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• UHN buys 15-storey building downtown to support cancer care, research and education

  20-12-2024 16:42
  
  University Health Network (UHN) has bought a 15-storey building, located at 522 University Ave., to support its programs in cancer care, research and education, the hospital announced on Friday. 
  
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• Murray stops 25 shots in first start in 21 months, Maple Leafs hand Sabres 12th straight loss, 6-3

  21-12-2024 03:57 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Matt Murray made 25 saves in his first NHL start in nearly 21 months, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat Buffalo 6-3 to extend the Sabres' skid to 0-9-3 on Friday night.
  
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• Police investigating apparent stabbing in downtown Toronto that sent man to hospital

  21-12-2024 03:54 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  Toronto police are investigating after a man was seriously injured in an apparent stabbing downtown on Friday evening.
  
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• 'Change must come today': Black-led groups call on Toronto to act on ombudsman's refugee shelter access report

  21-12-2024 03:23
  
  A coalition of mainly Black-led groups demanded on Friday that the city adopt recommendations from a report critical of its refusal to let refugee claimants access beds in its homeless shelter system in 2022 and 2023.
  
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• 'Change must come today': Black-led groups call on Toronto to act on ombudsman refugee shelter access report

  21-12-2024 03:23
  
  A coalition of mainly Black-led groups demanded on Friday that the city adopt recommendations from a report critical of its refusal to let refugee claimants access beds in its homeless shelter system in 2022 and 2023.
  
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• Blue Jays sign left-handed pitcher Josh Walker to 1-year contract

  21-12-2024 00:11
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have signed left-handed pitcher Josh Walker to a one-year contract worth $760,000 US, the team announced Friday.
  
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• 'Shocking' strip-search by Ont. jail guards in riot gear lands offender 'lenient' sentence

  21-12-2024 00:00
  
  An Ontario man with a lengthy and violent criminal record, who pleaded guilty to harassment and firearm charges in a case of intimate partner violence has been handed a 'lenient' sentence a year after he was caught up in a 'shocking' and aggressive strip search by jail guards in riot gear.
  
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• Blue Jays sign left-handed pitcher Josh Walker to one-year contract

  20-12-2024 23:45 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Toronto Blue Jays have signed left-handed pitcher Josh Walker to a one-year contract worth US$760,000, the team announced Friday.
  
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• 'Kim's Convenience' to return to Toronto stage

  20-12-2024 23:39 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  The play that spawned the hit CBC TV series will return to Toronto’s Soulpepper Theatre at the end of January, nearly 15 years after its debut.
  
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• Feds announce forum on antisemitism following incidents at Jewish school and synagogue

  20-12-2024 23:28
  
  The federal government will hold a national forum on combatting antisemitism in February — news that comes as police investigate a suspicious fire at a Montreal synagogue and gunshots aimed at a Toronto Jewish girls school.
  
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• 6 arrested, 5 remain at large in auto theft ring that operated around Toronto Pearson Airport: police

  20-12-2024 23:20 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Peel police have arrested seven people and issued arrest warrants for five more suspects who are allegedly part of a Quebec theft ring responsible for stealing more than 100 vehicles in and around Toronto Pearson International Airport.
  
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• Trudeau shuffles the deck while the nation waits for him to make up his mind

  20-12-2024 22:37
  
  The federal cabinet now has some new members. But the only minister who currently matters is the prime minister  And until the question of the prime minister’s future is answered, not much else matters.
  
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• Toronto officials warn of possible measles exposure at Pearson airport

  20-12-2024 21:30 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  Toronto Public Health (TPH) is advising of another possible measles exposure at Canada’s largest airport.
  
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• Possible measles exposure at Pearson airport on Dec. 8, Toronto Public Health warns

  20-12-2024 20:59
  
  Toronto Public Health (TPH) is warning that travelers may have been exposed to measles on Dec. 8 on Emirates Airlines flight EK21from Dubai to Toronto, and at terminal one from approximately 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
  
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• Two charged, two remain at large in connection with violent Brampton home invasion

  20-12-2024 20:50 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Peel police charged two people and are looking for two more outstanding suspects in connection with a violent home invasion that occurred in Brampton more than two years ago.
  
