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• Huge backlog looms, fraudsters empowered amid Small Claims Court near-shutdown

  28-06-2021 23:51
  
  Tens of thousands of people relying on Ontario’s small claims court to settle disputes have been largely out of luck for over a year, as the court has suspended much of its operations despite other courts and tribunals operating remotely.
  
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• Harry Potter musical announces it's coming back to Toronto - blogTO

  28-06-2021 23:40
  
  Harry Potter musical announces it's coming back to Toronto  blogTO
  
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• 10 things to do on Canada Day 2021 in Toronto - blogTO

  28-06-2021 22:44
  
  10 things to do on Canada Day 2021 in Toronto  blogTO
  
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• Canada Day celebrations are starting to be cancelled in Toronto this year - blogTO

  28-06-2021 22:41
  
  Canada Day celebrations are starting to be cancelled in Toronto this year  blogTO
  
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• Here are 5 things a Toronto salon owner wants you to know as you book your Step 2 haircut - CTV Toronto

  28-06-2021 22:29
  
  Here are 5 things a Toronto salon owner wants you to know as you book your Step 2 haircut  CTV Toronto
  
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• Here are 5 things a Toronto salon owner wants you to know as you book your Step 2 haircut

  28-06-2021 22:29
  
  This week, Torontonians are eager to settle back into the salon chair, while hair stylists are just as keen to start chopping.
  
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• TFC Notebook: Toronto FC are on pace for their worst season in franchise history - Waking The Red

  28-06-2021 22:17
  
  TFC Notebook: Toronto FC are on pace for their worst season in franchise history  Waking The Red
  
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• Environment Canada issues heat warnings for parts of Ontario with temperatures set to soar into low 30s

  28-06-2021 21:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued heat warnings and special weather statements for much of southern Ontario.
  
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• Downtown Toronto office vacancies reach highest level since 2008 - BNN

  28-06-2021 21:27
  
  Downtown Toronto office vacancies reach highest level since 2008  BNN
  
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• Toronto destroys community garden at local park without warning - blogTO

  28-06-2021 21:01
  
  Toronto destroys community garden at local park without warning  blogTO
  
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• How Toronto's Dixon Road inspired this playwright to create a 'musical journey' about its Somali Canadian community - Toronto Star

  28-06-2021 20:54
  
  How Toronto's Dixon Road inspired this playwright to create a 'musical journey' about its Somali Canadian community  Toronto Star
  
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• Toronto teacher who led fatal school canoe trip testifies at negligence trial - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  28-06-2021 20:17
  
  Toronto teacher who led fatal school canoe trip testifies at negligence trial  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• 'Repeat offender' slapped with more than a dozen tickets from Toronto's automated speed cameras - CTV Toronto

  28-06-2021 19:36
  
  'Repeat offender' slapped with more than a dozen tickets from Toronto's automated speed cameras  CTV Toronto
  
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• 'Frequent repeat offender' slapped with more than a dozen tickets from Toronto's automated speed cameras

  28-06-2021 19:36
  
  A driver in Toronto racked up more than a dozen speeding tickets in the month of April, according to newly released data from the city’s automated speed cameras.
  
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• Accused in fatal London, Ont., truck attack now has a Toronto lawyer, court told - CBC.ca

  28-06-2021 19:31
  
  Accused in fatal London, Ont., truck attack now has a Toronto lawyer, court told  CBC.ca
  
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• 'We need to open things up,' Ford visits Simcoe Muskoka days before Step 2 reopening

  28-06-2021 19:30
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford visited Simcoe Muskoka on Monday with stops in Orillia, just days before the province enters Step 2 of its economic reopening.
  
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• Toronto's newest outrageous ice cream sandwich comes with two butter tarts - blogTO

  28-06-2021 19:20
  
  Toronto's newest outrageous ice cream sandwich comes with two butter tarts  blogTO
  
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• Ontario premier, MPP and Bracebridge mayor make infrastructure announcement

  28-06-2021 19:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Norman Miller, parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and Member of Provincial Parliament for Parry Sound—Muskoka, is joined by Premier Doug Ford, Mayor of Bracebridge Graydon Smith, and District of Muskoka Chair John Klinck to make an infrastructure announcement.
  
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• Theodore Too expected in Kingston, Toronto before arriving at new Hamilton home in mid-July - Global News

  28-06-2021 18:53
  
  Theodore Too expected in Kingston, Toronto before arriving at new Hamilton home in mid-July  Global News
  
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• Toronto teacher who led fatal school canoe trip testifies at negligence trial - CTV Toronto

  28-06-2021 18:11
  
  Toronto teacher who led fatal school canoe trip testifies at negligence trial  CTV Toronto
  
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• Toronto teacher who led fatal school canoe trip testifies at negligence trial

  28-06-2021 18:11
  
  A Toronto teacher who led a school canoe trip during which a teenage student drowned says participants were never required to go without a life jacket during a mandatory pre-excursion swimming test.
  
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• Raptors: A Damian Lillard trade could actually hamper Toronto for years - Raptors Rapture

  28-06-2021 18:04
  
  Raptors: A Damian Lillard trade could actually hamper Toronto for years  Raptors Rapture
  
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• Man in his 60s dies following industrial accident at York University

  28-06-2021 18:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say a worker in his 60s has died following an industrial accident at a construction site at York University on Monday. 
  
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• Man dies following industrial accident in North York

  28-06-2021 18:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police say a man died following an industrial accident in North York on Monday. 
  
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• Tory supports renaming Toronto street over namesake's ties to slavery - CTV Toronto

  28-06-2021 17:59
  
  Tory supports renaming Toronto street over namesake's ties to slavery  CTV Toronto
  
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• Tory supports renaming Toronto street over namesake's ties to slavery

  28-06-2021 17:59
  
  Mayor John Tory showed his support for the renaming of Dundas Street, following growing calls to remove its namesake, who had an “instrumental role” in delaying the abolition of the slave trade, from the city’s map.
  
