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• Human remains found in Niagara Region are those of man who went missing two years ago: police

  23-10-2024 23:42
  
  Human remains found earlier this month in a Niagara Region township have been identified as belonging to a man who went missing more than two years ago.
  
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• Police called to Niagara Catholic School Board meeting amid Pride flag motion debate

  23-10-2024 23:20
  
  Police were called to a Niagara Catholic District School Board meeting last night as debate over a motion to ban the Pride flag from school properties grew hostile.
  
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• Brampton officials call on feds, Ontario to help curb trafficking of international students

  23-10-2024 23:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Brampton officials are calling on their federal and provincial counterparts to change student visa requirements and provide more support for international students, who they say are more vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking. 
  
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• Toronto sports bar shuts down fundraising campaign amid criticism from community - blogTO

  23-10-2024 23:00
  Toronto sports bar shuts down fundraising campaign amid criticism from community  blogTO
  
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• Meet Toronto’s 'Chappell Bone' - CBC.ca

  23-10-2024 22:56
  Meet Toronto’s 'Chappell Bone'  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto streetcar route will be a mess for weeks due to sinkhole - blogTO

  23-10-2024 22:50
  Toronto streetcar route will be a mess for weeks due to sinkhole  blogTO
  
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• Singer Matthew Sweet suffers 'debilitating' stroke while on tour in Toronto - CP24

  23-10-2024 22:38
  Singer Matthew Sweet suffers 'debilitating' stroke while on tour in Toronto  CP24
  
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• Singer Matthew Sweet suffers 'debilitating' stroke while on tour in Toronto

  23-10-2024 22:35
  
  American singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet suffered a stroke while on tour in Toronto earlier this month, and a GoFundMe campaign has been launched to raise money to cover the 'overwhelming' health-care costs.
  
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• 'Things are very hard here': Popular Toronto crossing guard asks community for help finding work - CTV News Toronto

  23-10-2024 22:29
  'Things are very hard here': Popular Toronto crossing guard asks community for help finding work  CTV News Toronto
  
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• 'Things are very hard here:' Popular Toronto crossing guard asks community for help finding work

  23-10-2024 22:29
  
  He is a familiar face to residents of a neighbourhood just west of Roncesvalles Avenue.
  
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• City staff unveil draft renovictions bylaw to protect tenant rights

  23-10-2024 21:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto city staff unveiled a draft renovictions bylaw to protect tenants from unlawful evictions on Wednesday, set to be considered by city council in November. A staff report defines renovictions as when a landlord illegitimately evicts a tenant by alleging 'vacant possession' of a rental unit is required to do renovations or repairs. 
  
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• Meet Toronto’s 'Chappell Bone'

  23-10-2024 21:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Samantha Fraser is the co-creator of “Chappell Bone,” a 12-foot tall skeleton dressed up as pop icon Chappell Roan, located in Toronto’s Junction Triangle.
  
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• Thieves were stealing golf carts around Ontario. Now police have made a bust

  23-10-2024 21:46 via cbc.ca
  
  The mystery of golf carts disappearing from Ontario courses has been largely solved. York regional police have charged multiple people with trafficking and theft after an investigation that started in the summer.
  
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• Vehicle of interest sought in 'targeted' Markham shooting that left man dead

  23-10-2024 21:23
  
  Police have released a photo of what they’re calling a “vehicle of interest” wanted in connection with a fatal shooting in Markham last weekend.
  
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• GAMEDAY PREVIEW: TORONTO RAPTORS VS. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS - NBA.com

  23-10-2024 21:11
  GAMEDAY PREVIEW: TORONTO RAPTORS VS. CLEVELAND CAVALIERS  NBA.com
  
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• ‘Give me the keys!’: Family attacked in Toronto home invasion say calls to 911 not answered - CityNews Toronto

  23-10-2024 19:14
  ‘Give me the keys!’: Family attacked in Toronto home invasion say calls to 911 not answered  CityNews Toronto
  
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• 4 suspects wanted after stabbing death of teen dropped off at GTA hospital

  23-10-2024 18:46
  
  Police are asking for the public’s help after a teenage boy was dropped off at a hospital in York Region and died a short time later.
  
