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• Police release photos of suspect who allegedly assaulted person getting on TTC bus in Etobicoke

  03-04-2024 23:58
  
  Toronto police have released photos of a man suspected of assaulting a TTC rider in Etobicoke last week.
  
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• Toronto-area home sales down in March, competition hikes prices up: board - CBC.ca

  03-04-2024 22:53 via news.google.com
  
  Toronto-area home sales down in March, competition hikes prices up: board  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto-area home sales down in March, competition hikes prices up: board

  03-04-2024 22:44 via cbc.ca
  
  The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says Greater Toronto home sales in March were down 4.5 per cent from last year, but there was enough competition between buyers that the average home price rose moderately year-over-year.
  
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• Stabbing at plaza in Mississauga sends man to hospital

  03-04-2024 22:13
  
  A man is in hospital after being stabbed at a plaza in Mississauga Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Toronto cop fell to ground before he was fatally run over: expert - CBC.ca

  03-04-2024 22:10 via news.google.com
  
  Toronto cop fell to ground before he was fatally run over: expert  CBC.ca
  
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• Police seek witnesses after 6 puppies abandoned in King Township

  03-04-2024 22:06 via cbc.ca
  
  York police are looking for witnesses after six puppies were found abandoned roadside on Tuesday in the Township of King. 
  
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• Lakeshore East service resumes after male struck, critically hurt by GO Train

  03-04-2024 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  A male is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a GO train west of the Pickering GO station on the Lakeshore East line on Wednesday afternoon, police say.
  
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• Lakeshore East GO train service delayed after person struck, critically hurt

  03-04-2024 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  A male is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a GO train west of the Pickering GO station on the Lakeshore East line on Wednesday afternoon, police say.
  
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• Lakeshore East GO train service delayed after person struck

  03-04-2024 22:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Police are investigating after a person was struck by a GO Train west of the Pickering GO station on the Lakeshore East line on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Canadian man killed providing aid in Gaza was a military veteran with a young son

  03-04-2024 21:54
  
  A Canadian man killed along with six other aid workers in the Gaza Strip on Monday is a military veteran from Quebec who leaves behind a partner and a one-year-old son.
  
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• 'Last real blast of winter:' Rain may change into snow tonight as temperatures drop in Toronto - CP24

  03-04-2024 21:22 via news.google.com
  
  'Last real blast of winter:' Rain may change into snow tonight as temperatures drop in Toronto  CP24
  
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• Toronto to be treated to major partial eclipse on Monday - CBC.ca

  03-04-2024 20:56 via news.google.com
  
  Toronto to be treated to major partial eclipse on Monday  CBC.ca
  
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• What Pet Parents Need to Know About the Total Solar Eclipse - Toronto Humane Society

  03-04-2024 20:29 via news.google.com
  
  What Pet Parents Need to Know About the Total Solar Eclipse  Toronto Humane Society
  
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• 6 puppies found abandoned on side of road in York Region

  03-04-2024 20:24
  
  A cage with six Husky-like puppies was found abandoned on the side of the road in York Region Tuesday and police are trying to figure out who left it there.
  
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• 'Our kids first': Doug Ford wants only Ontario students at universities, colleges

  03-04-2024 20:09
  
  Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he'd like to see Ontario post-secondary institutions attended only by students from Ontario.
  
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• Ford wants '100 per cent' Ontario students at med schools in province

  03-04-2024 20:09
  
  Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he'd like to see Ontario post-secondary institutions attended only by students from Ontario.
  
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• Ontario taxidermist falsely claimed over $1.2M in animal losses, police say

  03-04-2024 19:56 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario taxidermist is facing criminal charges after allegedly claiming fraudulent financial losses of over $1.2 million from dead exotic animals. 
  
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• Ontario taxidermist charged with insurance fraud

  03-04-2024 19:56 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario taxidermist is facing criminal charges after allegedly claiming fraudulent financial losses of over $1.2 million from dead exotic animals. 
  
