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• Halton police respond to about 300 cases of children accidentally calling 911

  27-10-2020 23:45
  
  Small children love to play with smartphones and some parents give them to kids to keep them occupied, but one police force says they have had about 300 cases of children accidentally calling 911.
  
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• Toronto city council votes to extend CafeTO outdoor dining program into spring 2021

  27-10-2020 23:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto city council has extended the city’s outdoor dining program well into the coming winter months in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Toronto city council debates pandemic recovery plan, winter patios - CityNews Toronto

  27-10-2020 23:34
  
  Toronto city council debates pandemic recovery plan, winter patios  CityNews Toronto
  
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• South Simcoe police search for missing 15-year-old boy from Bradford, Ont.

  27-10-2020 23:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Police north of Toronto are appealing to the public for help in finding a missing 15-year-old boy from Bradford, Ont.
  
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• South Simcoe police ask residents to check backyards for missing Bradford teen boy

  27-10-2020 23:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Police north of Toronto are appealing to the public to check their backyards and outbuildings for any sign of a missing 15-year-old boy from Bradford, Ont.
  
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• Charges laid in sexual assault that took place in car while children were present

  27-10-2020 23:20
  
  A 33-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2014 sexual assault in Brampton, Ont. that occurred in a car while two young children were present.
  
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• Toronto man facing charges of possession of fentanyl for drug trafficking granted bail - Tbnewswatch.com

  27-10-2020 23:02
  
  Toronto man facing charges of possession of fentanyl for drug trafficking granted bail  Tbnewswatch.com
  
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• Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City mayor call for Raptors to make Missouri new home

  27-10-2020 23:00 via cbc.ca
  
  On the heels of reports the NBA season will tip off Dec. 22, and with federal and provincial restrictions around COVID-19 potentially keeping the Raptors out of Scotiabank Arena, there's been rampant speculation about where the 2019 NBA champions will play.
  
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• Toronto woman makes her neighbours smile with 'Riddle of the Day' - CTV Toronto

  27-10-2020 22:57
  
  Toronto woman makes her neighbours smile with 'Riddle of the Day'  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto woman makes her neighbours smile with 'Riddle of the Day'

  27-10-2020 22:57
  
  One Toronto yard has become a puzzling display during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Canadians interacting and travelling much less during pandemic, cellphone data study shows

  27-10-2020 22:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadians dramatically altered their behaviour by permanently reducing their interactions with others even as they began moving around more during the pandemic, a new study of cellphone data suggests.
  
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• Few outlets for grief as COVID-19 death toll surpasses 10,000 in Canada

  27-10-2020 22:30
  
  Canada has recorded its 10,000th death linked to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic, a tragic milestone that contains not only the thousands of individual stories of loss, but also the countless loved ones left behind to struggle with their grief in a time when families cannot gather to properly mourn.
  
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• Canada's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 10,000

  27-10-2020 22:30
  
  Canada has recorded its 10,000th death linked to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
  
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• 'All we heard was a big kaboom': Oshawa residents react to discovery of explosive devices at convenience stores

  27-10-2020 22:29
  
  When Shelly Kong arrived for work at the Taunton Convenience Store on Oct. 1, she noticed an unusual package attached to the front door handle.
  
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• HBC sues landlord of Yorkdale, Square One claiming failure to run 'first class' malls

  27-10-2020 22:05
  
  Hudson's Bay Co. has filed a lawsuit against the landlord of several of its department stores, alleging a failure to operate and maintain "first class shopping centres."
  
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• Toronto police to deploy body cameras at three police divisions this week - Toronto Star

  27-10-2020 22:01
  
  Toronto police to deploy body cameras at three police divisions this week  Toronto Star
  
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• Deaf blind woman's rights breached by how her student loan was administered: court

  27-10-2020 21:49 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario court has ruled that the provincial and federal governments must operate their student loan program in a way that ensures those with disabilities who take longer to complete their studies are not saddled with more debt than their able-bodied peers.
  
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• Toronto to request province's help to rein in 'outrageously high' food delivery fees - BNN

  27-10-2020 21:47
  
  Toronto to request province's help to rein in 'outrageously high' food delivery fees  BNN
  
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• Deaf, blind woman's rights breached by how student loan administered, court finds

  27-10-2020 21:47
  
  An Ontario court has ruled that the provincial and federal governments must operate their student loan program in a way that ensures those with disabilities who take longer to complete their studies are not saddled with more debt than their able-bodied peers.
  
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• Feds split rapid-housing cash between big cities, Toronto to get $203M - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  27-10-2020 21:46
  
  Feds split rapid-housing cash between big cities, Toronto to get $203M  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Three charged by Durham regional police with defrauding seniors of $400K

  27-10-2020 21:16
  
  Three suspects are facing fraud charges after police allege they defrauded elderly victims of more than $400,000 over the past eight years.
  
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• 'We all make mistakes,' Ford says after MPP Sam Oosterhoff pictured at gathering without masks

  27-10-2020 20:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford has dubbed those who don't wear masks everything from "yahoos" to "jokers" to "a few fries short of a Happy Meal." But he says he accepts the apology of an MPP Sam Oosterhoff, who was photographed in a group without masks.
  
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• Toronto students fix decades-old fountain as part of COVID-19-friendly class

  27-10-2020 20:49
  
  On the outside, Etobicoke's Silverthorn Collegiate Institute looks like a typical, brown-bricked high school. But on the inside, surrounded by classrooms, is a unique oasis—an outdoor courtyard that, over several decades, has fallen into disrepair.
  
