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• One person seriously injured after stabbing at park in Toronto's downtown core

  08-11-2024 15:58 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  One person suffered serious injuries after a stabbing at Barbara Hall Park on Friday morning, Toronto police say.
  
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• Some Toronto city councillors want their salaries to be reviewed

  08-11-2024 18:58 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A longtime city councillor is asking staff to review the salary levels for their office amid concerns that a comparative report first requested in 2019 was never actually brought forward.
  
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• Man accused of trafficking two women throughout GTA, police believe there may be more victims

  08-11-2024 17:09 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 37-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the trafficking of two women “throughout the Golden Horseshoe area” and police say that investigators believe there may be additional victims.
  
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• Man charged with 2nd-degree murder in fatal Scarborough stabbing

  08-11-2024 16:24 via cbc.ca
  
  Police have charged a 55-year-old Toronto man with second-degree murder after a fatal stabbing in Scarborough this week. The victim was identified as 43-year-old Jason Hines.
  
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• Toronto man facing murder charge in deadly stabbing at Scarborough social housing complex

  08-11-2024 15:58 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Toronto man is facing a second-degree murder charge following a fatal stabbing at a social housing apartment building in Scarborough early Thursday morning.
  
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• Maurice Vellekoop wins $10K Toronto Book Award for graphic memoir I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together

  08-11-2024 14:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The prize is awarded annually to a book that tells the stories of Ontario's capital city. The Toronto-based author and artist's book is the first graphic novel ever to win the prize.
  
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• National rent prices decline year-over-year for first time since pandemic: report

  08-11-2024 13:58 via ctvnews.ca
  Average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October, said a report out Thursday.
  
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• Canada rent report: What landlords are asking tenants to pay

  08-11-2024 13:58 via ctvnews.ca
  Average asking rents declined nationally on a year-over-year basis for the first time in more than three years in October, said a report out Thursday.
  
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• Another beluga whale dies at Marineland, Ontario says water quality is 'acceptable'

  08-11-2024 13:32 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Three weeks after the death of another beluga whale at Marineland, the Ontario government is speaking publicly about its ongoing investigation of the park, saying water troubles are under control after a recent investment.
  
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• Man dies after being pulled from Etobicoke house fire

  08-11-2024 13:23 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man has died in hospital after being pulled from a burning home in Etobicoke.
  
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• 1 dead after Etobicoke house fire

  08-11-2024 12:54 via cbc.ca
  
  A male is dead after a house fire in Etobicoke, Toronto police say. Firefighters responded to the blaze on Willowridge Road, near Eglinton Avenue W., around 11:16 p.m. Thursday.
  
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• York Region charity urging religious groups to offer shelter space to tackle homeless crisis

  08-11-2024 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A York Region charity is urging faith-based groups to use the space they have as shelters, as homelessness in the region continues to grow. 
  
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• Workers owed $60M in unpaid wages Ontario failed to collect since 2017

  08-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Workers in Ontario are owed tens of millions of dollars in unpaid wages that the provincial government has yet to collect from employers, according to internal government records obtained by CBC Toronto.
  
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• Brantford, Ont., trustees spent $50K on flights, hotels, gourmet meal for Italy art-buying trip, receipts show

  08-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Chair Rick Petrella and trustees Dan Dignard, Bill Chopp and Mark Watson of the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board were to Italy between July 8 and 15 to buy $100,000 in custom artwork for two new high schools. It's among trips by Ontario school boards that have come under scrutiny for the way public money is spent.
  
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• Toronto man charged with publicly inciting hatred at Brampton protest

  08-11-2024 04:30 via cbc.ca
  
  A Toronto man has been arrested and charged with publicly inciting hatred after a Brampton protest on Monday, Peel Regional Police say.
  
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• Man charged, two others wanted in connection with Monday’s demonstration outside Brampton temple

  08-11-2024 03:03 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man has been charged with public incitement of hatred after a video captured someone calling for groups to storm Sikh temples during a demonstration in Brampton earlier this week.
  
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• Aggressive play a double-edged sword for Toronto Raptors

  08-11-2024 01:59 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Coming into the new season the Toronto Raptors emphasized that they were going to play hard, fast, aggressive basketball.
  
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• How life outside swimming has revived 7-time Olympic medallist Oleksiak's love for sport

  08-11-2024 01:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Since leaving her "most challenging" Olympics in Paris, Penny Oleksiak has climbed 19,000 feet to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, done other charity work and attended her first Bills football game in Buffalo. "Trying to have a life outside of swimming is important," she says.
  
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• Toronto Santa Claus Parade organizers say they need $250K to stage event next year

  08-11-2024 00:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Organizers of Toronto's Original Santa Claus Parade say they need $250,000 from the public to stage the annual event next year due to an increase in costs and a decrease in corporate sponsors.
  
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• Police-involved shooting in Orillia, Ont., leaves 1 dead, officer seriously hurt, SIU investigating

  08-11-2024 00:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating a police-involved shooting in Orillia that has left one person dead and an officer seriously injured.
  
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• Man dead, officer seriously hurt in police shooting in Orillia, Ont., SIU investigating

  08-11-2024 00:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says it is investigating a police-involved shooting in Orillia that has left a man dead and an officer seriously injured.
  
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• Suspects wanted after jewelry stolen in distraction thefts in Halton Region

  07-11-2024 23:45 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Police in Halton Region are warning the public after three recent incidents where victims were distracted by suspects and robbed of their jewelry.
  
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• SIU invokes mandate after officer-related shooting in Orillia, 1 dead, 1 seriously injured

  07-11-2024 22:58 via barrie.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is actively investigating an officer related shooting in Orillia.
  
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• SIU investigates officer-related shooting in Orillia, 1 dead, 1 seriously injured

  07-11-2024 22:58 via barrie.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is actively investigating an officer related shooting in Orillia.
  
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• Peel police stretched thin by recent protest demands, chief says

  07-11-2024 22:15 via cbc.ca
  
  In the wake of recent violent clashes between Sikh separatists and pro-India Hindu community members in Brampton and Mississauga, the chief of Peel police says he is concerned about the force's ability to properly respond to these large gatherings, with the possibility of more protests looming.
  
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• Three charged in One Direction singer Liam Payne's death

  07-11-2024 22:13 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Three people have been charged in relation to One Direction singer Liam Payne's death in a fall from his Buenos Aires hotel balcony last month, Argentine authorities said on Thursday.
  
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• 84-year-old woman dies after getting hit by school bus in Richmond Hill

  07-11-2024 21:07 via cbc.ca
  
  An 84-year-old woman is dead after being struck by a school bus in Richmond Hill that fled the scene. 
  
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• Group frustrated over Danforth-Kingston project delays that could bring major bike lane, transit upgrades

  07-11-2024 20:28 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Organizers with a community group in Toronto’s east end are concerned a potentially big project – with bike lane and streetscape upgrades – could be collecting dust due to new restrictions the Ford government plans to put on municipalities.
  
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• Father charged with 2nd-degree murder in baby's death

  07-11-2024 20:06 via cbc.ca
  
  A Richmond Hill man has been charged with second-degree murder, York Regional Police say, after the death of his seven-week-old child.
  
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• Woman struck by school bus in Richmond Hill has died in hospital, police say

  07-11-2024 20:03 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  An 84-year-old woman who was left with critical injuries after being struck by a school bus in Richmond Hill earlier this week has died.
  
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