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• Business Report: Kleenex pulling out of Canada - CityNews Toronto

  25-08-2023 23:56
  
  Business Report: Kleenex pulling out of Canada  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Actors union rallies outside Amazon, Apple headquarters in Toronto - CityNews Toronto

  25-08-2023 23:48
  Actors union rallies outside Amazon, Apple headquarters in Toronto  CityNews Toronto
  
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• New Toronto bar accused of homophobia and discrimination in viral ... - blogTO

  25-08-2023 23:29
  
  New Toronto bar accused of homophobia and discrimination in viral ...  blogTO
  
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• Metro seeks injunction against striking workers preventing deliveries to stores - CityNews Toronto

  25-08-2023 23:26
  Metro seeks injunction against striking workers preventing deliveries to stores  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Yorkville Murals festival celebrates 5th year as artists transform city spaces

  25-08-2023 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto's captivating art and mural festival is making its return Aug. 26 to Aug. 27, celebrating five years of transforming Toronto’s streets into a cultural art experience.
  
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• Jamaican workers expelled from Ontario farm after protesting poor conditions: advocates

  25-08-2023 23:19 via cbc.ca
  
  The Canadian and Jamaican governments are investigating allegations that an Ontario farm sent a group of Jamaican migrant workers home after they held a one-day strike to protest what they described as subpar living conditions.
  
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• TIFF: Bell to end partnership with Toronto festival - CP24

  25-08-2023 23:16
  TIFF: Bell to end partnership with Toronto festival  CP24
  
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• Toronto Public Health reports two human cases of West Nile virus - CP24

  25-08-2023 23:13
  
  Toronto Public Health reports two human cases of West Nile virus  CP24
  
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• Ontario government, public high school teachers' union agree to process to avoid strikes

  25-08-2023 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government says public high school students and teachers will stay in class this fall without the threat of a strike. 
  
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• Deal between Ontario high school teachers and province would avoid strikes: ministry

  25-08-2023 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Public high school teachers in Ontario won't go on strike this fall, keeping students in class, if they agree to accept a proposed deal struck Friday between the province and their union.
  
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• PortsToronto tests aquadrones to clean harbour - CityNews Toronto

  25-08-2023 22:22
  
  PortsToronto tests aquadrones to clean harbour  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Accused in University of Waterloo stabbings charged with attempted murder, added to other counts

  25-08-2023 22:13 via cbc.ca
  
  A 24-year-old former student faces an additional charge, of attempted murder, following the stabbings of an instructor and two students during a University of Waterloo, Ont., gender-studies class in June.
  
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• 4 suspects sought after allegedly posing as GTA homeowners to sell property, take out second mortgage

  25-08-2023 21:56
  
  Peel Regional Police are looking for four suspects allegedly involved in real estate scams in the Greater Toronto Area that saw them sell a property they rented and, in one instance, take out a second mortgage by pretending to be the homeowner.
  
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• Ontario government, secondary school teachers' union agree to process to avoid strike

  25-08-2023 21:53
  
  The Ontario government has announced it will enter a process with the province’s secondary school teachers' union to avoid strikes and keep kids in school, pending a vote by the union.
  
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• Ontario government, secondary school teachers agree to process to avoid strike

  25-08-2023 21:53
  
  The Ontario government has announced it will enter a process with the province’s secondary school teachers to avoid strikes and keep kids in school, pending a vote by the union.
  
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• Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce holding news conference Friday afternoon

  25-08-2023 21:53
  
  Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is set to hold a news conference Friday afternoon.
  
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• Mayor Olivia Chow goes for a dip as she announces extended dates for 10 outdoor pools

  25-08-2023 21:51
  
  As the end of the summer approaches, the city is giving Toronto residents a chance to squeeze out a little bit more fun in the sun by keeping some city-run pools open past Labour Day.
  
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• Porter flying to sunny U.S. cities in new jets without middle seats this fall

  25-08-2023 21:46
  
  Porter Airlines will be taking off to sunny U.S. destinations for the first time in its new fleet of jets this fall.
  