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• How Toronto Maple Leafs will treat Auston Matthews’ chase for 70 goals - Sportsnet.ca

  03-04-2024 19:52 via news.google.com
  How Toronto Maple Leafs will treat Auston Matthews’ chase for 70 goals  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• Richard Neil, charged in Ontario 'woodland rapist' cold case, granted bail

  03-04-2024 19:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Richard Neil, who was arrested a month ago in connection with a series of child sexual assaults that set off an Ontario manhunt in the 1990s, has been granted bail.
  
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• Ontario not budging on fourplexes despite federal funding on the line

  03-04-2024 19:44
  
  The Doug Ford government is not budging on its stance against introducing a fourplex housing policy, despite the fact it could cost the province new funding in the 2024 federal budget.
  
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• Ontario judge strikes down parts of province's panhandling law as unconstitutional

  03-04-2024 19:44 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario court has struck down sections of the province's panhandling law as unconstitutional, ruling that most of the ways the Safe Streets Act defines aggressive solicitation violate the presumption of innocence.
  
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• Ontario court voids unconstitutional parts of panhandling law

  03-04-2024 19:44 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario court has struck down sections of the province's panhandling law as unconstitutional, ruling that most of the ways the Safe Streets Act defines aggressive solicitation violate the presumption of innocence.
  
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• Police set up command post as search for missing Richmond Hill man continues

  03-04-2024 19:28
  
  Police are scouring a Richmond Hill neighbourhood for signs of a missing 49-year-old man last seen over the weekend.
  
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• Early returns show Blue Jays' offence a work in progress - TSN

  03-04-2024 19:27 via news.google.com
  Early returns show Blue Jays' offence a work in progress  TSN
  
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• Systems restored at multiple Toronto hospitals after outage: UHN - CBC.ca

  03-04-2024 19:21 via news.google.com
  
  Systems restored at multiple Toronto hospitals after outage: UHN  CBC.ca
  
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• Ford, Trudeau governments on collision course over conditions for housing funding

  03-04-2024 19:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford doubled down Wednesday on his refusal to force municipalities to allow fourplexes on residential land, a move that could jeopardize Ontario's access to billions of dollars in federal housing funds.
  
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• Ford doubles down on refusal to allow fourplexes provincewide

  03-04-2024 19:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford doubled down Wednesday on his refusal to force municipalities to allow fourplexes on residential land, a move that could jeopardize Ontario's access to billions of dollars in federal housing funds.
  
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• Court strikes down parts of Ontario panhandling law as unconstitutional

  03-04-2024 19:06
  
  An Ontario court has struck down sections of the province's panhandling law as unconstitutional.
  
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• York police set up command post for missing Richmond Hill man

  03-04-2024 18:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A command post has been set up as York Regional Police search for a missing man from Richmond Hill. 
  
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• Previously missing Richmond Hill man found, police say

  03-04-2024 18:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A 49-year-old man from Richmond Hill who had been missing since Sunday was found, York police say. In a brief statement Thursday, police thanked the public for their assistance in locating the man.
  
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• Police search for missing Richmond Hill man last seen Sunday

  03-04-2024 18:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A command post has been set up as York Regional Police search for a missing man from Richmond Hill. 
  
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• Man files $5M lawsuit against Ont. government, Children's Aid Society alleging years of childhood abuse under provincial care

  03-04-2024 18:21
  
  A man from Toronto has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government and the Children's Aid Society of Toronto alleging he was moved between more than 40 residential placements and subject to repeated sexual, physical, and psychological abuse during the 12 years of his childhood spent under provincial care.
  
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• Man files $5M lawsuit against Ont. government, Children's Aid Society alleging years of childhood abuse

  03-04-2024 18:21
  
  A man from Toronto has filed a lawsuit against the Ontario government and the Children's Aid Society of Toronto alleging he was moved between more than 40 residential placements and subject to repeated sexual, physical, and psychological abuse during the 12 years of his childhood spent under provincial care.
  
