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• Stabbing in Scarborough building leaves man dead

  13-01-2021 23:55
  
  A man is dead after a stabbing in a Scarborough building late Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Stabbing in Scarborough building leaves 25-year-old man dead

  13-01-2021 23:55
  
  A 25-year-old man is dead after he was stabbed inside a Scarborough building late Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Man in life-threatening condition after reported stabbing in Scarborough building

  13-01-2021 23:55
  
  A man has life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in a Scarborough building late Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Man dead after reported stabbing in Scarborough building

  13-01-2021 23:55
  
  A man is dead after a stabbing in a Scarborough building late Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Toronto not ready to enforce Premier Doug Ford's stay-at-home order - Toronto Sun

  13-01-2021 23:08
  
  Toronto not ready to enforce Premier Doug Ford's stay-at-home order  Toronto Sun
  
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• 'We have no idea': Toronto still unclear on how Doug Ford's new lockdown rules will work on Thursday - Toronto Star

  13-01-2021 22:56
  
  'We have no idea': Toronto still unclear on how Doug Ford's new lockdown rules will work on Thursday  Toronto Star
  
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• Three men charged after $300,000 worth of personal protective equipment stolen

  13-01-2021 22:36
  
  Halton police say three men have been charged with theft for allegedly stealing over $300,000 worth of personal protective equipment.
  
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• Ontario premier responds to allegations that stay-at-home order will 'kill' small businesses

  13-01-2021 22:14
  
  Premier Doug Ford says that help is on the way for small businesses across Ontario a day after the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) claimed the province’s newly-announced stay-at-home order unfairly benefits big box retailers.
  
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• 'Forget about the big box stores': Ontario premier responds to allegations that stay-at-home order will 'kill' small businesses

  13-01-2021 22:14
  
  Premier Doug Ford says that help is on the way for small businesses across Ontario a day after the president of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) claimed the province’s newly-announced stay-at-home order unfairly benefits big box retailers.
  
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• The cost of rent in downtown Toronto is now cheaper than elsewhere in the GTA - blogTO

  13-01-2021 21:53
  
  The cost of rent in downtown Toronto is now cheaper than elsewhere in the GTA  blogTO
  
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• 'Don't forget about us': Ontario gastroenterologists who work outside hospitals frustrated by vaccine schedules

  13-01-2021 21:36
  
  Some of Ontario’s gastroenterologists who do procedures outside of hospitals say they are frustrated after not receiving a straight answer from the province as to when they can expect to receive COVID-19 vaccines – as their backlog of high-risk procedures and patient appointments mounts due to the pandemic.
  
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• TFC appoints former Red Bulls coach Chris Armas to succeed Greg Vanney: sources

  13-01-2021 20:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto FC midfielder Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty has been summoned by Canada, making the 16 year-old the youngest-ever call-up by the national men's team.
  
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• TFC appoints former Red Bulls coach Chris Armas to succeed Greg Vanney

  13-01-2021 20:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto FC midfielder Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty has been summoned by Canada, making the 16 year-old the youngest-ever call-up by the national men's team.
  
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• 'We did not want to waste them': Top Ontario vaccine official says after non-front-line staff get shot

  13-01-2021 20:46
  
  The head of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination task force says that COVID-19 vaccines were given to non-front-line staff, including people who work from home, because hospitals didn’t want to waste doses.
  
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• Raptors' Nick Nurse says he must do a better mask-wearing job during games

  13-01-2021 20:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says he has to do a better job of keeping his mask on during games.
  
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• Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says he must keep mask on during games

  13-01-2021 20:27
  
  Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse says he has to do a better job of keeping his mask on during games.
  
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• Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

  13-01-2021 20:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in order to quickly get first doses to more people.
  
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• Vaccine panel says Canada can delay 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine

  13-01-2021 20:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in order to quickly get first doses to more people.
  
