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• Toronto Raptors getting little production from centre position - TSN

  07-01-2021 23:48
  
  Toronto Raptors getting little production from centre position  TSN
  
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• Girl handcuffed by Peel police at age 6 awarded $35K in damages by rights tribunal

  07-01-2021 23:18 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $35,000 in damages to a young Black child handcuffed by police at a Peel elementary school when she was six years old.
  
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• Black girl handcuffed by police in Ontario at age 6 awarded $35K in damages by rights tribunal

  07-01-2021 23:18 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $35,000 in damages to a young Black child handcuffed by police at an elementary school in Ontario's Peel region when she was six years old.
  
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• Black girl handcuffed by Peel police at age 6 awarded $35K in damages by rights tribunal

  07-01-2021 23:18 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has awarded $35,000 in damages to a young Black child handcuffed by police at a Peel elementary school when she was six years old.
  
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• People in Toronto can't decide how they feel about High Park's unusual-looking barrel house - blogTO

  07-01-2021 23:16
  
  People in Toronto can't decide how they feel about High Park's unusual-looking barrel house  blogTO
  
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• Ontario students call on teachers to pressure pension fund to divest from fossil fuels

  07-01-2021 22:56 via cbc.ca
  
  An environmental coalition is appealing to Ontario teachers to pressure their pension fund to divest from companies that develop or transport fossil fuel products.
  
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• Ontario will allow Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators to play at home this season - Global News

  07-01-2021 22:45
  
  Ontario will allow Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators to play at home this season  Global News
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs cleared to host home games against other Canadian teams, Ontario government says - CTV Toronto

  07-01-2021 22:41
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs cleared to host home games against other Canadian teams, Ontario government says  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs cleared to host home games against other Canadian teams, Ontario government says

  07-01-2021 22:41
  
  The Ontario government has announced that the Toronto Maple Leafs will be allowed to host other teams across Canada for homes games this upcoming NHL season.
  
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• Premier Ford condemns Proud Boys after calls from NDP to do so

  07-01-2021 22:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford says he 'condemns all individuals and groups that incite violence and hate including the Proud Boys.' The statement comes after NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo called on Ford to denounce the white supremacist group Proud Boys.
  
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• These are the Toronto neighbourhoods with the most expensive car insurance | Urbanized - Daily Hive

  07-01-2021 22:18
  
  These are the Toronto neighbourhoods with the most expensive car insurance | Urbanized  Daily Hive
  
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• Senators, Leafs can play at home this season amid COVID-19 pandemic, province announces

  07-01-2021 22:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ottawa Senators and Toronto Maple Leafs will be able to play in their home rinks this season despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ontario government announced Thursday. 
  
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• Ontario hospital CEO who vacationed in Dominican Republic has $1M termination clause

  07-01-2021 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The contract for the CEO of an Ontario hospital network who vacationed in the Dominican Republic over the holidays includes a termination clause that entitles him to more than $1 million.
  
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• Ontario health network 'parted ways effective today' with CEO who went on Dominican holiday

  07-01-2021 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario hospital executive who vacationed in the Dominican Republic over the holidays is no longer CEO of St. Joseph's Health System after two days of public outrage.
  
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• CEO who went on Dominican holiday out of role atop Hamilton hospital

  07-01-2021 22:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The head of a Hamilton hospital who vacationed in the Dominican Republic over the holidays is out of the position, after two days of public outrage.
  
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• Ontario didn't replenish PPE stockpiles before COVID-19, LTC commission hears

  07-01-2021 21:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario faced a shortage of personal protective equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in part because it did not replenish its stockpiles over the previous years, an independent commission examining the impact of the health crisis on long-term care has heard.
  
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• COVID-19 deaths at Toronto long-term care home in hit 73

  07-01-2021 21:36
  
  A long-term care home in Toronto hit 73 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday after two more residents succumbed to the virus.
  
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• 73 people have now died of COVID-19 at one Toronto long-term care home - CTV Toronto

  07-01-2021 21:36
  
  73 people have now died of COVID-19 at one Toronto long-term care home  CTV Toronto
  
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• 73 people have now died of COVID-19 at one Toronto long-term care home

  07-01-2021 21:36
  
  A long-term care home in Toronto hit 73 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday after two more residents succumbed to the virus.
  
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• Toronto police charge Brampton man in online luring, child pornography investigation - Toronto.com

  07-01-2021 21:33
  
  Toronto police charge Brampton man in online luring, child pornography investigation  Toronto.com
  
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• Northern Ontario lockdown extended another two weeks, but schools still to reopen Jan. 11

  07-01-2021 21:10
  
  With COVID cases rising across the province, including the north, the province has extended the lockdown in northern Ontario for another two weeks.
  
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• Lockdown extended in northern Ontario for two more weeks

  07-01-2021 21:10
  
  Ontario announced Thursday afternoon it is extending the lockdown in the northern region of the province an additional two weeks after a continued rise in new COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal orders Peel police board to pay $35K after six-year-old Black girl handcuffed at school

  07-01-2021 20:54
  
  The Peel Regional Police Board has been ordered by Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal to pay $35,000 in damages after a six-year-old Black girl was handcuffed by officers at her Mississauga school more than four years ago.
  
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• Toronto man captures monolith arrival on balcony webcam and unravels part of mystery - blogTO

  07-01-2021 20:50
  
  Toronto man captures monolith arrival on balcony webcam and unravels part of mystery  blogTO
  
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• Canadian snowbirds chartering private jets to fly south for faster COVID-19 vaccine access

  07-01-2021 20:43
  
  Some Canadian snowbirds are chartering private planes to head to Florida during the winter where anyone over age 65 is able to get vaccinated for COVID-19 right now.
  