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• Ontario byelections in Milton, Lambton-Kent-Middlesex set for May

  03-04-2024 18:19 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford has called a pair of byelections in Milton and Lambton-Kent-Middlesex for May 2. Lambton-Kent-Middlesex has been vacant for six months following the resignation of Monte McNaughton, while Milton has been vacant since January.
  
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• Ontario will not raise drinking age or stop selling alcohol in convenience stores, despite health concerns

  03-04-2024 18:12
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will not consider raising the drinking age or reducing the number of stores that sell alcohol amid health-related concerns made by the province’s top doctor.
  
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• Ontario will not raise drinking age or stop alcohol sale in corner stores despite concerns by chief medical officer

  03-04-2024 18:12
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will not consider raising the drinking age or reducing the number of stores that sell alcohol amid health-related concerns made by the province’s top doctor.
  
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• Ontario man charged in dead exotic animal insurance fraud investigation

  03-04-2024 18:05
  
  An Ontario man has been charged after police say he falsely claimed that his exotic animals were no longer viable for taxidermy due to a refrigeration failure in order to collect insurance payments.
  
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• Seven people fined $400 a day for refusing LTC transfers: Ontario government

  03-04-2024 17:36
  
  Seven people in Ontario have been fined for refusing transfers from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing.
  
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• Blue Jays unveil new food coming to Rogers Centre this season

  03-04-2024 17:08
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays unveiled new menu items coming to the Rogers Centre next week, just days ahead of the team’s home opener.
  
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• Vehicles stolen from Southern Ontario recovered in shipping containers in Montreal

  03-04-2024 17:05 via cbc.ca
  
  A police operation at the Port of Montreal has led to the recovery of 598 stolen vehicles since December, many of them stolen from southern Ontario and slated for sale overseas.
  
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• KINSELLA: City of Toronto does about-face on rainwater tax - Toronto Sun

  03-04-2024 17:05 via news.google.com
  
  KINSELLA: City of Toronto does about-face on rainwater tax  Toronto Sun
  
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• Trudeau announces $15B more for apartment construction loans

  03-04-2024 17:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $15-billion top-up to the federal government's Apartment Construction Loan Program and plans to leverage the soon-to-be $55-billion program to encourage provincial and territorial partnerships aimed at boosting rental units across Canada.
  
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• New medical school at York University to open in 2028

  03-04-2024 16:58 via cbc.ca
  
  A new medical school focused on family medicine at York University will open its doors in 2028, the province said Wednesday. Seventy per cent of its postgraduate seats will be reserved for students who intend to go into primary care.
  
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• Police recover nearly 600 stolen vehicles in Port of Montreal, most of them stolen from the GTA

  03-04-2024 16:27
  
  OPP and CBSA officials say they have recovered 598 stolen vehicles in the past few months as part of an interprovincial auto theft investigation, and 75 per cent of them were stolen in Ontario.
  
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• UHN system outage affecting multiple Toronto hospitals

  03-04-2024 16:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A system outage at Toronto's University Health Network (UHN) is causing appointment and service delays at several hospitals Wednesday.
  
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• Systems restored at multiple Toronto hospitals after outage: UHN

  03-04-2024 16:12 via cbc.ca
  
  A system outage at Toronto's University Health Network (UHN) is causing appointment and service delays at several hospitals Wednesday.
  
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• Two Durham Region men charged after female allegedly forced into vehicle, driven to Mississauga hotel

  03-04-2024 16:08
  
  Two men from Durham Region have been charged with kidnapping after allegedly forcing a female into a vehicle and driving her to a hotel in Mississauga this past weekend, police say.
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs look to clinch eighth straight playoff berth vs. Lightning - Sportsnet.ca

  03-04-2024 15:53 via news.google.com
  Toronto Maple Leafs look to clinch eighth straight playoff berth vs. Lightning  Sportsnet.ca
  
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• Ontario announced a new medical school at York University. Here’s what we know so far

  03-04-2024 15:43
  
  The Ontario government released new details about York University’s new medical school in Vaughan on Wednesday.
  
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