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• Seiya Suzuki hits a game-ending single as the Chicago Cubs top the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5

  16-08-2024 23:42
  
  Seiya Suzuki hit a game-ending single in the 10th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Friday.
  
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• London, Ont.'s Tessa Virtue and husband Morgan Rielly welcome first child

  16-08-2024 23:14
  
  London, Ont.'s Tessa Virtue has welcomed her first child with husband and Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman, Morgan Rielly.
  
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• Special weather statement: Toronto could see 'significant rainfall' this weekend

  16-08-2024 22:59
  
  If you are going to the CNE or other outdoor events in Toronto this weekend, bring an umbrella as wet conditions are expected, with up to 60 millimetres of rain expected.
  
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• Toronto reports 1st probable West Nile Virus case this year

  16-08-2024 22:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Public Health (TPH) has reported the city's first probable case of West Nile virus in a human this year.
  
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• Toronto reports 1st probable human West Nile Virus case this year

  16-08-2024 22:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Public Health (TPH) has reported the city's first probable case of West Nile virus in a human this year.
  
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• Marineland ordered to pay $85K after failing to improve living conditions for 3 young bears

  16-08-2024 22:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Marineland has been ordered to pay nearly $85,000, months after it was found guilty under Ontario's animal cruelty laws of charges related to its care of three black bears.
  
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• Police charge woman who allegedly contaminated two Milton pools with feces, chocolate bars

  16-08-2024 22:04
  
  A woman has been charged for allegedly contaminating public pools in Milton with feces and chocolate bars earlier this month.
  
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• Canada's public transit faces a funding crisis unless new revenue streams are found: analysis

  16-08-2024 21:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A new analysis warns that Canada's major cities are struggling to keep their transit systems running, and says public transit is heading for a "downward spiral" unless major new streams of operating revenue open up.
  
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• Mississauga company fined $100K for diesel fuel spill in Etobicoke Creek

  16-08-2024 21:34
  
  A Mississauga fuel-supply company has been fined $100,000 after pleading guilty to dumping diesel fuel into Etobicoke Creek in 2019.
  
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• Toronto fire says downtown building evacuated, at risk of collapse - Global News Toronto

  16-08-2024 21:22 via news.google.com
  Toronto fire says downtown building evacuated, at risk of collapse  Global News Toronto
  
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• 2 charged, 1 suspect outstanding in connection with attempted murder in Scarborough

  16-08-2024 21:08
  
  Police have charged two suspects and are still searching for a third wanted in connection with an attempted murder earlier this month in Scarborough.
  
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• Rain, events, road closures: Everything you need to know about this August weekend in Toronto - CP24

  16-08-2024 20:56 via news.google.com
  Rain, events, road closures: Everything you need to know about this August weekend in Toronto  CP24
  
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• Toronto Public Health reports first probable human case of West Nile virus this year

  16-08-2024 20:54
  
  Toronto Public Health (TPH) is reporting the city’s first probable human case of the West Nile virus this year.
  
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• Rain, events, road closures: Everything you need to know about this August weekend in Toronto

  16-08-2024 20:51
  
  Toronto will host a number of major events this August weekend through rain and sunshine, which will lead to several road closures across the city.
  
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• Police search for witnesses in 'suspicious' disappearance of Vaughan man

  16-08-2024 19:25
  
  Police are asking for witnesses in the 'suspicious' disappearance of a man from Vaughan.
  
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• Ontario's top court upholds musician Jacob Hoggard's sexual assault conviction

  16-08-2024 18:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's top court has upheld the June 2022 sexual assault conviction of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the former frontman for the band Hedley.
  
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• Man extradited from El Salvador for murder charge 20 years after wife's death in Toronto

  16-08-2024 17:32 via cbc.ca
  
  A man who police allege fled to El Salvador in 2004 has been extradited and charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife in Toronto two decades ago, police say.
  
