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• Toronto launches new program as GTA struggles with opioid-related deaths during pandemic

  20-08-2020 23:54
  
  A new program in Toronto aims to prevent opioid-related death and overdoses by giving people access to a safe supply of drugs.
  
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• Dozens of Toronto live music venues to get tax break to help ease COVID-19 pressures - CBC.ca

  20-08-2020 23:31
  
  Dozens of Toronto live music venues to get tax break to help ease COVID-19 pressures  CBC.ca
  
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• Dozens of Toronto live music venues to get tax break to help ease COVID-19 pressures

  20-08-2020 23:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayor John Tory on Thursday announced that $1.7 million in property tax relief will be provided to 45 live music venues in Toronto.
  
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• 'Because I am Black': Raptors president Masai Ujiri speaks out after video of altercation emerges

  20-08-2020 23:23
  
  When Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri needed help, star guard Kyle Lowry was there.
  
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• Police seek help to identify newborn washed up on Pickering shoreline

  20-08-2020 23:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Police in Durham Region are again appealing to the public to help identify a newborn baby whose body washed up a Pickering beach two weeks ago.
  
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• Feds and Ontario reach agreement with 3M to make N95 masks in Brockville, Ont.

  20-08-2020 23:05
  
  The federal and Ontario governments have secured an agreement with 3M that will see the company produce N95 masks at a facility in Brockville, Ont., a spokesman for the province's minister of economic development confirmed Thursday.
  
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• Ford government hires 200 new OPP officers as some question decision amid calls to defund police

  20-08-2020 23:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ford government says it will spend $25 million to hire 200 more Ontario Provincial Police officers following a report on mental health, occupational stress injuries and suicide by members of the force — a move some are criticizing as tone-deaf at a time of mounting calls to defund the police.
  
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• Stray bullet flies through Toronto apartment window, narrowly misses 11-year-old girl - CTV Toronto

  20-08-2020 23:00
  
  Stray bullet flies through Toronto apartment window, narrowly misses 11-year-old girl  CTV Toronto
  
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• Stray bullet flies through Toronto apartment window, narrowly misses 11-year-old girl

  20-08-2020 23:00
  
  An 11-year-old girl was nearly injured after a stray bullet flew through the window of her Toronto apartment Wednesday night while she was lying in bed.
  
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• Two trains added to Toronto-Windsor Via Rail route - CBC.ca

  20-08-2020 22:59
  
  Two trains added to Toronto-Windsor Via Rail route  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto live music venues to receive tax break amid COVID-19 pandemic

  20-08-2020 22:52
  
  Toronto Mayor John Tory is giving dozens of live music venues a tax break as the pandemic has muted shows across the city.
  
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• TDSB details plan to reduce class sizes in Toronto neighbourhoods hardest-hit by COVID-19

  20-08-2020 22:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto District School Board has unveiled a plan to reduce kindergarten and elementary class sizes, primarily at schools in communities with a heightened risk of COVID-19.
  
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• TDSB approves plan to reduce class sizes in Toronto neighbourhoods hardest-hit by COVID-19

  20-08-2020 22:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto District School Board has approved a plan to reduce kindergarten and elementary class sizes, primarily at schools in communities with a heightened risk of COVID-19.
  
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• Peel police officer charged after fraud investigation

  20-08-2020 21:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Peel police say they've charged one of their own with fraud over $5,000.
  
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• Toronto-area cop faces criminal charges in benefits fraud investigation - CTV Toronto

  20-08-2020 21:25
  
  Toronto-area cop faces criminal charges in benefits fraud investigation  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto-area cop faces criminal charges in benefits fraud investigation

  20-08-2020 21:25
  
  A constable with the Peel Regional Police Service is facing multiple criminal charges in connection with a benefits fraud investigation, officials confirmed Thursday.
  
