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• WARMINGTON: Postmedia boss Paul Godfrey, wife Gina contract COVID-19 - Toronto Sun

  31-12-2020 23:43
  
  WARMINGTON: Postmedia boss Paul Godfrey, wife Gina contract COVID-19  Toronto Sun
  
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• Goodbye, 2020: Toronto prepares to celebrate New Year's Eve virtually - CityNews Toronto

  31-12-2020 23:43
  
  Goodbye, 2020: Toronto prepares to celebrate New Year's Eve virtually  CityNews Toronto
  
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• After 'Not Amazon' buoys local retail, restaurants unite in hope of New Year's boost

  31-12-2020 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  As the COVID-19 pandemic limits New Year's Eve festivities, restaurants are banding together online in hopes that a "shop local" mentality can save the once-lucrative holiday for eateries.
  
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• Cathy Fooks, Ontario's patient ombudsman, dies in accident

  31-12-2020 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Cathy Fooks, Ontario's patient ombudsman, dies in accident Ontario's patient ombudsman has died in an accident, the government agency has confirmed.
  
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• Customers fundraise to send Ontario Tim Hortons employee back to school

  31-12-2020 23:12 via cbc.ca
  
  When customers at a Vaughan, Ont., Tim Hortons found out that their favourite employee, Vishnu Gopansothilingan, had dropped out of university due to financial constraints, they began to fundraise to help send him back to school.
  
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• Toronto FC: Top 5 players who could be their next DP - MLS Multiplex

  31-12-2020 22:59
  
  Toronto FC: Top 5 players who could be their next DP  MLS Multiplex
  
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• Toronto police clock car going 124 km/h in a 50 km zone in Scarborough - Toronto.com

  31-12-2020 22:56
  
  Toronto police clock car going 124 km/h in a 50 km zone in Scarborough  Toronto.com
  
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• 'Light at the end of the tunnel': Scarborough vaccination clinic giving front-line workers relief

  31-12-2020 22:46
  
  The area hardest hit by COVID-19 in Toronto is turning the tide, one shot at a time.
  
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• Toronto is getting ready for New Year's Eve at home by lining up outside LCBO stores - blogTO

  31-12-2020 22:34
  
  Toronto is getting ready for New Year's Eve at home by lining up outside LCBO stores  blogTO
  
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• Toronto mayor makes final plea to residents to stay home this New Year's Eve - CTV Toronto

  31-12-2020 22:14
  
  Toronto mayor makes final plea to residents to stay home this New Year's Eve  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto mayor makes final plea to residents to stay home this New Year's Eve

  31-12-2020 22:14
  
  Mayor John Tory is making a final plea to residents to refrain from attending New Year’s Eve celebrations tonight amid what he says has been a “deeply disturbing” rise in the number of COVID-19 cases locally.
  
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• Mysterious monolith appears seemingly overnight along Toronto's shoreline - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  31-12-2020 21:52
  
  Mysterious monolith appears seemingly overnight along Toronto's shoreline  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Ontario announces death of Patient Ombudsman Cathy Fooks

  31-12-2020 21:28
  
  The Ministry of Health has confirmed that Cathy Fooks, Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman, has died.
  
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• Cathy Fooks, Ontario’s patient ombudsman, dies in accident - CityNews Toronto

  31-12-2020 21:25
  
  Cathy Fooks, Ontario’s patient ombudsman, dies in accident  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Mysterious monolith appears seemingly overnight along Toronto’s shoreline

  31-12-2020 21:20
  
  A mysterious monolith similar to others that have popped up and disappeared in various countries around the world has been spotted along Toronto’s shoreline on New Year’s Eve.
  
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• Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Dec. 31 - Global News

  31-12-2020 21:00
  
  Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Dec. 31  Global News
  
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• A mysterious monolith just appeared in Toronto - blogTO

  31-12-2020 20:47
  
  A mysterious monolith just appeared in Toronto  blogTO
  
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• Everything we know about the timeline of Rod Phillips's ill-fated Caribbean vacation

  31-12-2020 20:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Rod Phillips quietly departed Canada earlier this month as Ontario's finance minister. He returned today amid a firestorm of controversy and tendered his resignation. Here's what we know about the whirlwind sequence of events that upeneded his political career.
  
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• Everything we know about the timeline of Rod Phillips' ill-fated Caribbean vacation

  31-12-2020 20:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Rod Phillips quietly departed Canada earlier this month as Ontario's finance minister. He returned today amid a firestorm of controversy and tendered his resignation. Here's what we know about the whirlwind sequence of events that upeneded his political career.
  
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• In other news: Some of the stories that shaped Toronto in 2020 aside from COVID-19 - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  31-12-2020 20:10
  
  In other news: Some of the stories that shaped Toronto in 2020 aside from COVID-19  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Police say people from Toronto planning on traveling to party in Niagara Falls for New Year's - blogTO

  31-12-2020 19:58
  
  Police say people from Toronto planning on traveling to party in Niagara Falls for New Year's  blogTO
  
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• Toronto approves 35 emergency childcare centres for essential workers during coronavirus lockdown - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  31-12-2020 19:32
  
  Toronto approves 35 emergency childcare centres for essential workers during coronavirus lockdown  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto approves emergency care programs for children of essential workers during first week of January

  31-12-2020 19:23
  
  The City of Toronto says it has approved 35 emergency child-care programs to accommodate essential service providers while schools participate in remote learning for the first week of January as part of the province-wide lockdown.
  
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• 30 bars that closed in Toronto this year - blogTO

  31-12-2020 18:12
  
  30 bars that closed in Toronto this year  blogTO
  
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• Here's what is going on with New Year's Eve fireworks in Toronto - blogTO

  31-12-2020 18:06
  
  Here's what is going on with New Year's Eve fireworks in Toronto  blogTO
  
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• First long-term care home residents in Ontario receive Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

  31-12-2020 17:33
  
  Health officials are set to administer the first doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to long-term care residents in Ontario on Thursday.
  
