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Nearly 63,000 small pieces of plastic were pulled from Toronto Harbour over six months last year — thanks to trash traps, according to research data released on Monday.
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Nearly 63,000 small pieces of plastic were pulled from Toronto Harbour over six months last year — thanks to trash traps, according to research data released on Monday.
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Thousands of people rallied in a downtown Toronto square on Saturday to show their support for Ukraine on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
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Thousands of people rallied in a downtown Toronto square on Saturday to show their support for Ukraine on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
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Toronto will extend the leases of 17 temporary shelter hotels for up to five years as part of its services for unhoused people, city council decided this week.
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Toronto will extend the leases of 17 temporary shelter hotels for up to five years as part of its services for unhoused people, city council decided this week.
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Toronto will reverse a ban on tobogganing at 45 hills in city parks, council decided on Wednesday.
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Toronto will reverse a ban on tobogganing at 45 hills in city parks, council decided on Wednesday.
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Sammy Yatim's mother says she welcomes recommendations from a coroner's inquest into his shooting death by a former Toronto police officer, but she will only have closure if the proposals result in action.
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Sammy Yatim's mother says she welcomes recommendations from a coroner's inquest into his shooting death by a former Toronto police officer, but she will only have closure if the proposals result in...
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Thousands of Toronto Hydro customers are without power on Thursday evening after a raccoon made contact with Hydro One equipment at a downtown station.
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Thousands of Toronto Hydro customers were without power on Thursday evening thanks to a raccoon that made contact with Hydro One equipment at a downtown station, the utilities say.
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Jurors made 63 recommendations at the coroner's inquest into the death of Sammy Yatim. The teen was shot and killed by Toronto police on a TTC streetcar more than a decade ago while experiencing a mental health crisis.
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Sammy Yatim's shooting death by a former Toronto police officer was a homicide, a coroner's inquest has found more than a decade after his death.
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Rinks at three Toronto parks will be revamped thanks to an investment of more than $500,000 from three organizations as part of an NHL all-star legacy project.
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Rinks at three Toronto parks will be revamped thanks to an investment of more than $500,000 from three organizations as part of an NHL all-star legacy project.
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Metrolinx is making progress on supporting business and communities that will be impacted by construction of the Ontario Line subway but needs to do more to satisfy the city, Toronto councillors say.
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Metrolinx is making progress on supporting businesses and communities that will be impacted by the construction of the Ontario Line subway but more needs to be done to satisfy the city, Toronto...
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Parents of children at a west-end daycare set to close in six months appealed to the Ontario government on Friday to improve access to child-care spaces in Toronto.
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Parents of children at a west-end daycare set to close in six months appealed to the Ontario government on Friday to improve access to child-care spaces in Toronto.
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New data shows that the number of people with dementia is rapidly growing in Ontario and doctors are urging the province to invest in home care now to meet their needs.
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New data shows that the number of people with dementia is rapidly growing in Ontario and doctors are urging the province to invest in home care to meet their needs.
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Advocates are calling on the city to keep warming centres open all winter long, saying unhoused people face real danger as the temperature remains below freezing.
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Advocates are calling on the city to keep warming centres open all winter long, saying unhoused people face real danger as the temperature remains below freezing.
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Toronto has banned tobogganing at 45 hills across the city due to safety concerns and one councillor says he's not happy with the move because there are more important issues that should be drawing the attention of city staff.
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Toronto has banned tobogganing at 45 hills across the city due to safety concerns and one councillor says he's not happy.
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The Toronto Public Library says it is storing returned books at 12 trailers off site following an October cyberattack.
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The Toronto Public Library says it is storing returned books at 12 trailers off site as it works "tirelessly" to restore services as quickly as possible following an October cyberattack.
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Two Toronto city councillors are calling on federal authorities to investigate what police say was a targeted arson at a Jewish-owned deli in North York as a possible act of terrorism.
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Two Toronto city councillors are calling on federal authorities to investigate what police say was a targeted arson at a Jewish-owned deli in North York as a possible act of terrorism.
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Ontario has had almost 20 years to achieve its AODA goals, disability advocates and communities say. Ahead of the 2025 deadline, they emphasize this year shouldn't be wasted and needs to be spent trying to close the gap on accessibility.
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The province has had years to achieve its goals and hasn't, say advocates and people in the disability community. Still, they say the year from the deadline shouldn't be wasted, and needs to be spent...
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Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue is no longer a "pit of hell" now that the intersection's four crosswalks have reopened after years of construction, say people who live and work nearby.
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Local residents are cheering now that the Yonge-Eglinton intersection is no longer a "pit of hell." The intersection's four crosswalks were reopened in December after years of construction.
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DEVELOPING: Ontario's coroner's counsel is calling for Soleiman Faqiri's jail cell death to be deemed a homicide, saying the evidence points in "one direction."
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Ontario's coroner's office is calling for Soleiman Faqiri's jail cell death to be deemed a homicide, with its counsel saying the evidence points in "one direction."
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The jail sergeant who broke protocol to film Soleiman Faqiri's condition in the hope of getting him help gave powerful testimony about the last day he saw him alive. Sgt. Clark Moss choked back tears at Faqiri's inquest Wednesday.
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The jail sergeant who broke protocol to film Soleiman Faqiri's condition in the hope of getting him help choked back tears as he recalled the joy in Faqiri's face when he finally had a shower after...
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