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Fatal fire east of Toronto is being investigated as homicide: police

Fatal fire east of Toronto is being investigated as homicide: police

Toronto police launched a homicide investigation after a fire at an establishment in the city's east killed one person. Officers responded to a call for an active fire on Saturday in the Kennedy Road and Lawrence Avenue East area shortly before 2 a.
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Friends mourn members of family of four found dead in southwestern Ontario

Friends mourn members of family of four found dead in southwestern Ontario

HARROW, ONTARIO, CANADA — Friends mourning members of a family of four found dead in rural southwestern Ontario this week remembered the mother as a pillar of the community and a selfless friend with a smile that could light up a room.
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Stabbing in Toronto's Allan Gardens park is being investigated as homicide: police

Stabbing in Toronto's Allan Gardens park is being investigated as homicide: police

Toronto Police say they're investigating a fatal stabbing in the city's Allan Gardens urban park as a homicide. Police responded to the incident on Wednesday, June 19, at approximately 12:11 a.m.
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Mom, dad, 2 kids were the four people found dead in rural Ontario home, mayor says

Mom, dad, 2 kids were the four people found dead in rural Ontario home, mayor says

ESSEX, ONT. — A mother, father and two young children were found dead at a home in rural southwestern Ontario in a tragedy that has devastated the local community, the area's mayor said Friday as police offered few details on their investigation.
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Police investigating after one dead, three injured in Vaughan, Ont., shooting

Police investigating after one dead, three injured in Vaughan, Ont., shooting

VAUGHAN, Ont. — York Regional Police say they are investigating after one person died and three people were injured in a shooting in Vaughan, Ont. Police say officers responded to reports of gunshots in a home in the Woodbridge area just before 9 a.
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Man charged with first-degree murder in Toronto shooting, second suspect wanted

Man charged with first-degree murder in Toronto shooting, second suspect wanted

TORONTO — Police say they have charged a man with first-degree murder and are searching for an additional suspect after a shooting killed a teenage boy in east Toronto last weekend.
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Toronto detective faces charges for alleged sexual assault of subordinates

Toronto detective faces charges for alleged sexual assault of subordinates

TORONTO — A Toronto detective is facing charges for the alleged workplace sexual assault and harassment of a number of his subordinates in cases spanning a three-year period.
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Injunction sought by U of T 'highly disproportionate,' encampment lawyers say

Injunction sought by U of T 'highly disproportionate,' encampment lawyers say

TORONTO — The injunction sought by the University of Toronto to clear a pro-Palestinian protest encampment would effectively prevent the group from engaging in other forms of protest on or near campus, lawyers for the demonstrators argued Thursday.
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Toronto cops probe ad-truck with Islamophobic message, Rebel News claims vehicle

Toronto cops probe ad-truck with Islamophobic message, Rebel News claims vehicle

TORONTO — A truck that has been spotted driving around Toronto displaying what police have described as Islamophobic messages belongs to the right-wing media organization Rebel News, the outlet's founder Ezra Levant said Thursday.
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Support workers at school of six-year-old boy who died after being hit by bus

Support workers at school of six-year-old boy who died after being hit by bus

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Mental health and spiritual support workers are at the school of a six-year-old boy who died after being hit by a school bus in Vaughan, Ont.
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