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• Toronto officials slam provincial order that sidesteps planning for West Don Lands - CBC.ca

  27-10-2020 19:59
  
  Toronto officials slam provincial order that sidesteps planning for West Don Lands  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto officials slam provincial order that sidesteps planning for West Don Lands

  27-10-2020 19:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Some Toronto councillors and Mayor John Tory are decrying the provincial government’s use of a controversial planning power that it is using to sidestep city planning processes for development sites in the West Don Lands.
  
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• Airport testing should come to Toronto if Calgary pilot project is successful, Doug Ford says - Global News

  27-10-2020 19:58
  
  Airport testing should come to Toronto if Calgary pilot project is successful, Doug Ford says  Global News
  
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• Toronto family wants justice after son is buried naked in virtually unmarked grave without them being notified

  27-10-2020 19:38
  
  A Toronto family who was searching for their missing loved one is calling for justice after they were informed that he had died and was buried naked weeks earlier without their knowledge in a virtually unmarked grave.
  
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• Toronto family wants justice after son is buried naked in virtually unmarked grave without being notified

  27-10-2020 19:38
  
  A Toronto family who was searching for their missing son and nephew is calling for justice after they were informed that he had died and was buried naked weeks earlier without their knowledge in a virtually unmarked grave.
  
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• Toronto family demands answers after learning son was buried naked in numbered grave

  27-10-2020 19:38
  
  A Toronto family who was searching for their missing loved one is calling for justice after they were informed that he had died and was buried weeks earlier in a numbered grave.
  
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• Toronto to hold byelection to fill vacancy after Karygiannis booted from council - CTV Toronto

  27-10-2020 19:27
  
  Toronto to hold byelection to fill vacancy after Karygiannis booted from council  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto to hold byelection to fill vacancy after Karygiannis booted from council

  27-10-2020 19:27
  
  City councillors have opted to hold a byelection to fill the vacancy left by former Ward 22 councillor Jim Karygiannis, who was booted from council once and for all last month after a lengthy court battle over his 2018 campaign expenses.
  
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• Legal group calls for review of Jessop investigations by Durham and Toronto police - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  27-10-2020 19:14
  
  Legal group calls for review of Jessop investigations by Durham and Toronto police  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• 'A little princess': Meet Maci, the 1st Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19

  27-10-2020 19:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Maci, a four-year-old poodle-bichon from Niagara, is the first Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19.
  
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• 'A bit of a princess': Meet Maci, the 1st Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19

  27-10-2020 19:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Maci, a four-year-old poodle-bichon from Niagara, is the first Canadian dog to test positive for COVID-19.
  
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• Raccoon spotted at Tim Hortons in Toronto - Toronto Sun

  27-10-2020 17:07
  
  Raccoon spotted at Tim Hortons in Toronto  Toronto Sun
  
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• Toronto Western Hospital temporarily diverts new COVID-19 patients to another hospital amid outbreak - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  27-10-2020 17:01
  
  Toronto Western Hospital temporarily diverts new COVID-19 patients to another hospital amid outbreak  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto rent prices are falling the fastest in these downtown neighbourhoods - blogTO

  27-10-2020 16:42
  
  Toronto rent prices are falling the fastest in these downtown neighbourhoods  blogTO
  
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• Outdoor enthusiasts lining up exercise options for pandemic winter

  27-10-2020 16:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadians have taken to the outdoors for safer exercise in the warmer months of the pandemic. Now many are focusing on how to keep that going in the cold.
  
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• Toronto city council votes to hold byelection to replace Jim Karygiannis - 680 News

  27-10-2020 16:03
  
  Toronto city council votes to hold byelection to replace Jim Karygiannis  680 News
  
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• It's going to feel like -3 C in Toronto this week - blogTO

  27-10-2020 15:52
  
  It's going to feel like -3 C in Toronto this week  blogTO
  
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• Long-term care commission to grant nurses, PSWs anonymity to testify

  27-10-2020 15:49
  
  Nurses and personal support workers who want to testify in front of the COVID-19 commission into long-term care will be granted anonymity, CTV News Toronto has learned, after the Ford government changed the terms of reference for the commission.
  
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• Ontario reports 827 new COVID-19 cases, testing levels drop to roughly half of capacity

  27-10-2020 15:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported 827 more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, while the province's labs processed fewer than 24,000 tests. 
  
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• Ontario reports 827 new COVID-19 cases, testing levels drop to about half of capacity

  27-10-2020 15:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported 827 more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, while the province's labs processed fewer than 24,000 tests. 
  
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• Ford speaks as Ontario reports 827 new COVID-19 cases, testing levels drop to roughly half of capacity

  27-10-2020 15:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported 827 more cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, while the province's labs processed fewer than 24,000 tests. 
  
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• Ontario reporting fewer cases of COVID-19, Toronto seeing majority of numbers - 680 News

  27-10-2020 15:17
  
  Ontario reporting fewer cases of COVID-19, Toronto seeing majority of numbers  680 News
  
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• Toronto the lone virus hotspot to see spike in COVID-19 cases Tuesday - CityNews Toronto

  27-10-2020 15:16
  
  Toronto the lone virus hotspot to see spike in COVID-19 cases Tuesday  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Ontario records more than 800 new COVID-19 cases, test positivity rate at 3.4 per cent

  27-10-2020 15:15
  
  Ontario is reporting more than 800 new COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Ontario records more than 800 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate rises above 3 per cent

  27-10-2020 15:15
  
  Ontario is reporting more than 800 new COVID-19 cases but testing numbers in the province remain low.
  
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• Ontario records more than 800 new COVID-19 cases

  27-10-2020 15:15
  
  Ontario is reporting more than 800 new COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Meet the Toronto carpenter building insulated, mobile shelters for homeless people this winter - CBC.ca

  27-10-2020 15:10
  
  Meet the Toronto carpenter building insulated, mobile shelters for homeless people this winter  CBC.ca
  
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