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• Man, 64, dies in Vaughan collision, police seeking witnesses

  20-12-2024 20:17
  
  York police are looking for witnesses after a man died in a collision near Highway 27 and Rutherford Road on Wednesday night.
  
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• Erskine-Smith will seek re-election after becoming new housing minister

  20-12-2024 19:49
  
  Newly sworn-in Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith says he plans to run in the next election even though he said previously he would not. Erksine-Smith said he wants to ‘protect the progress’ and make a difference in the short term.
  
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• Toronto cancer hospital expanding to new 15-storey building as it reaches capacity

  20-12-2024 19:41 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Toronto hospital network says its cancer care services have reached capacity and it is expanding to a 15-storey building to handle more patients.
  
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• Police say break-and-enter suspects were in Canada for 'purpose of committing criminal offences'

  20-12-2024 18:36 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Five Chilean nationals who police believe were in Canada for 'the purpose of committing criminal offences' have been charged in connection with half a dozen break-and-enters across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
  
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• Preliminary inquiry on Frank Stronach sex assault charges set for spring in Toronto

  20-12-2024 17:50 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A preliminary inquiry has been scheduled in billionaire businessman Frank Stronach's Toronto sexual assault case to determine whether two of the charges against him should proceed to trial.
  
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• High school teacher charged with sexual assault amid allegations involving a student

  20-12-2024 17:09 via barrie.ctvnews.ca
  
  A 51-year-old teacher from Georgina has been charged with sexual assault following allegations involving a student.
  
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• Singh says the NDP 'will vote to bring this government down' in new letter

  20-12-2024 16:57 via ctvnews.ca
  
  After months of being non-committal, in a new letter, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his caucus 'will vote to bring this government down, and give Canadians a chance to vote for a government who will work for them.'
  
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• Poilievre writes to GG calling for House recall, confidence vote after Singh declares he's ready to bring Liberals down

  20-12-2024 16:57 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has written to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon, imploring her to 'use your authority to inform the prime minister that he must' recall the House of Commons so a non-confidence vote can be held. This move comes in light of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh publishing a letter stating his caucus 'will vote to bring this government down' sometime in 2025.
  
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• Poilievre to submit letter to Governor General asking to recall House for confidence vote

  20-12-2024 16:57 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre announced that he will submit a letter to the Governor General asking to recall the House for a confidence vote.
  
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• ‘Enough is enough:’ Toronto Jewish school struck by gunfire for third time since May

  20-12-2024 16:18 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Jewish elementary school in Toronto has been struck by gunfire for the third time in the last seven months.
  
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• 'Enough is enough': Shots fired at Toronto Jewish school for the third time since May

  20-12-2024 16:18 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Jewish elementary school in Toronto has been struck by gunfire for the third time in the last eight months.
  
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• 'Concerned, frustrated, in fear': Renewed calls for government to address antisemitism after third gunfire inside at Toronto Jewish school

  20-12-2024 16:18 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Jewish elementary school in Toronto has been struck by gunfire for the third time in the last seven months.
  
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• 'Concerned, frustrated, in fear': Renewed calls for government to address antisemitism after third gunfire incident at Toronto Jewish school

  20-12-2024 16:18 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Jewish elementary school in Toronto has been struck by gunfire for the third time in the last seven months.
  
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• TTC streetcars running again through King and Spadina after wire repairs finished

  20-12-2024 16:02
  
  The TTC says streetcars are running again through the busy downtown intersection of King Street W. and Spadina Avenue after crews finished work to repair overhead wires damaged by a garbage truck earlier this week.
  
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• Road traffic, TTC streetcars running again through King and Spadina after wire repairs finished

  20-12-2024 16:02
  
  The TTC says road traffic and streetcars are running again through the busy downtown intersection of King Street W. and Spadina Avenue after crews finished work to repair overhead wires damaged by a garbage truck earlier this week.
  
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