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• Ontario's COVID-19 resurgence is threatening Christmas gatherings. Will people adjust their plans?

  12-11-2020 23:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario’s latest COVID-19 modelling data suggests that public health officials could soon be faced with an exceptionally difficult task: convincing weary Ontarians to scale back or cancel Christmas gatherings in the face of soaring case numbers.
  
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• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health launches First Nations, Inuit and Métis wellness centre

  12-11-2020 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) launched the Shkaabe Makwa Centre for First Nations, Inuit and Métis Wellness in Toronto on Thursday. 
  
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• Alek Minassian's father to testify at son's murder trial as not criminally responsible defence begins - CTV Toronto

  12-11-2020 23:02
  
  Alek Minassian's father to testify at son's murder trial as not criminally responsible defence begins  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto mayor urges residents to stay home as COVID-19 cases rise, red zone restrictions loom

  12-11-2020 22:15
  
  Toronto's mayor and its chief medical officer of health renewed their call for people in the city to stay home as much as possible.
  
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• 'Just the tip of the iceberg':Toronto mayor urges residents to stay home as COVID-19 cases rise

  12-11-2020 22:15
  
  Mayor John Tory and Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa are urging the city’s residents to avoid unnecessary interactions with people they don’t live with as COVID-19 case numbers continue to soar in the city.
  
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• 'Just the tip of the iceberg': Toronto mayor urges residents to stay home as COVID-19 cases rise

  12-11-2020 22:15
  
  Mayor John Tory and Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Eileen de Villa are urging the city’s residents to avoid unnecessary interactions with people they don’t live with as COVID-19 case numbers continue to soar in the city.
  
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• Crews battle two-alarm house fire in Vaughan, Ont.

  12-11-2020 21:57
  
  Firefighters are battling a two-alarm blaze that broke out at a house under construction in Vaughan.
  
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• Mental health supports brought in for soldiers at long-term care homes, commission hears

  12-11-2020 20:58
  
  Conditions in some of Ontario's long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic were so upsetting that the military immediately brought in mental health supports for soldiers deployed there, a senior officer who oversaw part of the mission told the province's commission on the facilities.
  
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• Coronavirus: Toronto mayor John Tory tells people 'please stay home' | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  12-11-2020 20:48
  
  Coronavirus: Toronto mayor John Tory tells people 'please stay home' | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• 2020 Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto to feature online marketplace - Toronto.com

  12-11-2020 20:37
  
  2020 Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto to feature online marketplace  Toronto.com
  
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• Raptors hopeful they'll play in Toronto this season, says team president Masai Ujiri

  12-11-2020 20:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Raptors president Masai Ujiri says he is hopeful the team can return to Toronto for the new season set to begin Dec. 22, 2020. He noted it will be difficult, but the NBA is trying to lead a return to the new normal amid the pandemic.
  
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• Toronto is getting an elf bar patio for Christmas - blogTO

  12-11-2020 20:27
  
  Toronto is getting an elf bar patio for Christmas  blogTO
  
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• Gathering limits to be enforced in Peel Region during Diwali weekend, mayors say

  12-11-2020 20:27
  
  Peel Region mayors say social gathering limits will be enforced this weekend as people celebrate Diwali amid a surge of COVID-19 infections.
  
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• Raptors president says he's hoping team can play in Toronto as COVID-19 cases spike

  12-11-2020 20:13
  
  Raptors president Masai Ujiri says he hopes his team will play the next NBA season at Scotiabank Arena, despite rising COVID-19 cases both in Toronto and in the United States.
  
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• Raptors president Ujiri hopes his team can play in Toronto as COVID-19 cases spike - WellandTribune.ca

  12-11-2020 20:09
  
  Raptors president Ujiri hopes his team can play in Toronto as COVID-19 cases spike  WellandTribune.ca
  
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• Toronto Catholic school board sanctions trustee over LGBTQ comments

  12-11-2020 19:44
  
  The Toronto Catholic District School Board has voted to sanction Trustee Mike Del Grande for comparing homosexuality to bestiality, pedophilia and cannibalism at a board meeting last year.
  
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• Ontario unveiling new COVID-19 modelling after blowing through previous projections

  12-11-2020 19:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario is unveiling new COVID-19 modelling on Thursday afternoon, two days after the province blew through its earlier projection of an average 1,200 new cases per day by mid-November.
  
