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• Motivated by obsession: Canadians accused in botched California murder plot in police custody

  02-12-2024 23:55
  
  Two Canadians are in police custody in Monterey County, California, after a triple stabbing police say was motivated by a B.C. man's obsession with a woman he played video games with online.
  
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• Toronto library apologizes after staff at east-end branch refuse to help lost girl - CTV News Toronto

  02-12-2024 23:25 via news.google.com
  Toronto library apologizes after staff at east-end branch refuse to help lost girl  CTV News Toronto
  
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• Toronto library apologizes after staff at east-end branch refuse to help lost girl

  02-12-2024 23:25
  
  The Toronto Public Library is apologizing after staff at a branch in the city’s east end refused to provide a lost child with access to a telephone.
  
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• Former Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown to appear at committee probing foreign interference

  02-12-2024 23:10 via cbc.ca
  
  Former Conservative leadership candidate Patrick Brown says he will appear before a House committee looking into foreign interference.
  
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• Ontario food banks forced to provide less food as demand increases, new report says

  02-12-2024 22:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Nearly 40 per cent of Ontario food banks have reduced the amount of food they provide to clients as they struggle to keep up with escalating demand, a new report says.
  
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• Ontario dad removes hockey rink at heart of neighbour dispute

  02-12-2024 21:00
  
  A Markham dad who drew the ire of neighbours and the city after installing a hockey rink in his backyard says the rink has now been taken down.
  
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• Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster tenders resignation after 7 years

  02-12-2024 20:08
  
  Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster is stepping down. Verster tendered his resignation on Monday, as he accepts a new role starting on Dec. 16.
  
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• Phil Verster no longer CEO of Metrolinx

  02-12-2024 20:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Phil Verster is out as CEO and president of Metrolinx, the province says.
  
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• Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster resigns after 7 years on the job

  02-12-2024 20:06 via cbc.ca
  
  Phil Verster is out as CEO and president of Metrolinx, the province says.
  
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• Alleged gang member driving from U.S. arrested at Canadian border after making wrong turn

  02-12-2024 18:36
  
  An alleged gang member coming from the United States was arrested at the Canadian border after reportedly making a wrong turn onto the Peace Bridge border crossing.
  
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• Gravenhurst still digging out after storm, parts of Hwy 11 remain closed

  02-12-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Downed hydro lines, trees and abandoned vehicles are hampering snow-clearing efforts in Gravenhurst, Ont. Monday, officials with the town say, after intense snow squalls battered parts of Ontario over the weekend.
  
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• Gravenhurst still digging out after storm, Hwy 11 to reopen later today

  02-12-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Downed hydro lines, trees and abandoned vehicles are hampering snow-clearing efforts in Gravenhurst Monday, officials with the town say, after intense snow squalls battered parts of Ontario over the weekend.
  
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• Gravenhurst still digging out after storm, Hwy 11 starting to reopen

  02-12-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Downed hydro lines, trees and abandoned vehicles are hampering snow-clearing efforts in Gravenhurst, Ont. Monday, officials with the town say, after intense snow squalls battered parts of Ontario over the weekend.
  
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• Gravenhurst still digging out after storm, Highway 11 reopens between Orillia and Huntsville

  02-12-2024 17:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Gravenhurst, Ont. remains under a state of emergency on Monday night after intense snow squalls battered parts of the province over the weekend.
  
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• U.S. Postal Service won't accept Canada-bound mail for now due to strike

  02-12-2024 17:50 via cbc.ca
  
  The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended accepting mail headed to Canada due to the strike by Canada Post workers.
  
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• Ontario launches multimillion-dollar U.S. ad campaign amid Trump's tariff threat

  02-12-2024 16:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario has launched a multimillion-dollar U.S. ad campaign touting economic and cultural ties between the province and its southern neighbour as Canada faces the threat of 25 per cent tariffs enacted by president-elect Donald Trump.
  
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• Hwy. 11 fully re-open after major snowstorm hits cottage country

  02-12-2024 15:56
  
  Highway 11 north of Toronto has fully re-opened after being closed in both directions due to a major storm that blanketed cottage country in upwards of 140 centimetres of snow.
  