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• Toronto landlords who evict tenants to renovate could require renovation licence as early as next summer - CTV News Toronto

  23-10-2024 18:42
  Toronto landlords who evict tenants to renovate could require renovation licence as early as next summer  CTV News Toronto
  
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• Toronto landlords who evict tenants to renovate could require renovation licence as early as next summer

  23-10-2024 18:42
  
  Landlords who plan to evict tenants to renovate their properties may soon be required to apply for a licence and provide additional financial compensation to the tenants they are displacing.
  
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• Ford tells LCBO to find Ontario paper bag supplier weeks after $11M deal inked with Quebec firm

  23-10-2024 18:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford has told the LCBO to find an Ontario-based supplier for its soon-to-be-reintroduced paper bags, only weeks after the Crown corporation confirmed a nearly $11-million contract with a Quebec producer.
  
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• Toronto Raptors GM Bobby Webster excited for new season, star Scottie Barnes amidst low expectations - TSN

  23-10-2024 17:52
  Toronto Raptors GM Bobby Webster excited for new season, star Scottie Barnes amidst low expectations  TSN
  
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• Federal government bypasses Ontario, offers money directly to Toronto to end encampments - CTV News Toronto

  23-10-2024 17:48
  Federal government bypasses Ontario, offers money directly to Toronto to end encampments  CTV News Toronto
  
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• Federal government bypasses Ontario, offers money directly to Toronto to end encampments

  23-10-2024 17:48
  
  The federal government says it can’t wait any longer for Ontario to end encampments in its cities and will offer money directly to municipalities, including Toronto, to fix the problem.
  
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• Toronto clothing store Good Neighbour throwing its first ever warehouse sale - blogTO

  23-10-2024 17:41
  Toronto clothing store Good Neighbour throwing its first ever warehouse sale  blogTO
  
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• Suspect charged after women allegedly sexually assaulted at Finch Station, officer assaulted during arrest

  23-10-2024 17:13
  
  A 40-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly sexually assaulted several women on TTC property and then assaulted a police officer while being placed into custody.
  
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• Province orders LCBO to use paper bags made in Ontario

  23-10-2024 17:06
  
  Although paper bags have not yet returned to LCBO stores, the province is now ordering the Crown corporation to switch suppliers to a company within Ontario.
  
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• Crumbl Cookies to open first Toronto location next month - blogTO

  23-10-2024 17:05
  Crumbl Cookies to open first Toronto location next month  blogTO
  
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• Do lower interest rates mean Toronto can speed up building housing?

  23-10-2024 16:03 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has announced the fourth straight cut to Canada’s key interest rate. Economists have blamed high interest rates and construction costs for the slowdown in new condo and rental housing builds. But as CBC’s Shannon Martin explains, even with rates trending downward, developers say Toronto is falling behind.
  
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• Bank of Canada makes a chunkier rate cut, lowering by half point for 1st time since pandemic

  23-10-2024 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent with a 50-basis-point cut, twice the size of the previous cut.
  
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• Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate to 3.75%

  23-10-2024 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 with a 50 basis-point cut, twice the size of the previous cut.
  
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• Bank of Canada cuts key interest rate by half point for first time since COVID-19 pandemic

  23-10-2024 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has lowered its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent with a 50 basis-point cut, twice the size of the previous cut.
  
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• What Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner says would help Ontario's housing crisis

  23-10-2024 14:57 via cbc.ca
  
  As Ontario's legislature resumes this week, Metro Morning host David Common spoke with Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner about the possibility of an early election and his proposed solutions for the province's housing crisis.
  
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• BMO online service outages reported by customers

  23-10-2024 14:17
  
  Dozens of Bank of Montreal customers said they faced website outages early Wednesday morning, according to reports.
  
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• Bank of Montreal says website outage resolved

  23-10-2024 14:17
  
  The Bank of Montreal says it has restored access to its website after an outage Wednesday.
  
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• Bank of Montreal customers dealing with online service outage

  23-10-2024 14:17
  
  The Bank of Montreal has confirmed an outage impacting online services via the bank's website.
  