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• Ontario to unveil new COVID-19 modelling after blowing through previous projections

  12-11-2020 19:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario is set to unveil new COVID-19 modelling on Thursday afternoon, two days after the province blew through its earlier projection of an average 1,200 new cases per day by mid-November.
  
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• Ontario could hit 6,500 new COVID-19 cases daily by mid-December without further action, modelling shows

  12-11-2020 19:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario is unveiling new COVID-19 modelling on Thursday afternoon, two days after the province blew through its earlier projection of an average 1,200 new cases per day by mid-November.
  
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• Crown in van attack trial seeks access to Minassian's full interviews with doctor

  12-11-2020 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Crown lawyers at the trial of the man who carried out a gruesome van attack in Toronto in 2018 are seeking access to interviews he had with psychiatrists hired by the defence.
  
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• Alek Minassian's 'way of thinking' similar to psychosis, murder trial hears

  12-11-2020 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  The court heard that a doctor who interviewed the 28-year-old found he was not psychotic but had a thought process similar to psychosis. However, numerous autism groups have said those with autism are far more likely to be on the receiving end of bullying and violence than inflicting it.
  
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• Nathan Phillips Square among outdoor skating rinks slated to open in Toronto | Curated - Daily Hive

  12-11-2020 19:18
  
  Nathan Phillips Square among outdoor skating rinks slated to open in Toronto | Curated  Daily Hive
  
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• Canadian singer The Weeknd to headline the Pepsi Super Bowl halftime show

  12-11-2020 18:57
  
  Canadian singer The Weeknd will bring his popular falsetto vocals to the 2021 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show.
  
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• 7 Incredible Toronto Foods That You Just Can't Find Anywhere Else In Canada - Narcity Canada

  12-11-2020 17:41
  
  7 Incredible Toronto Foods That You Just Can't Find Anywhere Else In Canada  Narcity Canada
  
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• Toronto expected to get snow next week following period of summer-like weather - blogTO

  12-11-2020 17:40
  
  Toronto expected to get snow next week following period of summer-like weather  blogTO
  
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• Ontario education ministry says no plans for early December school closure to deep clean

  12-11-2020 17:31
  
  The Ministry of Education says that it is not considering any alterations to the public school calendar, even as Mississauga mayor Bonnie Crombie hints that she has “heard rumblings” about early closures for the holidays in order to conduct deep cleanings.
  
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• Ontario education ministry says no plans for early December school closure

  12-11-2020 17:31
  
  The Ministry of Education says that it is not considering any alterations to the public school calendar, even as Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie hints that she has “heard rumblings” about early closures for the holidays in order to conduct deep cleanings.
  
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• Castlepoint Numa sells stake in Pinewood Toronto Studios to Bell Media - Toronto Star

  12-11-2020 17:31
  
  Castlepoint Numa sells stake in Pinewood Toronto Studios to Bell Media  Toronto Star
  
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• Toronto homeowners pay the lowest property tax rates in all of Ontario - blogTO

  12-11-2020 16:47
  
  Toronto homeowners pay the lowest property tax rates in all of Ontario  blogTO
  
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• 7 Things To Do In Toronto This Weekend, November 13 to 15 - Narcity Canada

  12-11-2020 16:44
  
  7 Things To Do In Toronto This Weekend, November 13 to 15  Narcity Canada
  
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• Someone in Toronto made a neighbourhood watch website to track gun violence - blogTO

  12-11-2020 16:39
  
  Someone in Toronto made a neighbourhood watch website to track gun violence  blogTO
  
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• Ontario Medical Association slams province's new COVID-19 framework, calls for tighter restrictions

  12-11-2020 16:30
  
  A group representing more than 43,000 doctors in Ontario is slamming the provincial government’s new colour-coded COVID-19 framework saying the measures don’t go far enough in preventing the spread of the disease.
  
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• Ontario health minister says Ford government is not reconsidering tiered framework despite criticism

  12-11-2020 16:30
  
  A group representing more than 43,000 doctors in Ontario is slamming the provincial government’s new colour-coded COVID-19 framework saying the measures don’t go far enough in preventing the spread of the disease.
  
