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• Science table member paid by teacher union for arguing against school reopenings - Toronto Sun

  26-01-2021 23:48
  
  Science table member paid by teacher union for arguing against school reopenings  Toronto Sun
  
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• Work refusal continues at downtown school for students with special needs amid COVID-19 concerns

  26-01-2021 23:27
  
  Nearly two dozen support staff at a downtown school that serves students with developmental and physical disabilities are refusing to work for a second consecutive day due to concerns about their safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Women's College Hospital developing virtual support for new mothers

  26-01-2021 23:15
  
  At the start of the pandemic, Heather Eldebs had been working with her doctor towards weaning herself off her depression medication.
  
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• Hundreds of doctors, advocates ask Ontario government to better support long-term care homes battling COVID-19

  26-01-2021 22:33
  
  More than 300 doctors and advocates have signed a letter calling on the Ford government to act now to address deadly COVID-19 outbreaks at long-term care homes across the province.
  
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• Local medical officer warns of community spread of COVID-19 variant in Barrie area

  26-01-2021 22:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Public health officials say 99 more people who have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Simcoe-Muskoka region likely have a variant of the virus.
  
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• COVID-19 variant believed to have spread to 3rd facility north of Toronto

  26-01-2021 22:24 via cbc.ca
  
  A COVID-19 variant of concern has potentially spread to a third facility in a region north of Toronto, according to a public health unit.
  
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• Brampton sees increase in average rent as Toronto prices continue to decline - blogTO

  26-01-2021 22:08
  
  Brampton sees increase in average rent as Toronto prices continue to decline  blogTO
  
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• The results are in: Ontario COVID-19 testing pilot program at Toronto Pearson caught nearly 150 infected travellers - Yahoo News Canada

  26-01-2021 21:58
  
  The results are in: Ontario COVID-19 testing pilot program at Toronto Pearson caught nearly 150 infected travellers  Yahoo News Canada
  
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• Jack Campbell out weeks with leg injury, says Maple Leafs coach Keefe

  26-01-2021 21:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe says backup goaltender Jack Campbell will be out "weeks" after suffering a leg injury in Sunday's win at Calgary when Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk landed on him in a goal-mouth scrum.
  
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• Toronto father and daughter design swimsuit tailored to transgender children - CTV Toronto

  26-01-2021 20:52
  
  Toronto father and daughter design swimsuit tailored to transgender children  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto father and daughter design swimsuit tailored to transgender children

  26-01-2021 20:52
  
  A Canadian clothing line is helping transgender kids feel confident at the beach or pool with bathing suits designed to maximize comfort without compromising style.
  
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• Loblaws Were 'Truly Disturbed' By A Huge Anti-Mask Crowd At A Shoppers In Toronto - Narcity Canada

  26-01-2021 20:49
  
  Loblaws Were 'Truly Disturbed' By A Huge Anti-Mask Crowd At A Shoppers In Toronto  Narcity Canada
  
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• More than 100 cases believed to be U.K. COVID-19 variant linked to Barrie, Ont. care home

  26-01-2021 20:46
  
  The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has identified 99 more cases of what it believes to be the highly contagious U.K. COVID-19 B.1.1.7. variant in the region; aside from the seven, it's already reported.
  
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• 99 more cases believed to be U.K. COVID-19 variant found in Barrie, Ont. LTC

  26-01-2021 20:46
  
  The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has identified 99 more cases of what it believes to be the highly contagious U.K. COVID-19 B.1.1.7. variant in the region; aside from the seven, it's already reported.
  
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• 99 more cases believed to be U.K. COVID-19 variant found at Barrie, Ont. care home

  26-01-2021 20:46
  
  The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit has identified 99 more cases of what it believes to be the highly contagious U.K. COVID-19 B.1.1.7. variant in the region; aside from the seven, it's already reported.
  
