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'Not worth it': Fire services offer tips on avoiding being stranded in floods

'Not worth it': Fire services offer tips on avoiding being stranded in floods

TORONTO — Images of cars and SUVs stranded in flooded roadways with water rising past their windows have flashed across news and online feeds this summer as the Greater Toronto Area weathered torrential downpours that caused havoc for drivers in cert
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Ontario health minister went against review recommendations on consumption sites

Ontario health minister went against review recommendations on consumption sites

TORONTO — Two Ontario government-commissioned reports recommended keeping existing drug consumption sites open across the province, increasing funding to stabilize staffing and hiring permanent security guards to boost safety, but the health minister
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No evidence of docs related to misconduct allegations against Frank Stronach: court

No evidence of docs related to misconduct allegations against Frank Stronach: court

TORONTO — An Ontario court has rejected a bid by Frank Stronach’s granddaughter to compel the family business to disclose any documents that might exist related to complaints of sexual misconduct against him and settlements involving complainants.
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Updates to Ontario municipal code of conduct rules further delayed

Updates to Ontario municipal code of conduct rules further delayed

TORONTO — Municipal councils across Ontario that have been urging the province to let them impose stricter sanctions on unethical councillors will have to wait a while longer.
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Ontario byelection to replace Todd Smith set for Sept. 19

Ontario byelection to replace Todd Smith set for Sept. 19

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is wasting no time in calling a byelection to fill a seat vacated by a big resignation last week. Education Minister Todd Smith resigned his cabinet post and his Bay of Quinte seat in eastern Ontario on Friday.
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3 youths, including 12-yr-old, charged in Cambridge, Ont., shooting that injured man

3 youths, including 12-yr-old, charged in Cambridge, Ont., shooting that injured man

Waterloo Region police say they've arrested and charged three youths, including a 12-year-old girl, in a shooting that left a man injured in Cambridge, Ont., last week. Police allege three youths got into the man's car at approximately 2:30 a.m.
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CNE opening weekend dampneed by downpour, but event expects attendance to improve

CNE opening weekend dampneed by downpour, but event expects attendance to improve

TORONTO — Downpours in Toronto dampened attendance for the opening weekend of the Canadian National Exhibition, but more visitors are expected in the coming days.
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Two teens face murder charge in alleged tow truck-related 'crime spree': police

Two teens face murder charge in alleged tow truck-related 'crime spree': police

TORONTO — Toronto police say they have arrested two teens for an alleged murder and 11 other shootings that investigators have linked to what they describe a violent tow truck industry turf war.
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Trial dates set for four teens accused in fatal swarming of Toronto homeless man

Trial dates set for four teens accused in fatal swarming of Toronto homeless man

TORONTO — Trial dates have been set for four teen girls accused in the fatal swarming of a homeless Toronto man. Two of the teens are set to stand trial in Superior Court in January of next year and the other two in May.
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'Jarring' survey results reveal worsening mental health among Ontario youth

'Jarring' survey results reveal worsening mental health among Ontario youth

TORONTO — More than half of middle and high school students in Ontario say they’re experiencing a significant level of psychological distress, a figure that has doubled over the past decade, new research shows.
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