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• Premier Ford takes questions as Ontario reports record-high 1,575 new COVID-19 cases

  12-11-2020 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The new cases push the seven-day average of daily cases to 1,299, the highest it has been since the first confirmed case of the illness was reported in Ontario in late January.
  
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• Ontario reports 1,575 new COVID-19 cases on 3rd straight record high day

  12-11-2020 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The new cases push the seven-day average of daily cases to 1,299, the highest it has been since the first confirmed case of the illness was reported in Ontario in late January.
  
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• Ford defends provincial plan as Ontario reports record-high 1,575 new COVID-19 cases

  12-11-2020 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The new cases push the seven-day average of daily cases to 1,299, the highest it has been since the first confirmed case of the illness was reported in Ontario in late January.
  
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• Ontario reports more than 1,500 new cases of COVID-19, highest number on record

  12-11-2020 16:01
  
  New COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue to surge with more than 1,500 new infections logged.
  
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• Raptors president Masai Ujiri pushes for return to play in Toronto

  12-11-2020 15:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Raptors president Masai Ujiri joined CBC's The Current where he discussed the reasons why the NBA could safely return to play in Toronto next season.
  
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• Minnesota teacher avoids jail for 'clouded judgment' with teenager - Toronto Sun

  12-11-2020 15:53
  
  Minnesota teacher avoids jail for 'clouded judgment' with teenager  Toronto Sun
  
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• Twelve-year-old boy struck by gunfire in quadruple Toronto shooting dies in hospital - CTV Toronto

  12-11-2020 15:42
  
  Twelve-year-old boy struck by gunfire in quadruple Toronto shooting dies in hospital  CTV Toronto
  
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• Twelve-year-old boy struck by gunfire in quadruple Toronto shooting dies in hospital

  12-11-2020 15:42
  
  A 12-year-old boy who was struck by a bullet while walking with his mother along a North York sidewalk near a shooting that injured three other people last weekend has died in hospital, police said Thursday.
  
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• 12-year-old boy dies in hospital days after brazen Jane and Finch shooting

  12-11-2020 15:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A 12-year-old boy who was hit by a stray bullet during a shooting last weekend has died.
  
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• Premier Ford denies not listening to Ontario health officials who called for stricter restrictions

  12-11-2020 14:51
  
  The Ford government drastically raised its own thresholds for when to implement harsher COVID-19 restrictions, contradicting both its own earlier guidance and prevailing wisdom in the medical community.
  
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• Ontario premier to make announcement as new COVID-19 cases climb to unprecedented levels

  12-11-2020 14:51
  
  Premier Doug Ford will make an announcement Thursday as new COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue to reach new heights.
  
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• Ford denies not listening to health officials who called for stricter restrictions

  12-11-2020 14:51
  
  The Ford government drastically raised its own thresholds for when to implement harsher COVID-19 restrictions, contradicting both its own earlier guidance and prevailing wisdom in the medical community.
  
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• Premier warns of harsher COVID-19 restrictions after data shows Ontario may get 6,500 cases per day

  12-11-2020 13:45
  
  Premier Doug Ford said he "will not hesitate" to move to the next stage in the lockdown system and will make a decision on whether to do so by Friday after new COVID-19 modelling showed the province could see 6,500 new cases per day in December.
  
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• Ontario will exceed intensive care capacity threshold in less than two weeks, new modelling data suggests

  12-11-2020 13:45
  
  The province is expected to release new modelling data today to provide a better picture of how COVID-19 is expected to circulate in Ontario in the weeks ahead.
  
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• Ontario government announces new COVID-19 modelling data

  12-11-2020 13:45
  
  The province is expected to release new modelling data today to provide a better picture of how COVID-19 is expected to circulate in Ontario in the weeks ahead.
  
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• Ontario expected to release new COVID-19 projections today

  12-11-2020 13:45
  
  The province is expected to release new modelling data today to provide a better picture of how COVID-19 is expected to circulate in Ontario in the weeks ahead.
  
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• Ontario expected to release new COVID-19 modelling data today

  12-11-2020 13:45
  
  The province is expected to release new modelling data today to provide a better picture of how COVID-19 is expected to circulate in Ontario in the weeks ahead.
  
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