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Google acquires Kitchener-Waterloo-based smart glasses company North

Google acquires Kitchener-Waterloo-based smart glasses company North

WATERLOO, Ont. — Google has acquired Kitchener-Waterloo-based smart glasses maker North.
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Toronto city council passes motion on police reform, but rejects cuts to budget

Toronto city council passes motion on police reform, but rejects cuts to budget

Toronto city council has passed a motion seeking reform of the city's police department, but rejected a cut to the force's budget.
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Quebec resumes daily COVID-19 updates; looking at mandatory masks on transit

Quebec resumes daily COVID-19 updates; looking at mandatory masks on transit

MONTREAL — Quebec may have to make masks mandatory on public transit to ensure people are ready in the event of a second wave of COVID-19 this fall, the province's public health director suggested Monday. Dr.
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Farm, nail salon outbreaks contribute to spike in COVID-19 cases in Ontario

Farm, nail salon outbreaks contribute to spike in COVID-19 cases in Ontario

TORONTO — A spike in new COVID-19 cases in Ontario on Monday was attributed to two recent outbreaks — one at a farm in Windsor-Essex and another linked to a nail salon in Kingston.
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Ontario announces task force to review ways to revamp tow truck industry

Ontario announces task force to review ways to revamp tow truck industry

TORONTO — A wave of alleged criminal activity rocking Ontario's tow truck industry clearly shows the need for stronger oversight, Premier Doug Ford said Monday as he announced a newly appointed task force would be reviewing ways to overhaul the secto
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Five more test positive in COVID-19 outbreak tied to Kingston, Ont., nail salons

Five more test positive in COVID-19 outbreak tied to Kingston, Ont., nail salons

KINGSTON, Ont. — Five more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak related to a nail salon in Kingston, Ont., including an employee at another salon.
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Montreal bus driver seriously injured in crash with tractor trailer

Montreal bus driver seriously injured in crash with tractor trailer

MONTREAL — A Montreal bus driver is in critical condition after the bus he was driving slammed into a tractor-trailer in the city's north end.
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Three injured, including firefighter, in house fire in Toronto's Little Italy

Three injured, including firefighter, in house fire in Toronto's Little Italy

TORONTO — Two residents and a firefighter have been injured in an early morning house fire in Toronto’s Little Italy neighbourhood. Emergency crews were called to a home near College Street and Manning Avenue at 1:25 a.m.
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Missing six-year-old boy in Amber Alert found safe, suspect in custody

Missing six-year-old boy in Amber Alert found safe, suspect in custody

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Police say a six-year-old boy who was the subject of an Amber Alert in southern Ontario has been found safe after his father surrendered to police.
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Toronto police lay more sexual assault charges against neurologist

Toronto police lay more sexual assault charges against neurologist

TORONTO — Police say they've laid several new sexual assault charges against a Toronto neurologist. Toronto police say the 75-year-old man was already charged with five counts of sexual assault in December.
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