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• Volunteers help food banks prepare for the holidays as need hits 'crisis levels'

  17-12-2022 23:43 via cbc.ca
  Food banks are renewing calls for long-term solutions to food insecurity as they prepare for a busy holiday season, with the latest numbers showing demand is at an all time high.
  
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• Some businesses report 40% loss in revenue during Dundas Street sinkhole repair: BIA chair

  17-12-2022 21:35
  Some businesses in Little Portugal lost more than 40 per cent in revenue during a three-week closure of a portion of Dundas Street West for sinkhole repairs, the neighbourhood’s Business Improvement Area (BIA) chair says.
  
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• At least three suspects sought after man stabbed in Brampton

  17-12-2022 21:05
  A man has been injured in a stabbing in Brampton, and Peel police are looking for at least three suspects.
  
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• Peel police warn of scammers posing as food delivery drivers

  17-12-2022 19:25
  Peel Regional Police (PRP) is warning residents of a recurring scam where individuals allegedly pose as food delivery drivers to access your bank account.
  
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• London Knights player falls to death, LPS Major Crime Section investigating

  17-12-2022 18:26
  The London Police Service (LPS) Major Crime Section is investigating after a man fell to his death from a downtown London, Ont. apartment building on Saturday morning. Hours later, CTV News London learned the deceased was London Knights forward Abakar Kazbekov.
  
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• 'Our family hasn’t given up': Rally to mark six-year anniversary of Soleiman Faqiri's death at Ontario jail

  17-12-2022 17:09
  Friends, family, and supporters of the 30-year-old man who died in custody in an Ontario jail six years ago are holding a rally in downtown Toronto Saturday night to mark the anniversary of his death.
  
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• 'Our family hasn’t given up': Rally marks six-year anniversary of Soleiman Faqiri's death at Ontario jail

  17-12-2022 17:09
  Friends, family, and supporters of the 30-year-old man who died in custody in an Ontario jail six years ago held a rally in downtown Toronto Saturday night to mark the anniversary of his death.
  
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• Toronto man, 25, charged with unprovoked attacks on TTC

  17-12-2022 16:48 via cbc.ca
  Toronto police say a man has been charged in connection with random attacks on the TTC earlier this week.
  
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• Suspect arrested after two 'random attacks' on Toronto subway

  17-12-2022 16:06
  Toronto police have arrested a suspect in connection with two “random attacks” on the subway earlier this week.
  
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• Kilde wins Saslong downhill; Canada's Crawford finishes 5th

  17-12-2022 15:39 via cbc.ca
  Norwegian skier Aleksander Aamodt Kilde returned to the top of a men's World Cup downhill podium on Saturday, two days after finishing fifth in a shortened race at the same resort in Selva di Val Gardena, Italy.
  
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• Toronto's mayor John Tory at his worst - The Globe and Mail

  17-12-2022 15:00 via news.google.com
  Toronto's mayor John Tory at his worst  The Globe and Mail
  
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• Peel police charge retired Catholic priest with sexual assault

  17-12-2022 14:19 via cbc.ca
  Peel police say a retired priest has been charged in a historical sexual assault investigation.
  
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• Peel police charge retired Catholic priest in connection with sexual assault

  17-12-2022 14:19 via cbc.ca
  Peel police say a retired priest has been charged in a historical sexual assault investigation.
  
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• Hockey Canada members to vote on slate of board of directors nominees

  17-12-2022 14:16 via cbc.ca
  Hockey Canada's provincial and territorial members will vote Saturday on whether to approve a slate of nominees to fill the organization's nine vacancies on its board of directors.
  
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• Hockey Canada members elect new board of directors

  17-12-2022 14:16 via cbc.ca
  Hockey Canada's provincial and territorial members have elected a new board of directors following a vote at the national sport organization's annual winter meeting.
  
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• Mississauga to consider mandating more family-sized units amid condo boom

  17-12-2022 14:05
  A Mississauga city councillor wants to see more family-sized units included in new high-rises, arguing that the city needs to ensure it’s “actually housing people instead of warehousing people” as it builds up.
  
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• Sarah Polley says stakes are 'incredibly high' in Women Talking, her Oscar-buzzed fourth film

  17-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Sarah Polley sat down with CBC's Eli Glasner during TIFF to discuss her latest feature film, Women Talking, a tense drama about sexual abuse in a Mennonite community. The movie is garnering Oscar buzz as it heads to Canadian theatres on Dec. 23.
  
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• Ontario Place plans are being reviewed by the city. But some urge Toronto to look at other options

  17-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Toronto is reviewing plans to turn Ontario Place into a sprawling private water park and spa with underground parking for more than 2,000 vehicles — a project that would require nearly 850 trees on the grounds be cut down.
  
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• Canada embraces its immigrant soccer stars. Where's the support for migrant rights?

  17-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  As a country with a settler, colonial past and a complicated relationship with migrants, the issues that have unfolded in Qatar must give Canadians pause as we prepare to co-host our own World Cup in 2026, writes Sarah Adjekum.
  
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• Abandon plans for private spa at Ontario Place, advocates urge, as city reviews controversial proposal

  17-12-2022 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Toronto is reviewing plans to turn Ontario Place into a sprawling private water park and spa with underground parking for more than 2,000 vehicles — a project that would require nearly 850 trees on the grounds be cut down.
  
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• Where to watch Sunday's FIFA World Cup final in Toronto - CP24

  17-12-2022 09:00 via news.google.com
  Where to watch Sunday's FIFA World Cup final in Toronto  CP24
  
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• Irving's buzzer-beating longball leads Nets past Raptors, who suffer 4th straight loss

  17-12-2022 04:28 via cbc.ca
  Kyrie Irving had 32 points, including a three-point buzzer-beater with a tenth of a second on the clock, to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 119-116 win over the struggling Toronto Raptors on Friday.
  
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• Ontario's first supervised drug inhalation service opens in Toronto - CP24

  17-12-2022 03:57 via news.google.com
  Ontario's first supervised drug inhalation service opens in Toronto  CP24
  
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• Portion of Dundas Street West that closed due to sinkhole expected to reopen Monday

  17-12-2022 03:07
  A portion of Dundas Street in the city's west end that has been blocked following the discovery of a sinkhole last month could reopen as early as next week.
  
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• What happened to the King Street transit corridor? Pundits say there's no enforcement of redesign

  17-12-2022 03:05 via cbc.ca
  A Toronto city councillor and a public transit advocate say a stretch of King Street West should make streetcar traffic a priority again and the city should explain why the busy downtown corridor is now crawling with cars.
  
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• Regis Korchinski-Paquet's family holding toy drive and giveaway in her honour

  17-12-2022 01:50
  The family of Regis Korchinski-Paquet is coming together for a toy drive and giveaway this weekend to remember the 29 year old and make a difference for other families this holiday season.
  
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• Statement from the Archdiocese of Toronto re: Fr. Joseph Wasik - Archdiocese of Toronto

  17-12-2022 00:24 via news.google.com
  Statement from the Archdiocese of Toronto re: Fr. Joseph Wasik  Archdiocese of Toronto
  
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