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• Ontario government didn't replenish PPE stockpiles before COVID-19: LTC commission

  07-01-2021 20:23
  
  A commission examining the impact of COVID-19 on Ontario's long-term care system has heard the province did not replenish its stockpiles of personal protective equipment in the years leading up to the pandemic.
  
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• Pelosi calls for Trump's immediate removal through 25th Amendment

  07-01-2021 20:22
  
  Lawmakers from both parties raised the prospect Thursday of ousting U.S. President Donald Trump from office, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that if he wasn't removed, the House may move forward with a second impeachment.
  
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• Some GTA hospitals temporarily redirecting hospitalized children to SickKids due to COVID-19 capacity needs

  07-01-2021 20:04
  
  William Osler Health System is temporarily redirecting paediatric inpatients requiring hospital admission to SickKids as their facilities are facing overwhelming COVID-19 hospitalizations.
  
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• Some GTA hospitals redirecting children to SickKids to make room for COVID-19 patients

  07-01-2021 20:04
  
  William Osler Health System is temporarily redirecting paediatric inpatients requiring hospital admission to SickKids as their facilities are facing overwhelming COVID-19 hospitalizations.
  
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• 14-year-old boy walks into Toronto hospital with bullet wound following shooting - Global News

  07-01-2021 20:01
  
  14-year-old boy walks into Toronto hospital with bullet wound following shooting  Global News
  
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• Several Toronto area hospitals temporarily redirecting children to SickKids due to COVID-19 capacity needs - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  07-01-2021 19:55
  
  Several Toronto area hospitals temporarily redirecting children to SickKids due to COVID-19 capacity needs  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Investigation underway after 14-year-old boy walks into Toronto hospital with gunshot wound

  07-01-2021 19:49
  
  Police say they are investigating after a 14-year-old boy walked into a Toronto hospital with a gunshot wound this afternoon.
  
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• Toronto police investigating after 14-year-old boy walks into hospital with gunshot wound - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  07-01-2021 19:46
  
  Toronto police investigating after 14-year-old boy walks into hospital with gunshot wound  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Education said key in overcoming health-care worker opposition to COVID-19 vaccine

  07-01-2021 19:02
  
  A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.
  
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• Popular Toronto bakery closes its doors after 10 years in business - CTV Toronto

  07-01-2021 18:54
  
  Popular Toronto bakery closes its doors after 10 years in business  CTV Toronto
  
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• Popular Toronto bakery closes its doors after 10 years in business

  07-01-2021 18:54
  
  After closing most of their locations last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a popular Toronto bakery has announced they will be shutting down permanently after 10 years in business.
  
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• Crosslinx confirms 28 COVID-19 cases at LRT construction sites in Toronto

  07-01-2021 18:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Crosslinx Transit Solutions says 28 workers have the illness and another 70 are in isolation.
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs season preview: Can they break through in 2021? - Sportsnet.ca

  07-01-2021 18:18
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs season preview: Can they break through in 2021?  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• Toronto ranked one of the world's best cities in 2021 | Urbanized - Daily Hive

  07-01-2021 17:44
  
  Toronto ranked one of the world's best cities in 2021 | Urbanized  Daily Hive
  
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• Ontario still quiet on school reopening plan, Ford promises update this week

  07-01-2021 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  With Ontario's students set to head back to class soon amid record-high COVID-19 cases, the provincial government is signalling some sort of announcement is coming on in-class learning — but won't say yet what it is.
  
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• Ontario extends online learning for some elementary students until Jan. 25 as COVID-19 cases rise

  07-01-2021 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The province says the positivity rate among school-aged children has increased sharply in recent weeks. For kids aged 12 to 13-years-old increased from 5.44 per cent in late November and early December to nearly 20 per cent in early January.
  
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• Ontario extends online learning for elementary students until Jan. 25 as COVID-19 cases rise

  07-01-2021 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government says it is extending online learning for elementary students in Ontario until Jan. 25.
  
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• Ford promises update today on Ontario school reopening plan

  07-01-2021 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford said parents, students and teachers can expect an update on in-person learning in Ontario's schools Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Students in southern Ontario will not return to class for in-person until Jan. 25

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  Students in southern Ontario will not return to the classroom on Monday for in-person learning amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across the province.
  
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• Students in southern Ontario will not return to class for in-person learning until Jan. 25, lockdown for northern part of province extended

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  Students in southern Ontario will not return to the classroom on Monday for in-person learning amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across the province.
  
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• Students in southern Ontario will not return to class for in-person learning until Jan. 25

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  Students in southern Ontario will not return to the classroom on Monday for in-person learning amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across the province.
  
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• Ontario will announce this afternoon whether students will return to in-person learning amid 'significant concerns' about spread of COVID-19

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed the province will make an announcement Thursday afternoon about whether students will return to in-person learning amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Ontario to announce whether students will return to in-person learning

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford confirmed the province will make an announcement Thursday afternoon about whether students will return to in-person learning amid a surge in COVID-19 cases.
  
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• Ontario government has 'significant concerns' about return of in-class learning: sources

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  As Ontario Premier Doug Ford considers whether to keep elementary students home for a longer period of time, new provincial data has raised "significant concerns" about the spread of COVID-19 among school-aged children over the Christmas holidays, sources tells CTV News Toronto.
  
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• Ontario government has 'significant concerns' about return of in-class learning: source

  07-01-2021 16:30
  
  As Ontario Premier Doug Ford considers whether to keep elementary students home for a longer period of time, new provincial data has raised "significant concerns" about the spread of COVID-19 among school-aged children over the Christmas holidays, a source tells CTV News Toronto.
  
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