Scarborough residents baffled by basketball net crackdown
Matthew Bingley / globalnews - Several Scarborough residents are frustrated by the city's sudden crackdown on nets sitting in the municipal right-of-way after years of no issues.
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Search continues for 3 unaccounted for after fatal Brampton house fire
Michael Talbot / citynews - The search continued Friday for three people who remain unaccounted for after flames tore through a Brampton home early Thursday morning, killing two and sending four others to hospital. A two-year-old child and two adults are among the missing. The struc…
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Vianode to spent $3.2B on graphite plant for EVs in southwestern Ontario
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Vianode CEO Burkhard Straube says it will construct the plant in St. Thomas, Ont., and will initially create 300 jobs and ramp up to 1,000 jobs once the plant is operating fully.
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Doug Ford government to introduce ‘Buy Ontario’ legislation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The province said the Buy Ontario Act would apply to all public-sector organizations, including municipalities, ministries, agencies, contractors and subcontractors.
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Two dead, four critically injured in Brampton house fire
Cynthia McLeod / torontosun - A child is among the four rushed to hospital
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Marit Stiles kicked out of legislature for calling Ford government ‘corrupt’
Isaac Callan / globalnews - 'It is the endless grift of an anti-democratic, and yes, corrupt, government,' Stiles said, to shouts from the government benches and some cheers from her colleagues.
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Two arrested after hundreds of cemetery thefts across Ontario
theglobeandmail - Charges include indignity to a dead body as police recover thousands of dollars’ worth of jewellery and other stolen property
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Toronto City Hall to raise Palestinian flag, joins other cities across Canada
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The City of Toronto is expected to join several other cities across Canada in raising the Palestinian flag this morning at city hall.
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Last call: Imperial Pub closes its doors after 81 years in Toronto
Denio Lourenco / citynews - People from across Toronto dropped by the Imperial Pub on Saturday to pay their respects to a decades-old establishment that holds a lot of sentimental value to many in the city. “It’s one of our favourite places to come,” one patron told CityNews. “We’ve…
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Pilot dead after two small planes collide in Ontario: OPP
Prisha Dev / globalnews - One pilot is dead after two small planes collided near Martintown, Ont., OPP say. One aircraft landed safely and the Transportation Safety Board is investigating.
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‘Whiplash’ and ‘scar tissue’: conservation authorities grapple with Ontario’s most dramatic overhaul yet
Fatima Syed / thenarwhal - Nearly 80 years after their creation, the Doug Ford government is reducing the unique environmental agencies from 36 to 7, in a move staff say may ‘slow approvals, create confusion’ over development and flood protections
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Pedestrian killed in Mississauga hit-and-run crash, police say
Denio Lourenco / citynews - A pedestrian has died after being struck by a driver during a hit-and-run collision in Mississauga, authorities say. According to Peel Regional Police, the crash happened just after 9 p.m. in the city’s East Credit area, near Eglinton Avenue West and Fall…
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Foreign-born mothers gave birth to nearly half of Ontario and B.C.’s babies in 2024: Statistics Canada
Graeme Gordon / thehub - The post Foreign-born mothers gave birth to nearly half of Ontario and B.C.’s babies in 2024: Statistics Canada appeared first on The Hub.
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Two men charged, third sought in Vaughan attempted murder and Bolton homicide
Jane Stevenson / torontosun - A $50,000 reward is also being offered
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As speed cameras are banned in Ontario, Toronto says it needs more funds to cope
Isaac Callan / globalnews - Automated speed enforcement programs in the province officially came to an end after a lightning-fast bill from the Ford government forbade their use on city streets.
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St. Michael’s Hospital paves the way for remote robotic treatment of strokes
Nicole Ireland / theglobeandmail - Team has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using the technique
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Ontario unveils $210M for cities stripped of speed cameras to spend on infrastructure
Isaac Callan / globalnews - The fund was promised when Premier Doug Ford announced he would force cities to remove their cameras, saying they don't work and offering to build speed bumps instead.
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Ford government continues education shakeup with new ‘family support offices’
Isaac Callan / globalnews - The province said the first of these offices will be the next step for parents with complex or contentious issues which their schools cannot solve.
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Ontario’s online gamblers could legally bet against people outside Canada: court
John Marchesan / citynews - Ontario’s top court says provincially regulated online gaming and sports betting sites could legally allow users to play with – and bet against – people in other countries. The Court of Appeal for Ontario gave its opinion in a 4-1 split decision released …
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York police arrest five in connection to Vaughan home invasion that killed father of four
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - York Regional Police have arrested five individuals, including two youths, in connection with the fatal August home invasion that claimed the life of Abdul Aleem Farooqi, a father of four, in Vaughan, Ont.
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