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• Lots of Lineup Changes for Tonight’s Toronto Maple Leafs Game - Editor in Leaf

  26-01-2021 20:45
  
  Lots of Lineup Changes for Tonight’s Toronto Maple Leafs Game  Editor in Leaf
  
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• Ontario health experts demand province abolish for-profit long-term care

  26-01-2021 20:22 via cbc.ca
  
  With hundreds of Ontario long-term care residents dead and COVID-19 outbreaks continuing to ravage facilities across the province, a group of health experts is pushing the province to abolish for-profit long-term care facilities.
  
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• Hundreds of Ontario health experts demand province abolish for-profit long-term care

  26-01-2021 20:22 via cbc.ca
  
  With hundreds of Ontario long-term care residents dead and COVID-19 outbreaks continuing to ravage facilities across the province, a group of health experts is pushing the province to abolish for-profit long-term care facilities.
  
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• Ontario slams Joe Biden government's Buy American executive order

  26-01-2021 20:21
  
  The Ontario government is slamming U.S. President Joe Biden's Buy American executive order, saying it will hurt businesses that rely on the cross-border trading relationship.
  
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• Toronto company tops Forbes' list of the best employers in Canada - blogTO

  26-01-2021 20:04
  
  Toronto company tops Forbes' list of the best employers in Canada  blogTO
  
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• Bill Morneau bows out of race to lead OECD

  26-01-2021 19:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Former finance minister Bill Morneau says he is withdrawing from the race to lead the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
  
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• London, Ont., teen struggled with COVID-19 symptoms in days leading to his death, father says

  26-01-2021 18:33 via cbc.ca
  
  The grieving father of a London, Ont., teen who died Thursday after being diagnosed with COVID-19 says his son died at home after being treated as a day patient in hospital. He said his family is dealing with the grief of losing a 'very loving and compassionate' young man.
  
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• OG Anunoby and Stanley Johnson are Toronto's Bash Brothers - RaptorsHQ

  26-01-2021 18:30
  
  OG Anunoby and Stanley Johnson are Toronto's Bash Brothers  RaptorsHQ
  
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• PM warns Canadians to expect more travel restrictions soon

  26-01-2021 18:09
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians to expect more travel restrictions soon and reiterated to avoid all non-essential travel, both abroad and in between provinces.
  
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• Man dead, woman and child in hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning in Toronto home

  26-01-2021 18:09
  
  A 38-year-old man is dead and two others have serious injuries after an incident involving high levels of carbon monoxide at a home in Toronto’s Bridle Path.
  
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• Father quashes rumours London, Ont. teen died by suicide, not COVID-19

  26-01-2021 17:36
  
  The father of a 19-year-old who died last week after being diagnosed with COVID-19 said his son absolutely died from the disease and did not take his own life.
  
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• Let someone else do the meal planning: Toronto caterers doing ready-to-heat home delivery - Toronto Life

  26-01-2021 17:15
  Let someone else do the meal planning: Toronto caterers doing ready-to-heat home delivery  Toronto Life
  
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• Trudeau says vaccine supply is in 'good shape' even as EU threatens export controls on doses

  26-01-2021 16:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sought to reassure Canadians today that vaccine shots will continue to arrive even as the European Union threatens protectionist measures to limit the export of doses abroad.
  
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• Ontario reports 1,740 new COVID-19 cases — the fewest since mid-December

  26-01-2021 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  The new cases come as the province's network of labs processed just 30,717 test samples for the virus. That's the lowest testing level since Nov. 17, 2020.
  
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• COVID-19 variant cases surge in Ontario as 99 suspected in Barrie area

  26-01-2021 16:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Most of the cases are tied to a devastating outbreak at a long-term care home, but two cases have no links, raising concerns about how much the virus could be spreading in the community.
  
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• Ontario records fewer than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases for first time in weeks as testing drops

  26-01-2021 16:14
  
  For the first time since December, Ontario is reporting fewer than 1,800 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of tests performed falls well below provincial lab capacity.
  