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• Man in his sixties killed by falling window at construction site

  28-06-2021 17:51
  
  A construction worker is dead following an industrial accident at York University Monday morning.
  
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• Man dead following 'tragic' industrial accident near York University

  28-06-2021 17:51
  
  A construction worker is dead following an industrial accident near York University Monday morning.
  
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• Man dead following 'tragic' industrial accident at York University

  28-06-2021 17:51
  
  A construction worker is dead following an industrial accident at York University Monday morning.
  
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• Man dead following industrial accident near York University

  28-06-2021 17:51
  
  Toronto police say that a man is dead following an industrial accident near York University Monday morning.
  
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• Toronto adds 375,000 appointments at city clinics amid Delta variant concerns

  28-06-2021 17:43
  
  Toronto is adding hundreds of thousands of new appointments at its vaccination clinics over the next three weeks amid concerns about the spread of the Delta variant.
  
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• Toronto's Dundas Street one step closer to being renamed after city staff report recommendation

  28-06-2021 17:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Mayor John Tory and city staff are recommending renaming Dundas Street following a 2020 petition to scrap the name due to Henry Dundas's association with the Trans-Atlantic slave trade. 
  
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• Toronto's speed cameras issued more than 22,000 tickets in April, found over 1,500 repeat offenders

  28-06-2021 17:27 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Toronto says it issued 22,635 tickets in April through the use of 50 automated speed enforcement devices.
  
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• Toronto adds 375,000 coronavirus vaccine appointments as mayor warns of Delta variant delaying reopening - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  28-06-2021 17:03
  
  Toronto adds 375,000 coronavirus vaccine appointments as mayor warns of Delta variant delaying reopening  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• McKenna not running in next election, cites desire to spend time with kids, fight climate change

  28-06-2021 16:51
  
  Ottawa Centre MP Catherine McKenna will not be running in the next federal election, telling those gathered at her announcement Monday that she wants to spend more time with her three children and continue fighting climate change.
  
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• UPDATE: Woman, 32, arrested in downtown Toronto arson investigation - Toronto.com

  28-06-2021 16:37
  
  UPDATE: Woman, 32, arrested in downtown Toronto arson investigation  Toronto.com
  
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• Modern tower with a rooftop deck is coming to Toronto's waterfront - blogTO

  28-06-2021 16:33
  
  Modern tower with a rooftop deck is coming to Toronto's waterfront  blogTO
  
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• Ontario reports 210 new COVID-19 cases as more adults now eligible for an accelerated 2nd vaccine

  28-06-2021 16:31 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported another 210 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, the fewest on a single day since mid-September, as all adults in the province who got a first shot of an mRNA vaccine were able to try to book an appointment for an accelerated second dose.
  
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• Ontario marks one-day drop with just over 200 new COVID-19 cases reported

  28-06-2021 16:06
  
  Ontario health officials are reporting just over 200 new cases of COVID-19, marking the lowest case count seen since mid-September.
  
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• Accused in fatal London, Ont., truck attack to appear in court

  28-06-2021 14:45 via cbc.ca
  
  The man facing murder and terrorism charges after members of a London, Ont., family were killed in a hit-and-run on June 6 is expected to appear in court this morning.
  
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• Accused in fatal London, Ont., truck attack now has a Toronto lawyer, court told

  28-06-2021 14:45 via cbc.ca
  
  The man facing murder and terrorism charges in the hit and run of a London, Ont., family earlier this month now has a Toronto lawyer, court was told Monday.
  
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• One person injured in shooting on roadway in Brampton, Ont.

  28-06-2021 13:44
  
  One person was seriously injured during a shooting on the northwestern edge of Brampton late on Sunday night, Peel Regional Police say.
  
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• All Ontario adults eligible to book accelerated second COVID-19 vaccine dose starting today

  28-06-2021 13:22
  
  All Ontario adults are eligible for an accelerated second dose of COVID-19 vaccine as of today.
  
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• This $7.5 million mansion north of Toronto looks like an English Castle on the inside - blogTO

  28-06-2021 13:09
  
  This $7.5 million mansion north of Toronto looks like an English Castle on the inside  blogTO
  
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• Toronto's mayor holds COVID-19 update after city hits new record for single-day vaccinations

  28-06-2021 13:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of volunteers administered nearly 27,000 COVID-19 vaccines at a mass clinic at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena on Sunday, in what the city is calling a new North American record.
  
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• Toronto opens up 375,000 new COVID-19 vaccine appointments for July

  28-06-2021 13:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Toronto says it is opening up 375,000 new vaccine appointments over the next three weeks.
  
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• Nearly 27,000 COVID-19 vaccines administered at record-breaking Scotiabank Arena clinic

  28-06-2021 13:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Hundreds of volunteers administered nearly 27,000 COVID-19 vaccines at a mass clinic at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena on Sunday, in what the city is calling a new North American record.
  
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• Adam Zivo: A University of Toronto student union is going to war in defence of anti-Semitism - National Post

  28-06-2021 12:02
  
  Adam Zivo: A University of Toronto student union is going to war in defence of anti-Semitism  National Post
  
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• How the pandemic helped us view Toronto's green spaces in a different light

  28-06-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Lubna Rehman and Riffat Fatima, community champion volunteers for E.T. Seton Park, met with Metro Morning's Ismaila Alfa to share their love of their local ravine.
  
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• Total COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to top 50 million doses by week's end

  28-06-2021 10:47
  
  Canada should have enough COVID-19 vaccine by the end of this week to fully inoculate three-quarters of all Canadians over the age of 12.
  
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