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• Toronto announces $1.7 million in support for live music venues - blogTO

  20-08-2020 21:06
  
  Toronto announces $1.7 million in support for live music venues  blogTO
  
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• Otters Sign 'AAA' Player From Toronto - My Muskoka Now

  20-08-2020 20:55
  
  Otters Sign 'AAA' Player From Toronto  My Muskoka Now
  
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• Ontario will hire 200 new provincial police officers

  20-08-2020 20:23
  
  The Ontario government has announced it will hire 200 more provincial police officers in response to a sweeping report on mental health, stress and officer suicides in the service.
  
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• Ontario government announces it will hire 200 additional OPP officers

  20-08-2020 20:23
  
  The Ontario government has announced it will hire 200 more provincial police officers in response to a sweeping report on mental health, stress and officer suicides in the service.
  
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• Protestors gather outside bail hearing for accused in Brampton crash that killed woman, 3 daughters

  20-08-2020 20:21
  
  Protestors gathered outside the Brampton, Ont. courthouse on Thursday morning as a two-day bail hearing began for a 20-year-old man charged in connection with a crash that left a woman and her three young daughters dead two months ago.
  
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• Protesters gather outside bail hearing for accused in Brampton, Ont. crash that killed woman, 3 daughters

  20-08-2020 20:21
  
  Protesters gathered outside the Brampton, Ont. courthouse on Thursday morning as a two-day bail hearing began for a 20-year-old man charged in connection with a crash that left a woman and her three young daughters dead two months ago.
  
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• People in Toronto are fed up with constant late-night construction noise - blogTO

  20-08-2020 20:04
  
  People in Toronto are fed up with constant late-night construction noise  blogTO
  
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• Raptors' Ujiri issues statement following release of video altercation at NBA Finals

  20-08-2020 19:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Shortly after Toronto had clinched its first NBA title last June in Oakland, Calif., Ujiri became involved in an altercation with Alameda County sheriff's deputy Alan Strickland while trying to reach the court
  
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• 3M to make critical N95 masks at Brockville, Ont., plant

  20-08-2020 19:36 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal and Ontario governments have convinced manufacturing giant 3M to start making N95 respirator masks at its plant in Brockville, Ont., a move that will give Canada a domestic supply of critical personal protective equipment, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Six injured after three separate shootings break out in Toronto - Toronto.com

  20-08-2020 19:26
  
  Six injured after three separate shootings break out in Toronto  Toronto.com
  
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• Italian restaurant shuts down in Toronto after less than a year - blogTO

  20-08-2020 19:23
  
  Italian restaurant shuts down in Toronto after less than a year  blogTO
  
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• Stock analysts dismiss short seller attack on GFL, but investors sell off shares amid doubts

  20-08-2020 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Analysts who cover Toronto-based waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. are for the most part dismissing damning allegations laid out by a short seller targeting the company, but based on the stock price. it's clear investors are not entirely convinced yet.
  
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• Stock analysts dismiss short seller attack on GFL, but investors sell off shares amid allegations

  20-08-2020 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Analysts who cover Toronto-based waste management company GFL Environmental Inc. are for the most part dismissing damning allegations laid out by a short seller targeting the company, but based on the stock price it's clear investors are not entirely convinced yet.
  
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• Toronto headed toward surpassing last year's record number of shootings - blogTO

  20-08-2020 18:49
  
  Toronto headed toward surpassing last year's record number of shootings  blogTO
  
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• New $37B COVID-19 aid package extends CERB, expands EI and adds 'recovery' benefits

  20-08-2020 18:36 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government is extending the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) by one more month and revamping the employment insurance program to allow more people to receive financial assistance during COVID-19.
  
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• Government extends CERB, announces new COVID-19 'recovery' financial benefits

  20-08-2020 18:36 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government is extending the Canada emergency response benefit (CERB) by one more month and revamping the employment insurance program to allow more people to receive financial assistance during COVID-19.
  
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• Systems Analysis: Fixing the Toronto Maple Leafs Power Play - Maple Leafs Hot Stove

  20-08-2020 18:31
  
  Systems Analysis: Fixing the Toronto Maple Leafs Power Play  Maple Leafs Hot Stove
  
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• HUNTER: Toronto battered by relentless gunplay with no action, end in sight - Toronto Sun

  20-08-2020 18:15
  
  HUNTER: Toronto battered by relentless gunplay with no action, end in sight  Toronto Sun
  
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• This tiny Toronto house just sold for $800K over asking - CTV Toronto

  20-08-2020 18:06
  
  This tiny Toronto house just sold for $800K over asking  CTV Toronto
  
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• This tiny Toronto house just sold for $800K over asking

  20-08-2020 18:06
  
  A tiny Toronto house that hit the market for $1 million has just sold for $800,000 over its asking price.
  