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• More than 30 international flights land in Toronto since start of 2021 with passengers who later tested positive for COVID-19 - CTV Toronto

  13-01-2021 17:57
  
  More than 30 international flights land in Toronto since start of 2021 with passengers who later tested positive for COVID-19  CTV Toronto
  
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• More than 30 international flights land in Toronto since start of 2021 with passengers who later tested positive for COVID-19

  13-01-2021 17:57
  
  Since the start of 2021, more than 30 international flights have landed in Toronto with a passenger who later tested positive for COVID-19.
  
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• More than 30 international flights land in Toronto since start of 2021 with a passenger who later tested positive for COVID-19 - CTV Toronto

  13-01-2021 17:57
  
  More than 30 international flights land in Toronto since start of 2021 with a passenger who later tested positive for COVID-19  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays sign president and CEO Mark Shapiro to five-year contract extension

  13-01-2021 17:16
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have signed team president and chief executive officer Mark Shapiro to a five-year contract extension.
  
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• Jays sign president, CEO Mark Shapiro to 5-year contract extension

  13-01-2021 16:47 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have signed team president and chief executive officer Mark Shapiro to a five-year contract extension.
  
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• Ontario reports increase in COVID-19-related deaths and fewer than 3,000 new cases

  13-01-2021 16:17
  
  Ontario health officials are reporting fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in row, as well as 74 more deaths related to the disease.
  
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• 'Ideas not slogans' to drive Ontario Liberal election platform

  13-01-2021 16:10
  
  Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca is tapping two of his leadership rivals to spearhead the effort to build party's 2022 election platform, that could seek to reverse many funding decisions made by the Progressive Conservative government.
  
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• Paul Woods suing LHSC for $2.5 million, claiming wrongful dismissal

  13-01-2021 16:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Paul Woods, who was fired on Monday as CEO of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against LHSC, claiming he was fired in bad faith and that he notified board Chair Amy Walby about his travel to the United States as early as June of last year.  
  
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• Canada has now given enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to cover 1 per cent of the population

  13-01-2021 15:18
  
  The number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Canada has surpassed one per cent of the country's total population, according to data compiled by CTV News.
  
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• Police looking to identify pedestrian critically injured in Rexdale crash

  13-01-2021 14:52
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a pedestrian who was critically injured in a collision in Rexdale Tuesday night.
  
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• Are skating rinks an outdoor gathering? Toronto mayor says new emergency COVID-19 rules not clear

  13-01-2021 14:41
  
  The Ford government has some explaining to do when it comes to the finer points of its new stay-at-home order, Toronto Mayor John Tory said Wednesday, saying the new rules do not make clear whether outdoor amenities like skating rinks or tobogganing hills should be shut down or curtailed.
  
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• Are skating rinks an outdoor gathering? Toronto mayor says new emergency coronavirus rules not clear

  13-01-2021 14:41
  
  The Ford government has some explaining to do when it comes to the finer points of its new stay-at-home order, Toronto Mayor John Tory said Wednesday, saying the new rules do not make clear whether outdoor amenities like skating rinks or tobogganing hills should be shut down or curtailed.
  
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• Ontario's new emergency coronavirus rules are not clear, Toronto mayor says - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  13-01-2021 14:14
  
  Ontario's new emergency coronavirus rules are not clear, Toronto mayor says  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Ontario to lay out 'legal parameters' of COVID-19 stay-at-home order today

  13-01-2021 13:57 via cbc.ca
  
  As of tomorrow, residents will have to stay home except for essential purposes such as grocery shopping, accessing health care and exercising.
  
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• Ontario plans for 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccines in all long-term care homes by Feb. 15

  13-01-2021 13:57 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario said Wednesday it plans to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in all nursing homes and high-risk retirement homes by Feb. 15.
  
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• Ontario outlines what's allowed under stay-at-home order in new regulation

  13-01-2021 13:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government released a regulation on Wednesday night that outlines which activities are allowed under its newly issued stay-at-home order that takes effect on Thursday.
  