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• TIFF set to lose lead sponsor Bell after a nearly three-decade partnership

  25-08-2023 21:44
  
  The Toronto International Film Festival is set to lose Bell as its leading sponsor.
  
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• Sharif Rahman, restaurant owner beaten in Owen Sound over unpaid dining bill, dies in London hospital

  25-08-2023 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  The 44-year-old restaurant owner who was brutally beaten in Owen Sound, Ont., during a dispute earlier this month over an unpaid bill has died in a London, Ont., hospital. 
  
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• Death of Sharif Rahman, restaurant owner beaten in Owen Sound over unpaid dining bill, now considered homicide

  25-08-2023 21:23 via cbc.ca
  
  The 44-year-old restaurant owner who was brutally beaten in Owen Sound, Ont., during a dispute earlier this month over an unpaid dining bill has died in a London, Ont., hospital. Police are investigating his death as a homicide and looking for three suspects.
  
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• 'Dirty and gross': Toronto mother says she's disturbed by the state of ... - NOW Toronto

  25-08-2023 20:48
  
  'Dirty and gross': Toronto mother says she's disturbed by the state of ...  NOW Toronto
  
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• Ford 'confident' nothing criminal about government's handling of Greenbelt amid possible RCMP probe

  25-08-2023 20:44
  
  Premier Doug Ford says he takes any potential criminal investigation into his government’s handling of the Greenbelt land removals 'extremely serious' and is 'confident' there has been no wrongdoing on the part of the province.
  
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• Future of Toronto street festival on the rocks after lack of funding - blogTO

  25-08-2023 20:35
  
  Future of Toronto street festival on the rocks after lack of funding  blogTO
  
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• Guilty pleas in Toronto tow truck corruption case - CTV News Toronto

  25-08-2023 20:33
  Guilty pleas in Toronto tow truck corruption case  CTV News Toronto
  
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• 2 plead guilty in Toronto tow truck corruption case as officer heads to trial

  25-08-2023 20:33
  
  Two men have pleaded guilty for their roles in a sprawling insurance scam to stage car crashes and defraud insurance companies in a case with ties to Toronto's tow truck turf wars and a police officer, CTV News Toronto has learned.
  
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• Cleanup of creeks after industrial Toronto fire to take until October, ministry says - Global News

  25-08-2023 20:25
  
  Cleanup of creeks after industrial Toronto fire to take until October, ministry says  Global News
  
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• Suspects in armed Markham, Ont. home invasion targeted wrong address, delivered extortion letter: police

  25-08-2023 20:16
  
  Three men are still outstanding after an alleged armed home invasion in Markham, Ont. earlier this month, but investigators believe the suspects got the wrong address.
  
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• Police say suspects in armed Markham, Ont. home invasion targeted wrong address

  25-08-2023 20:16
  
  Three men are still outstanding after an alleged armed home invasion in Markham, Ont. earlier this month, but investigators believe the suspects got the wrong address.
  
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• Ford says he's confident nothing criminal took place in Greenbelt land swap amid RCMP probe

  25-08-2023 20:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford says he takes the RCMP's potential investigation into his government's controversial Greenbelt land swap seriously but is confident there was no criminal activity.
  
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• Man wanted in alleged armed robbery in downtown Toronto - CityNews Toronto

  25-08-2023 19:48
  
  Man wanted in alleged armed robbery in downtown Toronto  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Toronto FC star Lorenzo Insigne leaves training after spat with TFC interim head coach Terry Dunfield - Waking The Red

  25-08-2023 19:37
  Toronto FC star Lorenzo Insigne leaves training after spat with TFC interim head coach Terry Dunfield  Waking The Red
  
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• Former figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont., identified as new mom killed in Melancthon crash

  25-08-2023 19:30
  
  A figure skating Olympian from Barrie, Ont. has been identified as the 31-year-old woman killed in a multi-vehicle collision in Melancthon Township earlier this week.
  
