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Toronto police to increase presence in downtown in anticipation of protests

Toronto police to increase presence in downtown in anticipation of protests

Toronto police say they will be increasing their presence in the downtown core this weekend in anticipation of more than a dozen protests.
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Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20

Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals proposed Friday to remove the provincial portion of the HST from prepared food purchases under $20 and pay for it by increasing taxes on wealthy residents and highly profitable corporations if the party is elected this
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Toronto physician named new scientific director of expert COVID advisory group

Toronto physician named new scientific director of expert COVID advisory group

Ontario's expert COVID-19 advisory group has named a Toronto physician as its new scientific director. Public Health Ontario, which now oversees the group, says Dr. Fahad Razak will replace Dr.
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Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 28: Spend $158.
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Protests affect bus service at three Toronto-area locations: Metrolinx

Protests affect bus service at three Toronto-area locations: Metrolinx

TORONTO — Metrolinx says protests have affected bus service at three Toronto-area GO Transit hubs this morning, including Toronto's busy Union Station. The agency that operates GO Transit says demonstrators gathered around 7:20 a.m.
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Ontario reports 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 209 in intensive care.

Ontario reports 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 209 in intensive care.

Ontario is reporting 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 today and 209 in intensive care. Both are slightly up from Thursday, when the province reported 1,661 in hospital and 202 in ICUs.
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Ontario election campaign approaches after Tories table budget-as-platform

Ontario election campaign approaches after Tories table budget-as-platform

Ontario's election campaign has all but begun now that the Progressive Conservative government has adjourned the legislature following the tabling of their latest budget.
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Ontario budget projects larger deficit, billions for infrastructure ahead of election

Ontario budget projects larger deficit, billions for infrastructure ahead of election

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are veering off a path to balance with an election budget loaded with billions of dollars in hospital, highway and transit investments.
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Environmental groups rip new caribou protection deal between Ontario and Ottawa

Environmental groups rip new caribou protection deal between Ontario and Ottawa

A new five-year deal between the federal government and Ontario designed to protect the province's beleaguered caribou is a "spectacular failure" to the species, environmental groups say.
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Retail theft ring taken down, several young teens charged: Peel police

Retail theft ring taken down, several young teens charged: Peel police

Police west of Toronto say they have broken up an alleged theft ring and recovered more than $80,000 in stolen property. Peel Regional Police say they've charged 12 people, including three teenage girls and a teenage boy, in the months-long probe.
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