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• Toronto Blue Jays open 2021 season with 3-2 win against New York Yankees

  01-04-2021 23:51
  
  Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Thursday in the major league opener.
  
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• Local bakeries are experiencing a high demand for traditional Easter treats

  01-04-2021 23:48 via cbc.ca
  
  For two years in a row, Easter weekend is overshadowed by the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. Though we can't have big gatherings or celebrations, there can still be great food. As Talia Ricci reports, local bakeries are busy fulfilling high demand for their traditional Easter treats.
  
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• WARMINGTON: There's no lockdowns in golf - Toronto Sun

  01-04-2021 23:47
  
  WARMINGTON: There's no lockdowns in golf  Toronto Sun
  
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• Queen’s Park reporter Mike Crawley breaks down Ontario’s latest ‘shutdown’ measures

  01-04-2021 23:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Another shutdown is starting on Saturday — but how is it different from lockdown measures currently in place in some regions across the province? CBC Queen’s Park reporter Mike Crawley breaks down the key differences between restrictions happening now, and what’s coming on Saturday.
  
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• What's open and closed this Easter long weekend in Toronto | Listed - Daily Hive

  01-04-2021 23:33
  
  What's open and closed this Easter long weekend in Toronto | Listed  Daily Hive
  
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• Blue Jays outlast Yankees in extra innings to pick up opening day win

  01-04-2021 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Randal Grichuk led off the 10th with an RBI double, and the Toronto Blue Jays took advantage of the second year of starting extra innings with a runner on second to beat the New York Yankees 3-2 Thursday in the major league opener.
  
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• Police issue warrant for man suspected of vandalizing Muslim prayer space at Pearson

  01-04-2021 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Police allege Jean Francois Ouellette-Godin, 47, entered the Multi-Faith Prayer Room at Pearson International Airport on March 21 and began causing damage.
  
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• Police arrest man for alleged 'hate incident' in Muslim prayer space at Pearson airport

  01-04-2021 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A man wanted for vandalizing a Muslim prayer space at Pearson International Airport was arrested Friday, police say.
  
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• What you can and cannot do when Ontario shuts down at midnight

  01-04-2021 23:29
  
  Ontario will go into a four-week shutdown on Saturday. These are the new rules for the province.
  
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• What you can and cannot do in Ontario’s provincewide shutdown

  01-04-2021 23:29
  Here are the new rules under Ontario's month-long shutdown.
  
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• Relentless Andreescu reaches Miami Open final after battling back to beat Sakkari

  01-04-2021 23:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's Bianca Andreescu is heading to the final of the Miami Open after yet another three-set victory.
  
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• The hiring scandal at the University of Toronto that was supposed to die - iPolitics.ca

  01-04-2021 22:52
  
  The hiring scandal at the University of Toronto that was supposed to die  iPolitics.ca
  
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• Former Toronto Blue Jays youth baseball instructor charged with child luring - CBC.ca

  01-04-2021 22:38
  
  Former Toronto Blue Jays youth baseball instructor charged with child luring  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto and Peel Region to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to residents 60 and up starting on Friday - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  01-04-2021 22:10
  
  Toronto and Peel Region to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to residents 60 and up starting on Friday  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Lockdown? Shutdown? What’s changing in Ontario over next four-weeks - CityNews Toronto

  01-04-2021 21:31
  
  Lockdown? Shutdown? What’s changing in Ontario over next four-weeks  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Some on-street parking enforcement in Toronto suspended over most of Easter weekend

  01-04-2021 21:12
  
  Toronto police have announced that some on-street parking enforcement will be suspended over parts of the upcoming Easter weekend.
  
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• Woman accused of producing fake COVID-19 test result upon landing at Toronto airport

  01-04-2021 19:45
  Peel police have charged a 26-year-old woman who allegedly produced a fraudulent negative COVID-19 test upon landing at Pearson International Airport earlier this week.
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays' youth baseball instructor charged with child luring - CBC.ca

  01-04-2021 19:30
  
  Toronto Blue Jays' youth baseball instructor charged with child luring  CBC.ca
  
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• 'I was in tears': Toronto health-care worker says she was turned away from her COVID-19 vaccination appointment - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  01-04-2021 19:17
  
  'I was in tears': Toronto health-care worker says she was turned away from her COVID-19 vaccination appointment  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• 'I was in tears': Toronto health-care worker says she was turned away from her COVID-19 vaccination appointment

  01-04-2021 19:11
  
  A health-care worker in Toronto says she was unable to get her COVID-19 vaccine after she was turned away from her booked appointment to receive the shot at a local hospital.
  
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• Former Toronto Blue Jays youth baseball instructor charged with child luring

  01-04-2021 19:04 via cbc.ca
  
  A former instructor with the Toronto Blue Jays' academy for young players faces two child sexual offences, including luring, say Halton regional police. The MLB team also reacts to the news.
  
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• YCDSB issues apology after incorrectly suggesting to parents that schools will close following April break

  01-04-2021 18:24
  
  The York Catholic District School Board has issued an apology after it incorrectly suggested that schools could be forced to switch to remote-only instruction as part of a four-week provincewide shutdown.
  
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• Here's where you can get brunch boxes in Toronto | Dished - Daily Hive

  01-04-2021 18:22
  
  Here's where you can get brunch boxes in Toronto | Dished  Daily Hive
  
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• Blue Jays youth baseball instructor charged with child luring

  01-04-2021 18:18
  A lead instructor with the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Academy is facing child-luring charges.
  