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• 'I'm home': Fan Expo Canada opens with Neve Campbell at 'Scream' panel

  25-08-2023 18:41
  
  Actress Neve Campbell stepped out onto a stage at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to raucous applause along with some of her co-stars from the iconic slasher film Scream as Fan Expo Canada got underway Thursday night.
  
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• City of Toronto helps residents keep cool this September; extends ... - Toronto

  25-08-2023 18:39
  
  City of Toronto helps residents keep cool this September; extends ...  Toronto
  
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• Teen dead after being swept into storm tunnel during heavy rain: Toronto fire - CBC.ca

  25-08-2023 18:36
  
  Teen dead after being swept into storm tunnel during heavy rain: Toronto fire  CBC.ca
  
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• Teen dead after being swept into storm tunnel during heavy rain: Toronto fire

  25-08-2023 18:31 via cbc.ca
  
  A teenager was found dead Friday after he reportedly got caught in a storm drain tunnel in a Toronto park during heavy rain overnight, fire crews say.
  
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• EllisDon to launch 4-tower Toronto Arcadia District condos - Real Estate News EXchange - RENX

  25-08-2023 18:27
  
  EllisDon to launch 4-tower Toronto Arcadia District condos  Real Estate News EXchange - RENX
  
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• Toronto drivers spend more than 8 days a year in traffic, study finds - National Post

  25-08-2023 18:06
  Toronto drivers spend more than 8 days a year in traffic, study finds  National Post
  
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• Toronto bakery nailed with 10 infractions by health inspectors - blogTO

  25-08-2023 17:48
  
  Toronto bakery nailed with 10 infractions by health inspectors  blogTO
  
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• Joy Drop: Excited for 1st trip to Toronto's summer-ending CNE - CBC Sports

  25-08-2023 17:46
  
  Joy Drop: Excited for 1st trip to Toronto's summer-ending CNE  CBC Sports
  
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• Toronto A&W restaurant video footage of gunpoint robbery - CTV News Toronto

  25-08-2023 17:28
  
  Toronto A&W restaurant video footage of gunpoint robbery  CTV News Toronto
  
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• Security footage shows brazen gunpoint robbery at Toronto fast food restaurant

  25-08-2023 17:28
  
  New surveillance footage has surfaced showing a brazen gunpoint robbery at an A&W restaurant in Toronto on Thursday night.
  
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• With statement win over France, Canadian men prove contender status at basketball World Cup

  25-08-2023 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada opened the men's basketball World Cup with an impressive 95-65 win victory over France on Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  
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• Porter Airlines will soon fly from Toronto to five new cities in this ... - blogTO

  25-08-2023 17:22
  
  Porter Airlines will soon fly from Toronto to five new cities in this ...  blogTO
  
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• Canada makes statement with blowout victory over France in basketball World Cup opener

  25-08-2023 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada opened the men's basketball World Cup with an impressive 95-65 win victory over France on Friday in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  
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• Recent Amber Alert not delivered across province due to software update: OPP

  25-08-2023 17:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Provincial Police say a software update by a third party resulted in an Amber Alert not going out to cellphones across the province this week.
  
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• Doug Ford to speak with media at 12:30 p.m. ET

  25-08-2023 16:46 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario premier's office didn't say what Ford would be speaking about, though reporters will likely have questions about Greenbelt development, municipal budget pressures and what the province is doing to support asylum seekers.
  
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• Kleenex tissues to disappear from store shelves in Canada - CityNews Toronto

  25-08-2023 16:39
  Kleenex tissues to disappear from store shelves in Canada  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Video shows arrest of 22-year-old driver caught going more than double speed limit in GTA: police

  25-08-2023 16:38
  
  Police have released video footage of the arrest of a 22-year-old man who they say was caught going nearly 150 kilometres/hour in a 60-kilometre zone north of Toronto last weekend.
  
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