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Climate change effect on public transportation infrastructure to cost billions: FAO

Climate change effect on public transportation infrastructure to cost billions: FAO

TORONTO — The effects of climate change are projected to cost Ontario an extra $1.5 billion annually on average in the next few years just to maintain public transportation infrastructure, the province's financial watchdog said in a report Thursday.
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'Truly larger than life': Family, colleagues remember police officer killed in crash

'Truly larger than life': Family, colleagues remember police officer killed in crash

MARKHAM, ONT. — A York Region police officer killed in a car crash was remembered Thursday as a family man with a positive outlook, a great sense of humour and a lifelong commitment to serving communities.
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Marit Stiles becomes first candidate to enter Ontario NDP leadership race

Marit Stiles becomes first candidate to enter Ontario NDP leadership race

TORONTO — Marit Stiles, the current education critic for Ontario's New Democrats, became the first candidate to launch a bid to lead the party Thursday, saying she's focused on taking down the Progressive Conservative government.
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Toronto police investigating shooting death of 17-year-old boy

Toronto police investigating shooting death of 17-year-old boy

TORONTO — Police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy in a shooting in east Toronto. Toronto police say officers responded to reports of a shooting in or near a building shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday.
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Police ID Mississauga, Ont., retail stabbing victim, say she was married to suspect

Police ID Mississauga, Ont., retail stabbing victim, say she was married to suspect

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Police say a woman who died in a stabbing at a Canadian Tire in Mississauga, Ont., this week was married to the man charged in the case. Peel Region police have identified the woman as 22-year-old Chandanpreet Kaur.
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Elections Ontario finds 'apparent contravention' of election law by Liberals

Elections Ontario finds 'apparent contravention' of election law by Liberals

TORONTO — Ontario's chief electoral officer has found an "apparent contravention" of the Election Act by a former Liberal candidate in this year's provincial election.
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Toronto man, 28, charged with first-degree murder in deaths of parents

Toronto man, 28, charged with first-degree murder in deaths of parents

TORONTO — Police say a Toronto man has been charged in the deaths of his parents, who were found in an apartment building in the city early Wednesday. Police responded to a call for a stabbing in northwest Toronto shortly before 2 a.m.
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COVID-19 vaccine uptake for young Ontario children lower than experts had expected

COVID-19 vaccine uptake for young Ontario children lower than experts had expected

TORONTO — The number of children under the age of five getting vaccinated against COVID-19 in Ontario is even lower than the relatively small numbers many experts had expected.
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'Dad, thank you for everything': Family of slain Toronto cop-speak at his funeral

'Dad, thank you for everything': Family of slain Toronto cop-speak at his funeral

TORONTO — Weeks before he was fatally shot in a Mississauga, Ont., coffee shop, Const. Andrew Hong taught his 17-year-old daughter Mia to drive stick.
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Marineland to move last two walruses out of facility, settles suit with ex-trainer

Marineland to move last two walruses out of facility, settles suit with ex-trainer

The last two walruses at Marineland will be moving to another facility where they can join others of their species, the park said Wednesday as it announced it had resolved a decade-long court battle with a former trainer-turned activist.
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