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• This tiny Toronto house just sold for $1.8 million

  20-08-2020 18:06
  
  A tiny Toronto house that hit the market for $1 million has just sold for $800,000 over its asking price.
  
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• Another major thunderstorm forecasted for Toronto - blogTO

  20-08-2020 18:01
  
  Another major thunderstorm forecasted for Toronto  blogTO
  
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• Two more international flights landed in Toronto with coronavirus cases | News - Daily Hive

  20-08-2020 17:57
  
  Two more international flights landed in Toronto with coronavirus cases | News  Daily Hive
  
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• Demonstrators begin removing road barricades in Caledonia, Ont.

  20-08-2020 17:53 via cbc.ca
  
  The blockades went up following arrests at the McKenzie Meadows residential development. Demonstrators set up camp and began occupying the site 32 days ago, saying it's unceded Haudenosaunee territory and renaming it 1492 Land Back Land.
  
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• Demonstrators begin removing barricades along Highway 6 in Caledonia, Ont.

  20-08-2020 17:53 via cbc.ca
  
  The blockades went up following arrests at the McKenzie Meadows residential development. Demonstrators set up camp and began occupying the site 32 days ago, saying it's unceded Haudenosaunee territory and renaming it 1492 Land Back Land.
  
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• Feds unveil $37B CERB transition plan, setting up new sickness and care benefits

  20-08-2020 17:43
  
  The federal government is extending the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) into September, before transitioning the millions of people who are still claiming CERB onto a revamped Employment Insurance program starting Sept. 27. The new plan released Thursday details how most people will be transitioned onto EI, though three new temporary benefits are also being established.
  
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• It will be a 'phased start' for Toronto school buses come September

  20-08-2020 17:42
  
  Students and parents in Toronto can expect a "phased start" to school bus service when kids return to the classroom next month.
  
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• BY MARTA: ‘It's one of Toronto's best-kept secrets:’ Fishing - The Weather Network

  20-08-2020 17:37
  BY MARTA: ‘It's one of Toronto's best-kept secrets:’ Fishing  The Weather Network
  
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• Toronto artist illustrates importance of wearing masks during COVID-19 pandemic

  20-08-2020 17:36 via cbc.ca
  
  While completing her final few months of studying Kinesiology and Health Sciences as a fourth- year student at York University while in quarantine, Elnaz Heidari illustrated cartoons on the importance of mandatory mask-wearing to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• Sky Flower - blogTO

  20-08-2020 17:29
  
  Sky Flower  blogTO
  
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• Paramount Fine Foods CEO travels to Beirut to help

  20-08-2020 17:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The Lebanese-Canadian community has come together to raise money and send relief after a massive explosion in Beirut killed over 150 people and injured thousands more. Mohamad Fakih, CEO of Paramount Fine Foods, is one of the people leading the efforts. He travelled to Beirut to help. Here’s his conversation with Dwight Drummond.
  
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• 8 Things To Do In Toronto This Weekend If Your Favourite Colour Is Pink - Narcity Canada

  20-08-2020 16:59
  
  8 Things To Do In Toronto This Weekend If Your Favourite Colour Is Pink  Narcity Canada
  
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• Ontario's top doctor speaks as province sees 76 new COVID-19 cases

  20-08-2020 16:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario confirmed an additional 76 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, though 11 public health units are not included in the update due to a "glitch" in the province's outdated reporting system, the health minister says.
  
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• Ontario sees 76 new COVID-19 cases, but 'glitch' means data missing for 11 health units

  20-08-2020 16:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario confirmed an additional 76 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, though 11 public health units are not included in the update due to a "glitch" in the province's outdated reporting system, the health minister says.
  
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