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• Flash flooding, hydro outages reported as severe weather hits Toronto - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  08-07-2020 23:52
  
  Flash flooding, hydro outages reported as severe weather hits Toronto  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto home sales rising, bidding wars declining amid coronavirus pandemic - Globalnews.ca

  08-07-2020 23:42
  
  Toronto home sales rising, bidding wars declining amid coronavirus pandemic  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Two others arrested, charges to be upgraded in Scarborough shooting that left woman dead

  08-07-2020 23:38
  
  Additional arrests have been made and charges will be upgraded for a suspect allegedly involved in a shooting in Scarborough two months ago that left a Toronto woman dead, police say.
  
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• Brampton woman named 2020 Diana Award recipient

  08-07-2020 23:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Brampton’s own Harjas Kaur Grewal is one of 184 recipients of the 2020 Diana Award, a charity set up in memory of Diana, the Princess of Wales. The 22-year-old is being recognized for her work on addressing human rights, meeting sustainable development goals, and reaching gender equality. Dwight Drummond chatted with Grewal about what it means to receive the award.
  
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• Home Hardware in Toronto comes under fire for All Lives Matter sign - blogTO

  08-07-2020 23:25
  
  Home Hardware in Toronto comes under fire for All Lives Matter sign  blogTO
  
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• Andrew Scheer spotted at Toronto Pearson Airport without face mask | News - Daily Hive

  08-07-2020 22:56
  
  Andrew Scheer spotted at Toronto Pearson Airport without face mask | News  Daily Hive
  
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• Many Ontario bar, restaurant owners want takeout alcohol to stay

  08-07-2020 22:06 via cbc.ca
  
  In late March, the Ontario government allowed all restaurants to sell takeout alcohol alongside food to help them weather the COVID-19 lockdown. Some outlets say customers are jumping at the chance to take home products that government-run liquor stores rarely carry.
  
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• Via Rail to temporarily lay off about 1,000 workers as pandemic impacts its business

  08-07-2020 22:04
  
  Via Rail is temporarily laying off 1,000 unionized employees as the company copes with reduced demand for travel amid COVID-19.
  
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• Toronto reports 1,110 dead from COVID-19 but health system capacity, lab processing improving

  08-07-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  A total of 1,110 people have died of COVID-19 in Toronto, but health-care system capacity and laboratory processing are both improving, the city's medical officer of health says.
  
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• Toronto reports 1,110 dead from COVID-19 but data shows progress in fight against disease

  08-07-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  A total of 1,110 people have died of COVID-19 in Toronto, but data collected by the city shows progress in the fight against the disease, according to Toronto's medical officer of health.
  
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• Toronto officials to provide update on COVID-19 pandemic in city

  08-07-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  City officials are expected to provide an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Toronto officials provide update on COVID-19 pandemic in city

  08-07-2020 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  City officials provided an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Toronto is now under a tornado watch - blogTO

  08-07-2020 21:30
  
  Toronto is now under a tornado watch  blogTO
  
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• Tornado watch issued for Toronto area as thunderstorms roll through city

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada issued a tornado watch for the Toronto region on Wednesday, as severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes head toward the city.
  
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• Some Toronto residents may be without power early Thursday after storm sweeps Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Toronto residents may be without power on Thursday after a thunderstorm swept parts of the city on Wednesday afternoon, bringing high winds and heavy rain and causing roads to flood.
  
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• Some residents may be without power early Thursday after storm sweeps Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Toronto residents may be without power on Thursday after a thunderstorm swept parts of the city on Wednesday afternoon, bringing high winds and heavy rain and causing roads to flood.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Toronto area as heavy downpour hits city

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the Toronto region, as weather capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain head toward the city. The agency had issued a tornado alert but has since lifted it.
  
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• Floods, power outages reported after high winds, heavy rain hits Toronto area

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  High winds and heavy rain brought flooding and power outages to the Toronto area Wednesday after Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region.
  
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• Floods and outages reported after severe thunderstorm watch issued for Toronto area

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  High winds and heavy rain brought flooding and power outages to the Toronto area Wednesday after Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the region.
  
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• Few hundred residents still without power after storm soaks Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  In a tweet early Thursday, Toronto Hydro said the remaining outages are mostly related to down power lines.
  
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• Cleanup continues after storm soaks Toronto - CBC.ca

  08-07-2020 21:23
  
  Cleanup continues after storm soaks Toronto  CBC.ca
  
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• Cleanup continues after storm soaks Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Cleanup continues in Toronto after a thunderstorm swept through parts of the city on Wednesday afternoon, bringing high winds and heavy rain and causing roads and basements to flood.
  
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• Toronto residents deal with flooding and power outages after wild storm

  08-07-2020 21:18
  
  Flooding and power outages were reported across Toronto after a severe storm lashed the city on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Tornado watch, severe thunderstorm warning issued for Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:18
  
  A tornado watch, as well as a severe thunderstorm warning, has been issued for Toronto.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Toronto as strong storm hits the city

  08-07-2020 21:18
  
  A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Toronto.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:18
  
  A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Toronto.
  
