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• Toronto fire chief welcomes new lithium-ion regulations in record-setting year for battery fires

  05-11-2026 23:01 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Toronto's fire chief says new regulations from Queen's Park to ban people from modifying lithium-ion batteries are a welcome "first step." The city has already seen more than 120 blazes sparked by the batteries this year alone.
  
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• Ontario moves to regulate lithium-ion batteries in record-setting year for fires in Toronto

  05-11-2026 23:01 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Toronto's fire chief says new regulations from Queen's Park to ban people from modifying lithium-ion batteries are a welcome "first step." The city has already seen more than 120 blazes sparked by the batteries this year alone.
  
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• Carney's new budget aims to end homelessness in 10 years

  05-11-2026 22:57 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Canada is embarking on a path to end homelessness in 10 years, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said as he presented the federal budget on Thursday.
  
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• 12 arrested in GTA for allegedly trying to buy sexual services from minor, police warn of growing problem

  05-11-2026 22:34 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Durham police are warning of a rise in human trafficking involving children in the region, after they arrested 12 men for allegedly trying to obtain sexual services from someone they believed was a minor.
  
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• 12 arrested in GTA for allegedly trying to buy sex from minor, police warn of growing problem

  05-11-2026 22:34 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Durham police are warning of a rise in human trafficking involving children in the region, after they arrested 12 men for allegedly trying to obtain sexual services from someone they believed was a minor.
  
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• From groceries to tax credits, how much is in the federal budget for your wallet?

  05-11-2026 22:04 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  The 2026 budget increases payments for the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, expands a tax credit for low-wage workers and makes the Canada caregiver credit refundable. But the affordability measures are mostly for the short term, and took a back seat to measures aimed at boosting investment.
  
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• Victim in fatal North York stabbing identified: police

  05-11-2026 21:34 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  A woman who was fatally stabbed in an incident that left two people dead has been identified by Toronto police.
  
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• Post-secondary students across Ontario walk out of classrooms to protest province's cuts to OSAP, tuition hike

  05-11-2026 20:15 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  University and college students across Ontario are protesting rising tuition fees and the province's cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) in a provincewide walkout Thursday.
  
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• Post-secondary students across Ontario walk out of classrooms to protest OSAP changes, tuition hike

  05-11-2026 20:15 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  University and college students across Ontario are protesting rising tuition fees and the province's cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program in a provincewide walkout Thursday.
  
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• Mexican judge arrested over alleged $2M bribe to release Ryan Wedding's second-in-command

  05-11-2026 19:18 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  A Mexican judge has been arrested on allegations that he accepted a $2-million US bribe in exchange for granting bail to a man accused of acting as second-in-command to Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug kingpin, American officials said on Thursday.
  
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• Google offers schools AI-boosted search or none at all

  05-11-2026 19:16 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Given how deeply Google products are embedded in many Canadian classrooms, alarm bells were set off when the company told schools that switching off artificial intelligence tools totally will also cut access to its ubiquitous search engine.
  
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• Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello among 2027 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame inductees

  05-11-2026 18:48 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Toronto Tempo head coach Sandy Brondello was named Thursday as a member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame's class of 2027.
  
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• Ontario doctors, medical association demand apology from province for letters flagging high-volume billings

  05-11-2026 17:37 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  The Ontario Medical Association is looking for an apology from the province, after it says 'hundreds' of doctors received letters recently stating they were working too many days or seeing too many patients. A health ministry spokesperson says the letters are not an assumption of inappropriate billing.
  
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• Ontario doctors demand apology from province for letters flagging high number of days worked, patients seen

  05-11-2026 17:37 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  The Ontario Medical Association is looking for an apology from the province, after it says 'hundreds' of doctors received letters recently stating they were working too many days or seeing too many patients. A health ministry spokesperson says the letters are not an assumption of inappropriate billing.
  
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• Police searching for 3rd suspect in Mississauga arson investigation

  05-11-2026 16:38 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Police say they have arrested two people and are searching for a third in connection with two fires at a Mississauga apartment building that they allege were deliberately set.
  
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• 2 arrested, police searching for suspect after Mississauga apartment building allegedly set on fire twice

  05-11-2026 16:38 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Police say they have arrested two people and are searching for a third in connection with two fires at a Mississauga apartment building that they allege were deliberately set.
  
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• Ontario court certifies class action against Toronto long-term care home for negligence, COVID-19 deaths

  05-11-2026 13:40 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  An Ontario Superior Court judge granted the class action certification last week for a lawsuit alleging that gross negligence at a Toronto long-term care home led to hundreds of deaths from COVID-19.
  
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• What to watch for as Carney introduces his 2nd federal budget

  05-11-2026 10:00 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Prime Minister Mark Carney will deliver his second federal budget on Thursday as the Liberal government reveals next steps in its plan to support the country through an affordability crunch and the trade war.
  
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• U.S.-made pipes are being installed next to Ontario's legislature as Canadian steel jobs vanish

  05-11-2026 10:00 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  As Canadian governments push to improve local supply chains amidst an ongoing trade war with the United States, the City of Toronto has been forced to head south of the border. Officials say only American companies make the steel pipes they are currently installing near Queen's Park.
  
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• Liberal leadership hopefuls talk taxes, affordability and Doug Ford in final debate

  05-11-2026 04:06 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  Ontario Liberal leadership hopefuls are pitching themselves as the antidote to Premier Doug Ford in the final debate before voting begins with little disagreement between them, though several took different tacks on taxes.
  
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• Amazon workers in Toronto area launch organizing drive with help of Unifor

  05-11-2026 03:44 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  A group of Amazon employees packed a hall in Scarborough on Wednesday to launch an organizing drive across fulfillment centres in the Greater Toronto Area with the help of Canada's largest private sector union.
  
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• Woman dead after being struck by vehicle in Newmarket, police say

  05-11-2026 02:26 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  A woman in her 20s has died after being struck by a vehicle in Newmarket, Ont., on Wednesday evening, police say.
  
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• Pedestrian dead after being struck by vehicle in Newmarket, police say

  05-11-2026 02:26 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  A pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle in Newmarket, Ont., on Wednesday evening, police say.
  
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• Canadian military flying ace William Barker commemorated with new statue on Yonge Street

  05-11-2026 00:18 via CBC | Toronto News
  
  A new statue of a Canadian World War I flying ace was unveiled in Toronto Wednesday afternoon, the latest effort to breathe life into his memory, which his grandson said was nearly lost to time.
  
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