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• Toronto tops Orkin's list of Canada's worst bed bug cities - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  26-01-2021 15:31
  
  Toronto tops Orkin's list of Canada's worst bed bug cities  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto tops list of bed bug cities again but sightings are down amid COVID-19 - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  26-01-2021 15:31
  
  Toronto tops list of bed bug cities again but sightings are down amid COVID-19  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto tops list of worst cities for bed bugs in 2020 - CTV Toronto

  26-01-2021 15:18
  
  Toronto tops list of worst cities for bed bugs in 2020  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto tops list of worst cities for bed bugs in 2020

  26-01-2021 15:18
  
  Even with sightings down 20 per cent over last year, Canada’s largest pest control company says that Toronto has topped the list of top bed bug cities in the country two years running.
  
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• Toronto ranks number 1 bed bug city in Canada: report

  26-01-2021 15:18
  
  Even with sightings down 20 per cent over last year, Canada’s largest pest control company says that Toronto has topped the list of top bed bug cities in the country two years running.
  
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• Toronto is expected to get its first snowstorm of the year today

  26-01-2021 14:36
  
  Toronto is bracing for what is expected to be the city's first snowstorm of the year.
  
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• Toronto gets first major snowfall of the year today

  26-01-2021 14:36
  
  Toronto is bracing for what is expected to be the city's first snowstorm of the year.
  
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• Toronto being hit with first significant snowstorm of the year - CTV Toronto

  26-01-2021 14:36
  
  Toronto being hit with first significant snowstorm of the year  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto being hit with first significant snowstorm of the year

  26-01-2021 14:36
  
  Heavy snowfall has arrived in the city as Toronto braces for its first snowstorm of the year.
  
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• Heavy snowfall hits Toronto during first winter storm of the year

  26-01-2021 14:36
  
  Heavy snowfall has arrived in the city as Toronto braces for its first snowstorm of the year.
  
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• Made-in-Canada coronavirus vaccine to begin human clinical trials Tuesday

  26-01-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A made-in-Canada vaccine to protect against COVID-19 is to begin human clinical trials Tuesday in Toronto, says the biotechnology company that developed the vaccine.
  
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• Made-in-Canada coronavirus vaccine starts human clinical trials

  26-01-2021 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A made-in-Canada vaccine to protect against COVID-19 began human clinical trials Tuesday in Toronto, says the biotechnology company that developed the vaccine.
  
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• Premier Doug Ford calls on feds to impose temporary ban on direct flights from countries with new COVID-19 strains

  26-01-2021 13:58
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on the federal government to take further action when it comes to border control, pushing for mandatory COVID-19 testing and a temporary ban on direct flights from countries where new strains of the disease have been found.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford to visit Toronto Pearson Airport this afternoon

  26-01-2021 13:58
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to receive an update on the province's COVID-19 voluntary testing pilot project as he visits Toronto Pearson International Airport this afternoon.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford provides update from Toronto Pearson International Airport

  26-01-2021 13:58
  
  Out of nearly 7,000 COVID-19 tests conducted as part of a recently launched voluntary pilot project at Toronto Pearson International Airport, 146 have come back positive – resulting in a 2.26 per cent positivity rate.
  
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• COVID-19 testing pilot project at Toronto Pearson Airport has resulted in 2.26 per cent positivity rate

  26-01-2021 13:58
  
  Out of nearly 7,000 COVID-19 tests conducted as part of a recently launched voluntary pilot project at Toronto Pearson International Airport, 146 have come back positive – resulting in a 2.26 per cent positivity rate.
  
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• 2 dead and more injured in morning crash on the QEW at Burlington, police say

  26-01-2021 13:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Two people have died and two others are injured after a crash on the QEW near Burlington this morning that closed the westbound lanes of the highway.
  
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• Ontario's police watchdog investigating after person injured during takedown by Toronto cops - CTV Toronto

  26-01-2021 13:27
  
  Ontario's police watchdog investigating after person injured during takedown by Toronto cops  CTV Toronto
  
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• Ontario's police watchdog investigating after person injured during takedown by Toronto cops

  26-01-2021 13:27
  
  The province's police watchdog has been called to probe an incident where a person was injured after they were Tasered overnight in Toronto, police said.
  
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