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• 'Leaning' building near Kensington Market deemed unsafe in unresolved 2014 inspection

  16-08-2024 17:29 via cbc.ca
  
  A two-storey building near Kensington Market that police said was "leaning" toward the sidewalk and in danger of collapsing Friday was deemed unsafe by the city in 2014. 
  
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• 'Leaning' building in Kensington Market may collapse: police

  16-08-2024 17:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Police say a two-storey building in Kensington Market at Dundas Street W. and Augusta Avenue is leaning toward the sidewalk and may collapse.
  
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• 'Leaning' building in Kensington Market may collapse onto sidewalk, police warn

  16-08-2024 17:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto Police say a two-storey building in Kensington Market at Dundas Street W. and Augusta Avenue is leaning toward the sidewalk and may collapse.
  
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• 'Leaning' building in Kensington Market deemed unsafe in unresolved 2014 inspection

  16-08-2024 17:29 via cbc.ca
  
  A two-storey building in Kensington Market that police said was "leaning" toward the sidewalk and in danger of collapsing Friday was deemed unsafe by the city in 2014. 
  
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• Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigns for job in private sector

  16-08-2024 17:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith has announced he is resigning his seat and from cabinet effective immediately to accept a job in the private sector.
  
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• Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith resigns

  16-08-2024 17:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith has announced he is resigning his seat and from cabinet effective immediately to accept a job in the private sector.
  
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• Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith announces resignation 'effective immediately'

  16-08-2024 17:04
  
  Ontario Education Minister Todd Smith has announced that he is resigning “effective immediately.”
  
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• Jill Dunlop named Ontario's new education minister after Todd Smith resigns

  16-08-2024 17:04
  
  Jill Dunlop has been named the province’s new education minister, replacing Todd Smith, who resigned Friday morning.
  
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• Boy pleads guilty to murder in stabbing death of 12-year-old girl in Toronto apartment

  16-08-2024 16:55
  
  A boy accused of fatally stabbing a girl inside a Scarborough apartment last fall when they were both 12 years old has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, his lawyer confirms.
  
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• Boy pleads guilty to murder in stabbing death of 12-year-old girl in Scarborough apartment

  16-08-2024 16:55
  
  A boy accused of fatally stabbing a girl inside a Scarborough apartment last fall when they were both 12 years old has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, his lawyer confirms.
  
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• Downtown Toronto building evacuated amid concerns that it could collapse: Toronto Fire

  16-08-2024 16:42
  
  A portion of Dundas Street West near Kensington Market has been completely closed amid concerns that a two-storey building could collapse, police say.
  
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• Crews tear down downtown Toronto building at risk of collapsing

  16-08-2024 16:42
  
  Crews have started tearing down the façade of a downtown Toronto building that was leaning towards the sidewalk and was at risk of a collapse.
  
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• Crews demolish downtown Toronto building at risk of collapse - CityNews Toronto

  16-08-2024 16:34 via news.google.com
  Crews demolish downtown Toronto building at risk of collapse  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Suspect in cold case homicide arrested in El Salvador: Toronto police - CTV News Toronto

  16-08-2024 15:38 via news.google.com
  Suspect in cold case homicide arrested in El Salvador: Toronto police  CTV News Toronto
  
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• Suspect in cold case homicide arrested in El Salvador: Toronto police

  16-08-2024 15:38
  
  A man wanted in connection with a homicide in Toronto nearly 20 years ago was arrested in El Salvador on Thursday, Toronto police say.
  
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• Alleged Toronto ISIS attack plotter lived in Egypt, studied at U.S. college - CBC.ca

  16-08-2024 14:36 via news.google.com
  Alleged Toronto ISIS attack plotter lived in Egypt, studied at U.S. college  CBC.ca
  
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• Alleged Toronto ISIS attack plotter lived in Egypt, studied at U.S. college

  16-08-2024 14:36 via cbc.ca
  
  Mostafa Eldidi, the 26-year-old Toronto man accused of plotting a deadly ISIS-inspired rampage, previously lived in Egypt and once studied at a U.S. university, CBC News has learned. He's facing terrorism charges and conspiracy to commit murder, alongside his father, Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi.
  