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• Mobley leads Cavaliers past Raptors 136-106 in home opener; Quickley injured

  23-10-2024 13:50
  
  Evan Mobley had 25 points and eight rebounds to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 136-106 rout in Toronto's home opener on Wednesday as the Raptors also lost starting point guard Immanuel Quickley.
  
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• All-star Scottie Barnes leads Raptors into home opener vs. Cavaliers

  23-10-2024 13:50
  
  Scottie Barnes and the Toronto Raptors kick off the new NBA season tonight as they host the Cleveland Cavaliers.
  
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• Interest rate drops to 3.75% as Bank of Canada makes another cut

  23-10-2024 12:28
  
  The Bank of Canada made a sizable cut to its key lending rate Wednesday from 4.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent as the global economy continues to expand. The half percentage point cut is the fourth rate cut in a row by the central bank as inflation dropped from 2.7 per cent in June to 1.6 per cent in September.
  
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• 'Canadians can breathe a sigh of relief': Bank of Canada Governor on interest rate cut

  23-10-2024 12:28
  
  The Bank of Canada made a sizable cut to its key lending rate Wednesday from 4.25 per cent to 3.75 per cent as the global economy continues to expand. The half percentage point cut is the fourth rate cut in a row by the central bank as inflation dropped from 2.7 per cent in June to 1.6 per cent in September.
  
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• Bank of Canada to release interest rate decision, economic forecast today

  23-10-2024 12:28
  
  The Bank of Canada is set to make its latest interest rate decision this morning.
  
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• Bank of Canada cuts rates, hails 'good news' on low inflation

  23-10-2024 12:28
  
  The Bank of Canada on Wednesday reduced its key benchmark rate by 50 basis points to 3.75 per cent, its first bigger-than-usual move in more than four years, and hailed signs the country had returned to an era of low inflation.
  
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• How a clothes donation bin company passed itself off as a charity, while donated items were put up for sale

  23-10-2024 12:00
  
  In part two of a four-part investigation into the seedy underbelly of the lucrative clothing donation bin industry, CTV W5 uses trackers tp reveal a for-profit operation masquerading as a charity.
  
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• Clothes donation bin company passes itself off as a charity, while donated items are put up for sale

  23-10-2024 12:00
  
  In part two of a four-part investigation into the seedy underbelly of the lucrative clothing donation bin industry, CTV W5 uses trackers tp reveal a for-profit operation masquerading as a charity.
  
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• Does the updated Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine protect against the XEC variant?

  23-10-2024 11:00
  
  The XEC strain, a hybrid of Omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, was first detected in Canada in mid-August and the number of COVID-19 cases with the XEC variant has rapidly increased.
  
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• Does the updated COVID-19 vaccine protect against the XEC variant?

  23-10-2024 11:00
  
  The XEC strain, a hybrid of Omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, was first detected in Canada in mid-August and the number of COVID-19 cases with the XEC variant has rapidly increased.
  
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• 'This is heaven for me': Durham charity opens affordable housing on Pickering farm

  23-10-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A charity in Durham Region is supplying seven people experiencing homelessness with affordable housing at an old farmhouse in north Pickering. The doors opened on Oct. 10.
  
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• Female runners say fear is their reality as yet another jogger is murdered on the trail

  23-10-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Running has arguably never been trendier. But for many women who participate in the sport, there's a constant undercurrent of fear that they could be attacked or even killed, as three female U.S. runners have been in recent years.
  
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• Olivier scores 2 as Blue Jackets beat Maple Leafs 6-2

  23-10-2024 04:36
  
  Mathieu Olivier scored twice and Daniil Tarasov stopped 25 shots as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 Tuesday night.
  
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• Motorcyclist critically injured in hit-and-run collision on QEW; van driver sought

  23-10-2024 03:27
  
  A motorcyclist has been critically injured in a collision on the Queen Elizabeth Way in Oakville, police say.
  
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• TTC proposes winter ban on e-bikes and e-scooters over fire risk

  23-10-2024 01:42 via cbc.ca
  
  The TTC is proposing a seasonal ban on e-bikes and e-scooters each year, as concerns increase over lithium-ion battery powered devices and the risk of fire.
  
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