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As she lay dying in a Joliette, Que., hospital bed, an Atikamekw woman clicked her phone on and broadcast a Facebook Live video appearing to show her being insulted and sworn at by hospital staff.
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Grad photo goes viral after Toronto teen creates a 'glamorous, red carpet' look for himself
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How's this for heartwarming? A viewer sent us this photo of a construction worker who walked a woman home from the subway station to make sure she got back safely. Toronto the Good, indeed. (Photo submitted by Nick. P.)
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Korean pop stars @BTS_twt have their own meal at McDonald’s — and Toronto fans are Lovin’ It. Some people are even trying to capitalize on the wrappings by reselling the limited-edition BTS cups, sauces and bags online. @natalie_kalata has more on the craze.
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The Regent Park School of Music youth choir can be heard playing instruments and singing backup on @taylorswift13 new album #Lover on the track called "It's nice to have a Friend."
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Meet the Toronto carpenter building insulated, mobile shelters for homeless people this winter
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Started from the bottom, now it's here. Drake's plane, Air Drake, made a victory lap over the city and the celebrations for the #TorontoRaptors #WeTheNorthDay #NBAChampion2019
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Here's the moment two refugee children from Eritrea experienced snow for the first time. Read more about how they came to Canada:
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Beluga whales adopt lost narwhal in St. Lawrence River
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View of the Toronto skyline at 9:30 a.m. vs. 2:30 p.m. #ONStorm
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You’re a bus driver on a primarily Punjabi-speaking route. What do you do? If you’re Mike Landry, you learn the language. Read more:
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'She saved my life more than once': Service dog who fell ill at PetSmart has died, owner says
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Toronto General Hospital says ICU is free of COVID-19 for 1st time since March 2020
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Sikh children now have the option of wearing a helmet that fits them properly, thanks to a Brampton mom. Tina Singh, an occupational therapist, couldn't find a suitable helmet for her boys, so she's created her own.
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Activist, author and veteran @Harryslaststand died this morning in Belleville. He was 95. Here's a look back at his extraordinary life. Read more: #IStandWithHarry
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his kids got him into the Toronto Raptors. His son, Xavier James, and daughter, Ella-Grace joined him at the Raptors NBA Championship Rally. They told @GregRoss17 their picks for fave Raptors: Xavier: Danny Green & Ella-Grace: Fred VanVleet
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This woman rushed to the aid of a Danforth shooting victim, and ended up in the line of fire
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This Etobicoke school has a breakfast and snack program, but some moms saw a need for a lunch program. Now, they're serving up home-cooked meals. Read more here: & find out how to donate to our Sounds of the Season fundraiser here:
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Viola Desmond banknote set to go into circulation
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"The worst thing is knowing that others are safe at home, collecting their $2,000, while we get up, go to work, risk our lives and don't make nearly that much ... Do you have any idea how discouraged and disappointed we feel?" says one grocery clerk.
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This refugee was sworn in as a @TorontoPolice officer today. Here's what Const. Alain Arakaza had to say about the moment.
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A white man accosted an Arabic-speaking woman and her two-year-old daughter earlier this week, uttering racial slurs and sexually violent threats in broad daylight on a Montreal street.
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BREAKING: Progressive stalwart Olivia Chow will be Toronto's next mayor, the CBC News decision desk projected Monday, elected in a stunningly tight race that saw former councillor Ana Bailão come in a close second.
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A Toronto doctor posted this moment of pure joy: an intensive care team celebrating a patient no longer needing a tube to help them breathe. "COVID is tough but we are always happy to have a bit of success for our patients," tweeted Sinai Health's Dr. Chris Yarnell.
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Ontario nurses want pay parity with police, firefighters amid pandemic staffing crunch
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BREAKING: Toronto Raptors beat Milwaukee Bucks 100—94 to advance to NBA Finals for 1st time in franchise history. #WeTheNorth (Photo via Reuters)
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Ontario man asking $29.99 for 6-year-old McDonald's cheeseburger and fries
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Meet Ralph, a dog statue made of plants that will be playing outside Hamilton's city hall this summer:
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Watch how therapy dogs are offering comfort in the wake of Monday's deadly van attack.
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"Enjoy this moment and have fun with it," Kawhi Leonard ends his speech with a nod to his famous laugh. "A-ha-ha-ha-ha." The crowd goes wild. #torontoraptors #NBAChampion2019
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Students @regentparkmusic helped produce one of @taylorswift13 latest tracks, "It's Nice to Have a Friend" off her new album "Lovers". Toronto's @FrankDukes produced the music with the kids and Swift. Take a listen: Read more here:
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Bright pink billboards with 'bold slogans' fighting rising antisemitism in Toronto
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Police estimated the crowd to be between 3,500 and 4,000 and said there was no violence.
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CN Tower lit up for #Paris tonight.
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Reselling your COVID-19 rapid tests? You could be fined up to $100K in Ontario
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It's just as beautiful in Lego 😭 Stop-motion animator @goldyeller spent 40 hours recreating Kawhi Leonard's iconic buzzer beater. Jared Jacobs grew up in Calgary, so “naturally I was cheering for the Raptors,” he told CBC Toronto.
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NEW: Ontario will not require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to attend school and will not add the vaccine to its list of mandatory immunizations, which includes illnesses like polio and measles, the province's top doctor says.
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Here's what the streets of Toronto look like after public health officials asked people to practice social distancing and stay home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hey girl, are you coming to this Leslieville cafe? @GrinderCoffeeTO wants @RyanGosling to stop by for a cup of joe during #TIFF18 .