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• Crews work to reopen highway north of Toronto after major snowstorm hits cottage country

  02-12-2024 15:56
  
  Crews are still working to reopen Highway 11 north of Toronto after parts of Ontario’s cottage country were hit with upwards of 140 centimetres of snowfall over the weekend.
  
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• Crews partially reopen highway north of Toronto after major snowstorm hits cottage country

  02-12-2024 15:56
  
  Crews have partially reopened Highway 11 north of Toronto this afternoon after parts of Ontario’s cottage country were hit with upwards of 140 centimetres of snowfall over the weekend.
  
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• My Condolences, Toronto: Your Downtown is Dead - Storeys

  02-12-2024 15:04 via news.google.com
  My Condolences, Toronto: Your Downtown is Dead  Storeys
  
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• 'Ally to the North': Ontario launches U.S. ad campaign amid Trump's tariff threat

  02-12-2024 14:57
  
  Ontario is launching a U.S. ad campaign, touting the province as an 'ally to the North' ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term and under the threat of tariffs on all Canadian goods.
  
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• Ontario food banks cutting back amid ‘unprecedented surge in demand’

  02-12-2024 14:10
  
  About 40 per cent of food banks in the province have scaled back the amount of food they provide each visit amid “record-high demand,” according to a new report by Feed Ontario.
  
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• Toronto Public Library apologizes after lost child denied help - Toronto Sun

  02-12-2024 13:52 via news.google.com
  Toronto Public Library apologizes after lost child denied help  Toronto Sun
  
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• Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs

  02-12-2024 12:47
  
  Ontario is urging the federal government to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province's system operator concluded the rules would mean $35 billion in additional costs by 2050.
  
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• Ontario mulling having prosecutors approve criminal charges before police lay them

  02-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General is considering the merits of moving to a system in which prosecutors would screen criminal charges proposed by police before officers lay them, in order to help relieve the province's backlogged justice system.
  
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• Empty offices were pitched as housing solution. Toronto has realized it’s not that simple - Global News Ottawa

  02-12-2024 10:00 via news.google.com
  Empty offices were pitched as housing solution. Toronto has realized it’s not that simple  Global News Ottawa
  
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• Coroner's probe finds 220 additional deaths at Ontario residential schools

  02-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  An Ontario coroner’s investigation has identified 220 additional deaths linked to Indian residential schools in the province — deaths that were previously unknown to the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, which has documented 436 deaths in the province.
  
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• Agents of Indian government interfered in Patrick Brown's Conservative leadership campaign: sources

  02-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Agents of the Indian government allegedly attempted to derail Patrick Brown's campaign for the leadership of the Conservative Party in 2022, according to sources who spoke to Radio-Canada.
  
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• 2024 worst year for Ontario ER closures, CBC analysis finds

  02-12-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Over the past three years, at least 38 hospitals with emergency rooms or urgent care centres in Ontario have experienced closures — about one in five of the province's 176 publicly funded facilities. Most are in rural areas.
  
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• Chicago Blackhawks - Toronto Maple Leafs - Dec 2, 2024 - NHL.com

  02-12-2024 09:00 via news.google.com
  Chicago Blackhawks - Toronto Maple Leafs - Dec 2, 2024  NHL.com
  
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• Five items of interest around the Maple Leafs this busy week - Toronto Sun

  02-12-2024 03:26 via news.google.com
  Five items of interest around the Maple Leafs this busy week  Toronto Sun
  
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• Toronto opens 4 warming centres for first time this cold season as temps drop - CP24

  02-12-2024 02:05 via news.google.com
  Toronto opens 4 warming centres for first time this cold season as temps drop  CP24
  
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• WARMINGTON: This was freedom on full display, Toronto cops deserve credit - Toronto Sun

  02-12-2024 01:45 via news.google.com
  WARMINGTON: This was freedom on full display, Toronto cops deserve credit  Toronto Sun
  
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• Advocates call for Ontario to make HIV prevention drugs free as cases climb

  02-12-2024 00:40 via cbc.ca
  
  On World AIDS Day, advocates are calling on the province make drugs that can prevent the transmission of HIV free for all Ontarians as recent data shows an uptick in cases in Canada. 
  
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