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• Jacob Hoggard has begun serving prison sentence after appeal dismissed

  16-08-2024 11:59
  
  Ontario’s top court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the former frontman for the band Hedley.
  
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• Decision expected today in Jacob Hoggard's appeal of sexual assault conviction

  16-08-2024 11:59
  
  Ontario’s top court is expected to deliver its ruling today in the case of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, who is challenging his sexual assault conviction.
  
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• Appeal Court upholds Jacob Hoggard conviction

  16-08-2024 11:59
  
  Ontario’s top court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the former frontman for the band Hedley.
  
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• Collision in Mississauga leaves motorcyclist dead: Peel police

  16-08-2024 11:35
  
  One person is dead after a motorcyclist collided with another vehicle in Mississauga early Friday morning, Peel Regional Police say.
  
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• Colourful mural installation helps bid adieu to Toronto house slated for demolition - CP24

  16-08-2024 11:25 via news.google.com
  Colourful mural installation helps bid adieu to Toronto house slated for demolition  CP24
  
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• GTA home sales fell in July, despite interest rate cuts: CREA

  16-08-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new report from the Canadian Real Estate Association says successive Bank of Canada interest rate cuts have yet to set off housing sales in the Greater Toronto Area, but rising inventory and further rate cuts are expected to spur more market activity this fall.
  
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• Surgical waits vary a lot between Ontario hospitals: study

  16-08-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new study shows “enormous” differences around Ontario in wait times for common surgeries, with the average patient at some hospitals waiting as much as 15 times longer than patients referred elsewhere for the same procedure.
  
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• Study finds 'enormous' differences in wait times for surgery between Ontario hospitals

  16-08-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A new study shows “enormous” differences around Ontario in wait times for common surgeries, with the average patient at some hospitals waiting as much as 15 times longer than patients referred elsewhere for the same procedure.
  
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• 2 youths hurt in police shooting north of Toronto, SIU says

  16-08-2024 04:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating a shooting by South Simcoe police officers in Innisfil that has left two youths injured.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 critically hurt in police shooting north of Toronto, SIU says

  16-08-2024 04:00 via cbc.ca
  
  One man is dead and another is critically injured after a shooting by four South Simcoe police officers in Innisfil on Thursday, according to Ontario's Special Investigations Unit.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 critically hurt in police shooting north of Toronto, Ontario's police watchdog says

  16-08-2024 04:00 via cbc.ca
  
  One man is dead and another is critically injured after a shooting by four South Simcoe police officers in Innisfil on Thursday, according to Ontario's Special Investigations Unit.
  
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• Man charged for allegedly throwing eggs at cars from Highway 403 overpass

  16-08-2024 02:37
  
  A man has been charged after allegedly tossing eggs at passing cars on Highway 403 in Mississauga.
  
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• Toronto man denied rental car after trying to use prepaid credit card. Here is why not all businesses accept them.

  16-08-2024 02:00
  
  A man from the Greater Toronto Area said he was refused a car rental because he wanted to pay with a prepaid credit card.
  
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• Toronto man denied a rental car because he wanted to pay with a prepaid card. Here's why

  16-08-2024 02:00
  
  A man from the Greater Toronto Area said he was refused a car rental because he wanted to pay with a prepaid credit card.
  
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• Heading to the CNE? Here's what you need to know about transit, road closures

  16-08-2024 01:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Dozens of extra police officers, cameras and on-site cameras will be on hand to help keep traffic moving as thousands are expected to descend on the city for the Canadian National Exhibition over the next two weeks. But if you're planning to attend, public transit might be your best bet.
  
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• 'It's an honour': Scholarships awarded to students with parents who served in the Canadian Armed Forces

  16-08-2024 01:30
  
  Eighteen students with parents who served in the Canadian Armed Forces and died were awarded scholarships in a special ceremony held in downtown Toronto.
  
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