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• Man, 20, charged with first-degree murder in Toronto double shooting - Toronto Sun

  01-04-2021 18:15
  
  Man, 20, charged with first-degree murder in Toronto double shooting  Toronto Sun
  
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• Tech sector leads stocks higher in Toronto, U.S. stock markets also climb - Coast Reporter

  01-04-2021 17:45
  
  Tech sector leads stocks higher in Toronto, U.S. stock markets also climb  Coast Reporter
  
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• York Region District School Board pulls police from its schools

  01-04-2021 17:44
  
  York Region District School Board says it's pulling police officers out of its schools.
  
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• Torontonians 60+ will be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting on Friday

  01-04-2021 17:37
  Toronto residents 60 years of age and older will be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments at city-run clinics starting Friday after the province authorized the city to lower its age eligibility.
  
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• People 50 and older in one of Toronto's hot spot neighbourhoods can now get a COVID-19 shot - CTV Toronto

  01-04-2021 17:37
  
  People 50 and older in one of Toronto's hot spot neighbourhoods can now get a COVID-19 shot  CTV Toronto
  
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• People 50 and older in one of Toronto's hot spot neighbourhoods can now get a COVID-19 shot

  01-04-2021 17:37
  Humber River Hospital will now begin inoculating people 50 and older who live in the nearby catchment area as Phase 2 of Ontario's vaccine rollout targets hot spot areas.
  
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• Police make arrest in fatal laneway shooting near Yonge and Summerhill

  01-04-2021 17:31
  
  Police have made an arrest in connection with a midtown Toronto shooting that resulted in the death of a 23-year-old man.
  
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• Ontario expanding COVID-19 vaccine pharmacy program to those 55 and older as locations double to 750

  01-04-2021 17:25
  
  More people in Ontario will soon be able to book a shot to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy.
  
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• Chef Mark McEwan picks the best hot dogs in Toronto - Post City

  01-04-2021 17:19
  
  Chef Mark McEwan picks the best hot dogs in Toronto  Post City
  
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• Certain Affinity Celebrates Second Anniversary of Toronto Studio with New Executive Hire and "Studio of the Year" Award Nomination - Investing News Network

  01-04-2021 17:11
  
  Certain Affinity Celebrates Second Anniversary of Toronto Studio with New Executive Hire and "Studio of the Year" Award Nomination  Investing News Network
  
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• Throwback Thursday: Keating Channel and Toronto Skyline - Urban Toronto

  01-04-2021 17:03
  
  Throwback Thursday: Keating Channel and Toronto Skyline  Urban Toronto
  
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• More Ontario pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccine to those aged 55 and up

  01-04-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  See the full list of participating pharmacies in this story.
  
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• More Ontario pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccine to those 55-plus

  01-04-2021 17:00 via cbc.ca
  
  See the full list of participating pharmacies in this story.
  
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• Archdiocese of Toronto talks about church modifications this Easter | Watch News Videos Online - Globalnews.ca

  01-04-2021 16:48
  
  Archdiocese of Toronto talks about church modifications this Easter | Watch News Videos Online  Globalnews.ca
  
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• Ontario reports nearly 2,600 new COVID-19 for first time in months

  01-04-2021 16:23
  
  Ontario health officials are reporting nearly 2,600 new cases of COVID-19 for first time in more than two months.
  
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• Ontario reports nearly 2,600 new COVID-19 cases for first time in months

  01-04-2021 16:23
  Ontario health officials are reporting nearly 2,600 new cases of COVID-19 for first time in more than two months.
  
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• Stay-at-home orders, increased vaccinations needed to blunt growth of COVID-19 variant in Ontario: modelling

  01-04-2021 16:03
  Ontario will need to implement stay-at-home orders and administer more vaccines to curb the spread of COVID-19 and its variants in the third wave, according to the province’s science advisory table.
  
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• 20-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder in connection with Toronto shooting - Global News

  01-04-2021 15:44
  
  20-year-old charged with 1st-degree murder in connection with Toronto shooting  Global News
  
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• Ontario is being led down 'very dangerous path' as third wave slams province, ICU doctors say

  01-04-2021 15:43
  
  A group of doctors working in Ontario’s intensive care units are slamming the Ford government, saying the province’s current COVID-19 framework is not working and is allowing the deadly disease to “run free.”
  
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• People 50 + in one of Toronto's hot spot neighbourhoods can now get a COVID-19 shot - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  01-04-2021 15:38
  
  People 50 + in one of Toronto's hot spot neighbourhoods can now get a COVID-19 shot  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Toronto's condo market heats up - National Post

  01-04-2021 15:23
  
  Toronto's condo market heats up  National Post
  
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• Stay-at-home order needed to control third wave of COVID-19 in Ontario, science advisers say

  01-04-2021 15:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The spread of variants of concern is dangerously outpacing Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, provincial health experts said Thursday, and even with a four-week stay-at-home order admissions to intensive care will likely top 800 this month.
  
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• Ontario to present new COVID-19 models ahead of expected shutdown announcement

  01-04-2021 15:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Health officials are set to present the latest COVID-19 modelling for Ontario this morning, hours ahead of an expected announcement that the government will impose a month-long shutdown in the province.
  
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• Ontario presenting new COVID-19 models ahead of expected shutdown announcement

  01-04-2021 15:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The spread of variants of concern is dangerously outpacing Ontario's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, provincial health experts said Thursday, and even with a four-week stay-at-home order admissions to intensive care will likely top 800 this month.
  
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• Tag Americas Introduces Tag Canada, Toronto-based Creative Production Hub - PRNewswire

  01-04-2021 15:02
  
  Tag Americas Introduces Tag Canada, Toronto-based Creative Production Hub  PRNewswire
  
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• Toronto sculptor Gillian Genser's new work depicts our connection to the environment, and one another - The Globe and Mail

  01-04-2021 15:00
  
  Toronto sculptor Gillian Genser's new work depicts our connection to the environment, and one another  The Globe and Mail
  
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