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• Confusion persists over police enforcement of Ontario's looming stay-at-home order

  13-01-2021 13:57 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government is expected to provide more details at some point Wednesday about its newly issued stay-at-home order, as public health units reported another 2,961 cases of COVID-19 and 74 more deaths of people with the illness. 
  
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• Ontario releases list of those eligible for COVID-19 vaccine under Phase 2

  13-01-2021 13:40
  
  Ontario health officials say they expect to begin mass delivery of the COVID-19 vaccine to select groups of people in April as part of the second distribution phase of their vaccination plan.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford to provide update on COVID-19 vaccination plan

  13-01-2021 13:40
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to provide an update on the province’s COVID-19 vaccination plan one day after new modelling data indicated that despite vaccination efforts, the health system could be overwhelmed and mortality could double.
  
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• Ontario's stay-at-home order takes effect at midnight but officials say they still haven't seen legal regulations

  13-01-2021 13:07
  
  A stay-at-home order will formally take effect at midnight tonight but Toronto officials say they won’t be undertaking any enforcement action until they have had a chance to review the regulations at length.
  
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• Ontario to provide more detail on how stay-at-home order will be enforced

  13-01-2021 13:07
  
  The Ontario government is expected to provide more details today regarding its newly issued stay-at-home order, which takes effect tomorrow.
  
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• Ontario to issue guidelines tonight to spell out parameters of stay-at-home order

  13-01-2021 13:07
  
  Ontario's premier is defending his government's new stay-at-home order against criticism that the latest measure to fight COVID-19 is not clear.
  
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• Ontario to explain how they will enforce new emergency stay-at-home order

  13-01-2021 13:07
  
  The Ontario government is expected to provide more details today regarding its newly issued stay-at-home order, which takes effect tomorrow.
  
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• Ontario releases full stay at home order, which comes into effect at midnight

  13-01-2021 13:07
  
  The Ontario government released its full stay at home order just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday before coming into effect at midnight.
  
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• 'Not Uber Eats' site launches to help hungry Torontonians support local restaurants

  13-01-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The website helps identify nearby restaurants that offer their own delivery service, allowing them to avoid paying the sometimes hefty commission fees of delivery apps.
  
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• While the nation obsessed over vaccine deliveries, the pandemic was getting worse

  13-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Not long ago, the political narrative in Canada was all about vaccine deliveries and whether this country was keeping up with its peers. But the dire new projections out of Ontario demonstrate once again that getting vaccines lined up isn't even half the battle — and the battle is going badly.
  
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• Senior presumed to have COVID-19 left soiled in bed for days after home care visits cancelled

  13-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Mississauga, Ont., senior who relies on provincially funded home care was left soiled in his bed for days after he and his wife became ill with COVID-19 nearly two weeks ago and care workers stopped showing up.
  
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• Public health units can shut down Ontario workplaces for COVID. They rarely do

  13-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Less than half of Ontario's 34 public health units have shutdown workplaces over COVID concerns since the pandemic began — and rather sparingly.
  
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• Trump impeached after U.S. Capitol riot; historic second charge

  13-01-2021 09:47
  
  U.S. President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for a historic second time Wednesday, charged with "incitement of insurrection" over the deadly mob siege of the Capitol in a swift and stunning collapse of his final days in office.
  
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• Man in life-threatening condition after being struck by car in west end

  13-01-2021 04:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A man has been taken to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in the city's west end.
  
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• 1 man in life-threatening condition after being struck by car in west end

  13-01-2021 04:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A man has been taken to a trauma centre with life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in the city's west end.
  
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• Growing calls for paid sick leave for essential workers

  13-01-2021 04:38 via cbc.ca
  
  There are renewed calls for paid sick leave for low-wage and essential workers who fear losing their jobs or income if they miss shifts because they're sick or need to be tested for COVID-19.
  
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