• Canada’s 1st fully-automated restaurant coming to Toronto - CityNews Toronto

  16-06-2020 19:51
  
  Canada’s 1st fully-automated restaurant coming to Toronto  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Toronto-area drivers, Americans being threatened in Ontario's cottage country - CTV News

  16-06-2020 19:47
  
  Toronto-area drivers, Americans being threatened in Ontario's cottage country  CTV News
  
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• Toronto-area drivers, Americans being threatened in Ontario's cottage country

  16-06-2020 19:47
  
  An Ontario cottage country mayor says drivers with American licence plates are being targeted and verbally assaulted by "vigilantes" who don't want them in their region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ontario cottage country mayor says drivers with U.S. licence plates are being threatened

  16-06-2020 19:47
  
  An Ontario cottage country mayor says drivers with American licence plates are being targeted and verbally assaulted by "vigilantes" who don't want them in their region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• 'Americans are afraid': Ontario mayor says drivers with U.S. licence plates being targeted by vigilantes

  16-06-2020 19:47
  
  An Ontario cottage country mayor says drivers with American licence plates are being targeted and verbally assaulted by "vigilantes" who don't want them in their region during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• 'It's just an awful sight': Dismembered dead cats found in park north of Toronto

  16-06-2020 19:38
  
  Police north of Toronto have launched an animal cruelty investigation after the dismembered bodies of four cats were found in a park.
  
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• 'Disfigured' dead cats found in park north of Toronto - CTV News

  16-06-2020 19:38
  
  'Disfigured' dead cats found in park north of Toronto  CTV News
  
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• 'Disfigured' dead cats found in park north of Toronto

  16-06-2020 19:38
  
  Police north of Toronto are warning residents to keep an eye on their pets after the grisly discovery of four "disfigured" dead cats in a park.
  
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• 10% of Toronto residents say they'll never take the TTC again - blogTO

  16-06-2020 18:13
  
  10% of Toronto residents say they'll never take the TTC again  blogTO
  
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• Some Ontario doctors, families worry rules for long-term care visits causing harm to residents

  16-06-2020 17:42 via cbc.ca
  
  A Toronto geriatrician with a 91-year-old grandmother in long-term care in Toronto says the province’s new COVID-19 visitor guidelines for care home settings are “overly-restrictive” and “a little bit cruel.” But his grandmother's home says it's taking "proactive measures"
  
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• Some Ontario doctors, families worry rules for care home visits causing harm to residents

  16-06-2020 17:42 via cbc.ca
  
  A Toronto geriatrician with a 91-year-old grandmother in a retirement home in Toronto says the province’s new COVID-19 visitor guidelines for care home settings are “overly-restrictive” and “a little bit cruel.” But his grandmother's home says it's taking "proactive measures."
  
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• No singing or dancing allowed even as Ontario patios, places of worship reopen

  16-06-2020 17:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Whistle while you work to help Ontario bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic — but please, don't sing.
  
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• Couple's attempt to return from Peru in limbo despite family exemption announced by PM

  16-06-2020 17:09 via cbc.ca
  
  For Canadian Elise Craig and her Peruvian husband Joseph Ruiz Cordova, it has become a race against time to come to Canada on the last repatriation flight facilitated by the federal government. With just days to go before that scheduled flight, the couple stranded in Peru is still pressing for the necessary paperwork to be permitted to board.
  
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• Ontario reports 184 new COVID-19 cases, premier urges people to wear masks in public

  16-06-2020 16:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario’s government reported 184 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while the number of people hospitalized with the illness continues on a downward trend.
  
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• Ontario reports 184 new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations continue to drop

  16-06-2020 16:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario’s government reported 184 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, while the number of people hospitalized with the illness continues on a downward trend.
  
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• More than a dozen employees at Home Depot in Richmond Hill test positive for COVID-19

  16-06-2020 16:31
  
  More than a dozen employees at a Home Depot location in Richmond Hill have tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Ontario records fewer than 200 new cases of COVID-19 for third straight day

  16-06-2020 16:26
  
  Ontario health officials reported 184 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday morning, the third day in a row in which the province has recorded less than 200 cases.
  
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• PM set to announce CERB is being extended until the end of the summer

  16-06-2020 15:00
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Tuesday that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit program will be extended until the end of the summer, CTV News has learned.
  
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• PM set to announce CERB being extended through the summer

  16-06-2020 15:00
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Tuesday that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit program will be extended until the end of the summer, CTV News has learned.
  
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• PM expected to announce CERB being extended through the summer

  16-06-2020 15:00
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Tuesday that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit program will be extended until the end of the summer, CTV News has learned.
  
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• 'Long journey ahead': PM extends CERB by 8 weeks

  16-06-2020 15:00
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the Canada Emergency Response Benefit program will be extended by eight weeks, meaning those who will soon run out will have until the end of the summer to keep claiming the benefit while they try to find work.
  
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• 'Long journey ahead': Feds extends CERB by 8 weeks

  16-06-2020 15:00
  
  The $500 per week Canada Emergency Response Benefit program will be extended by eight weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday, meaning those who will soon run out will have until the end of the summer to keep claiming the benefit while they try to find work.
  
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• 'Long journey ahead': Feds extend CERB by 8 weeks

  16-06-2020 15:00
  
  The $500 per week Canada Emergency Response Benefit program will be extended by eight weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Tuesday, meaning those who will soon run out will have until the end of the summer to keep claiming the benefit while they try to find work.
  
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• Police looking for driver of large vehicle that ran over body on Hwy. 401

  16-06-2020 14:48
  
  Police are looking for the driver of a large vehicle that ran over a man on Highway 401 on Tuesday morning.
  
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• This Toronto variety store is closing after being open for 38 years - CTV News

  16-06-2020 13:46
  
  This Toronto variety store is closing after being open for 38 years  CTV News
  
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• Ontario will not make it mandatory to wear masks or face coverings

  16-06-2020 13:23
  
  As more businesses prepare to reopen their doors on Friday, the Ontario government says they will not make it mandatory to wear masks or face coverings—although they remain recommended by health officials.
  
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• Ontario premier expected to make a COVID-19-related announcement

  16-06-2020 13:23
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make another COVID-19-related announcement this afternoon.
  
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• No singing or dancing allowed as Ontario reopens restaurant patios

  16-06-2020 13:12
  
  Whistle while you work to help Ontario bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic -- but please, don't sing.
  
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• 'Significant increase' in number of new COVID-19 cases among under-20s in Ontario, study finds

  16-06-2020 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Researchers at the University of Guelph conducting a study looking at the COVID-19 caseload impact on the medical system in Canada have found numbers of new cases continue to climb among people under the age of 20 in Ontario.
  
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• Toronto is making it easier for restaurants to create and expand patio spaces. Why is it so complicated to begin with? - Toronto Star

  16-06-2020 11:09
  Toronto is making it easier for restaurants to create and expand patio spaces. Why is it so complicated to begin with?  Toronto Star
  
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• Creator of popular Instagram account showcasing Black-owned businesses hopes support is here to stay

  16-06-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Kerin John says one of her biggest goals in 2020 was to support more local Black owned businesses. Not only has she achieved that goal ⁠— but she’s also brought hundreds of new customers to various businesses in the city as a result of her new Instagram account.
  
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• Witness video captures violent takedown of elderly Black couple at GTA hospital

  16-06-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An elderly Black couple are alleging that Durham Regional Police and staff at an Ajax, Ont., hospital, assaulted and abused them during a fall 2018 confrontation, and then tried to suppress video of the incident via threats of arrest and legal action.
  
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