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• Freedom Mobile stores continue non-essential shopping in Toronto despite lockdown - blogTO

  31-12-2020 17:13
  
  Freedom Mobile stores continue non-essential shopping in Toronto despite lockdown  blogTO
  
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• This picturesque ravine in Toronto was nearly lost to the Spadina Expressway - blogTO

  31-12-2020 16:17
  
  This picturesque ravine in Toronto was nearly lost to the Spadina Expressway  blogTO
  
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• Ontario shatters single-day record once again with more than 3,300 new COVID-19 cases

  31-12-2020 16:14
  
  Ontario is reporting a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day as case numbers climb above the 3,000 mark for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
  
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• Ontario breaks record for most COVID-19 cases reported in a single day with more than 3,300 infections logged

  31-12-2020 16:14
  
  Ontario is reporting a record-breaking number of new COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day as case numbers climb above the 3,000 mark for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
  
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• Ontario reports record-high 3,328 new COVID-19 cases, 56 new deaths

  31-12-2020 16:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario is reporting a record-high 3,328 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 56 new deaths related to the illness. 
  
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• Toronto is cracking down on illicit tobogganing and skating and people think it's ridiculous - blogTO

  31-12-2020 16:06
  
  Toronto is cracking down on illicit tobogganing and skating and people think it's ridiculous  blogTO
  
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• Travis Dermott deserves a longer look on Toronto Maple Leafs blueline - TSN

  31-12-2020 15:15
  
  Travis Dermott deserves a longer look on Toronto Maple Leafs blueline  TSN
  
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• 10 things that made life in Toronto more bearable since the start of the pandemic - blogTO

  31-12-2020 15:13
  
  10 things that made life in Toronto more bearable since the start of the pandemic  blogTO
  
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• Blue Jays FAQ: Why hasn’t Toronto made a blockbuster move yet? - Sportsnet.ca

  31-12-2020 15:11
  
  Blue Jays FAQ: Why hasn’t Toronto made a blockbuster move yet?  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• Rod Phillips resigns as Ontario finance minister following secret pandemic getaway

  31-12-2020 14:25
  
  Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips has resigned from his key role in cabinet over his secret vacation to a luxurious Caribbean island as the COVID-19 pandemic ran rampant in the province.
  
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• Ontario finance minister says pandemic vacation was 'dumb, dumb mistake,' hopes Ford won't fire him

  31-12-2020 14:25
  
  Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips sheepishly apologized at Pearson airport on Thursday morning, two days after it was revealed he quietly departed for a vacation on a luxurious Caribbean island while the COVID-19 pandemic surged across Ontario.
  
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• Ford to have 'tough conversation' with Ontario minister returning from Caribbean vacation

  31-12-2020 14:25
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to have a "very tough conversation" with his finance minister today over a controversial Caribbean vacation.
  
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• 1 dead after house fire in Oakwood-Vaughan

  31-12-2020 14:14 via cbc.ca
  
  One person has died following a house fire in Oakwood-Vaughan on Wednesday night, Toronto police say.
  
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• Premier Ford to have 'tough conversation' with minister returning from Caribbean vacation

  31-12-2020 13:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to have a "very tough conversation" with his finance minister today over a controversial Caribbean vacation.
  
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• Ontario's finance minister returns from Caribbean vacation amid provincewide lockdown

  31-12-2020 13:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's finance minister has returned to Canada from a controversial Caribbean vacation during strict provincewide lockdown measures that urged Ontarians to avoid non-essential travel.
  
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• Ontario's finance minister resigns after returning from Caribbean vacation

  31-12-2020 13:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips has resigned following a return to Canada from a controversial Caribbean vacation during strict provincewide lockdown measures that urged Ontarians to avoid non-essential travel, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday.
  
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• Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips returns from Caribbean vacation, says he regrets trip

  31-12-2020 13:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips has returned from his Caribbean vacation Thursday morning after backlash from Ontarians.
  
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• It's the final day to donate to CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season in support of local food banks

  31-12-2020 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season fundraiser for local food banks ends Dec. 31.
  
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• These Stouffville sisters are helping to keep homeless youth and their pets together

  31-12-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In May of this year, Stouffville sisters Anya and Shania Bhopa launched the Canadian Courage Project, a non-profit organization aimed at keeping pets and their owners together. They’ve run several successful fundraisers to help buy care kits — filled with pet food, hygiene products and blankets — for shelters across the province.
  
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• These are the most borrowed books across Ontario libraries this year

  31-12-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  In a year dominated by a global pandemic and American politics, some might find it fitting that the library book most likely to be checked out across Ontario was a hopeful memoir written by the former first lady of the United States.
  
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• Moms are welcoming the first wave of 'coronial' babies — but experts say to expect fewer births

  31-12-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly 10 months after Alberta's first presumptive COVID-19 case was confirmed, mothers across the province are giving birth to what some have dubbed "the coronial generation."
  
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• For Osie the rescue cat, 2020 was just perfect

  31-12-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A little black and white cat was one of 347 rescued from a single, squalid two-bedroom Toronto apartment in 2019. This year, during lockdowns one and two, she's become the best thing of her owner's year.
  
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• One person found dead after house fire in Toronto's Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood

  31-12-2020 05:47
  
  One person is dead following a fire inside a residence in Toronto’s Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood Wednesday night.
  
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• One person found dead after house fire in Oakwood-Vaughan

  31-12-2020 05:47
  
  One person is dead following a fire inside a residence in Toronto’s Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood Wednesday night.
  
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