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• Flooding and power outages reported after wild storm slams Toronto - CTV News

  08-07-2020 21:18
  
  Flooding and power outages reported after wild storm slams Toronto  CTV News
  
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• Flooding and power outages reported after wild storm slams Toronto

  08-07-2020 21:18
  
  Flooding and power outages have been reported across Toronto after a severe storm lashed the city on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm warning for Toronto - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  08-07-2020 21:13
  
  Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm warning for Toronto  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Ontario's private pot shops upset about giving up delivery and curbside pickup

  08-07-2020 21:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's private cannabis stores will have to give up offering delivery and curbside pickup next week —and they're not happy about it.
  
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• Popular Toronto attractions reopen as COVID-19 lockdown eases - Toronto Sun

  08-07-2020 20:26
  
  Popular Toronto attractions reopen as COVID-19 lockdown eases  Toronto Sun
  
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• Passengers on flight from Toronto warned of potential COVID-19 exposure - blogTO

  08-07-2020 20:02
  
  Passengers on flight from Toronto warned of potential COVID-19 exposure  blogTO
  
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• Ontario overestimated costs of services to irregular border crossers: auditor

  08-07-2020 20:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's auditor general says the province significantly overstated the costs of providing services to asylum seekers coming into Canada from the United States.
  
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• Ontario bar owners offering rare wine and spirits say they will fight to keep takeout model

  08-07-2020 19:35
  
  Bar and restaurant owners who deal in specialty alcohol say they've carved out a new business model around Ontario's relaxed rules for takeout liquor, and they'll fight to make the system permanent.
  
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• Ontario overestimated costs of services to irregular border crossers, auditor says

  08-07-2020 19:02
  
  Ontario's auditor general says the province significantly overstated the costs of providing services to asylum seekers coming into Canada from the United States.
  
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• Bus-only lane to University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus coming in the fall

  08-07-2020 18:52
  
  Mayor John Tory says a new priority bus-only lane that will connect Kennedy Station to the University of Toronto’s Scarborough campus should be in place by this fall.
  
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• Ontario reveals new picture of how COVID-19 has hit cities, regions

  08-07-2020 18:23 via cbc.ca
  
  A new report from Public Health Ontario is breaking down the COVID-19 pandemic by region, and showing how different city’s and areas have done when it comes to curbing the spread of the dangerous virus.
  
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• Toronto to accelerate bus-only lanes on 5 corridors across the city - CBC.ca

  08-07-2020 17:51
  
  Toronto to accelerate bus-only lanes on 5 corridors across the city  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto to accelerate bus-only lanes on 5 corridors across the city

  08-07-2020 17:51 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Toronto is accelerating a proposed plan to implement priority bus-only lanes across the city, with their first project — the Eglinton East corridor — slated to be finished by this fall, Mayor John Tory announced Wednesday morning. 
  
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• Activists call for release of detailed COVID data from Ontario jails

  08-07-2020 17:37 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government must release information about the prevalence of COVID-19 in provincial jails as well as what preventative measures are taken to curb the spread, an activist coalition said on Tuesday.
  
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• Ontario residents more likely to wear a mask than other regions in Canada, survey says

  08-07-2020 17:28
  
  Ontario residents are more likely to wear a mask and wash their hands than those in other regions of Canada months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey says.
  
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• NDP challenges Ford government to make air conditioning mandatory in long-term care homes

  08-07-2020 17:23
  
  NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is challenging Premier Doug Ford to make air conditioning in long-term care homes mandatory, after the premier sounded off on the issue and called the situation "terrible" and "unacceptable."
  
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• Ontario reports 118 new COVID-19 cases, mostly concentrated in GTA

  08-07-2020 16:54 via cbc.ca
  
  As has typically been the case in recent days, most of the new cases are concentrated in Toronto and Peel and York regions. The three health units account for 90 in today's update, with 50, 27 and 13, respectively.
  
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• New daily COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue 5-week downward trend

  08-07-2020 16:54 via cbc.ca
  
  As has typically been the case in recent days, most of the new cases are concentrated in Toronto and Peel and York regions. The three health units account for 90 in today's update, with 50, 27 and 13, respectively.
  
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• Ford to speak as new daily COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue 5-week downward trend

  08-07-2020 16:54 via cbc.ca
  
  As has typically been the case in recent days, most of the new cases are concentrated in Toronto and Peel and York regions. The three health units account for 90 in today's update, with 50, 27 and 13, respectively.
  
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• Ford speaks as his government tables sweeping 'economic recovery' bill

  08-07-2020 16:54 via cbc.ca
  
  As has typically been the case in recent days, most of the new cases are concentrated in Toronto and Peel and York regions. The three health units account for 90 in today's update, with 50, 27 and 13, respectively.
  
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• Ford government tables sweeping 'economic recovery' bill that would change 20 pieces of legislation

  08-07-2020 16:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford's government has introduced a sweeping new piece of legislation it says will help the province's economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, as the province reports an additional 118 cases of the novel coronavirus on Wednesday .
  
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• Passengers on Toronto-Halifax flight may have been exposed to COVID-19

  08-07-2020 16:52
  
  Nova Scotia health officials say passengers on a Halifax-bound flight from Toronto last month may have been exposed to COVID-19.
  
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• Toronto toy store chain files for bankruptcy and starts huge liquidation sale - blogTO

  08-07-2020 16:39
  
  Toronto toy store chain files for bankruptcy and starts huge liquidation sale  blogTO
  
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• Man rescued from Scarborough Bluffs after falling 7 metres, becoming trapped

  08-07-2020 16:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto firefighters rescued a man in his 20s who was trapped under the Scarborough Bluffs on Wednesday morning. 
  
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