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A Toronto doctor is lobbying to have the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine approved for use in shelters and encampments because he says tracking down unhoused people for a second shot is challenging.
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BREAKING: Ontario was not prepared to address a pandemic and had no plan to protect residents in long-term care, according to a final report from an independent commission released Friday evening.
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Ontario's vaccine passports aren't new. Remember your bright yellow shot booklet?
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Views from the Toronto Raptors bus: babies, Kawhi, Drake, Lowry, VanVleet, and Masai. #TorontoRaptors #NBAChampion2019
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Toronto police officer Duane Simon pulled his 90-year-old mother out of a long-term care home in Pickering earlier this month, where an outbreak of COVID-19 was just beginning. She has since tested positive for the virus, and he’s taken time off work to take care of her.
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When she was seven years old, a parent on Ashlynn Jolicoeur’s baseball team told her dad girls should stick to softball. A year later, she’s winning most valuable player trophies as the only girl on her team. Read more:
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A Toronto marina is using new technology to keep the water clean. It’s one of the first places in Canada to get Seabins. Read more:
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These Toronto men made their plea for Kawhi to stay with the Raptors — from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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Shout out to Arjun Ram from @CBCKidsNews for his brilliant question to Kyle Lowry: "How does it feel to be an icon all over Canada?"
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That's a good question. #WeTheNorth | #NBAFinals
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Ontario should have extended masking for all high-risk settings, says new science table head
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Premier Ford and other officials have repeatedly suggested throughout the pandemic's second wave that the curve was flattening, only to see it surge again. Here's a look at that timeline:
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Meet the North Albion College Institute student who's headed to Harvard University
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If you grew up in the GTA at some point you probably went on a field trip with your school to the Ontario Science Centre. The well-loved institution turns 50 this year. To honour the OSC, we're giving you a special look back at opening day ... half a century ago.
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"We're just not going to participate in a mandate that makes no sense to us anymore," Angie Tingas, a mother of four from Toronto, said in an interview.
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"It was an Olympic fairytale for us." - @tessavirtue
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Canada's Maggie Mac Neil wins gold in women's 100m butterfly
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This Toronto doctor now has a Barbie made in her image to honour her work as a health-care hero
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Trustees in York Region rename Vaughan high school after late Somali-Canadian journalist
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Having your friends over for dinner or coffee? That's not social distancing, warns Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto's medical officer of health.
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Vaccinations should be mandatory in Ontario schools, elementary teachers union says
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Fully vaccinated should mean 3 doses, says head of Ontario's COVID-19 science table
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A new website aims to help Ontarians safely navigate the rest of the COVID-19 pandemic by providing them with a list of businesses that have fully vaccinated staff or require customers to show proof of vaccination.
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Dr. Isaac Bogoch, infectious diseases specialist at Toronto General Hospital, told CBC News on Sunday that it may be time for Ontario to consider another lockdown.
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BREAKING: 2 Toronto police officers believed to have ingested pot while on-duty have been suspended
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Raptor Serge Ibaka used to go hungry, now he's giving back with Regent Park Community Food Centre
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Every night, a trumpet player performs ‘O Canada’ from his 19th floor balcony for all the residents of an apartment complex near Yonge and St. Clair. “When the anthem started from the 19th floor there was total silence as everyone stood in amazement,” said resident, Lynn Pady.
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Ontario nurse reacts to province's decision to stop reporting COVID-19 cases in schools
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Indigenous crisis teams to replace police on mental health checks in Scarborough pilot project
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UPDATE: The Ontario government has no plans to reintroduce mandatory masking or pause its reopening plans, even as a sixth wave of COVID-19 is underway in the province, Minister of Health Christine Elliott says.
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Should Ontario make the COVID-19 vaccine mandatory for school?
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The leaders of Ontario's opposition parties are jointly calling for the province's auditor general to investigate the Ford government's decision to open up almost 3,000 hectares of previously protected agricultural land for development.
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Students in York Region celebrated nearing the end of the school year with a fully-accessible prom for their peers with special needs.
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An Anishinaabe woman is organizing a menstrual product drive for students in northwestern Ontario First Nations after they were excluded from a provincial initiative to provide the products for free in schools.
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When asked why Ontario waited until Thursday to issue a stay-at-home order, solicitor general Sylvia Jones said: "We wanted to make sure that the modelling was actually showing up in our hospitals.” Here’s what the province’s associate chief medical officer of health had to say.
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. @gilldeacon , host of CBC Radio's @CBCHereandNow , is back in studio after months away for cancer treatment. She wanted to share this with you.
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Ford government loses appeal to keep ministers' mandate letters secret at Ontario's top court
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Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia is being honoured by the Basketball Hall of Fame. Read more: #WeTheNorth
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NDP Leader Andrea Horwath is asking the auditor general to look at how the government of Premier Doug Ford decided which postal code zones in the province are COVID-19 hot spots.
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Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine becomes 4th to receive Health Canada approval
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There's no shortage of global dance videos on TikTok, but one trio of 23-year-old friends from Toronto are going viral for their moves. The Basement Gang, as the group calls themselves, has racked up more than 200 million views for their videos. Read more:
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Toronto's youth advisory body calls for free menstrual products in all Ontario public schools
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This teenaged trumpeter from Toronto was accepted to Julliard, but needs help raising the $91K per year price tag. All four years at the school would cost him $364,000:
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"I think it's @Norm 's turn to just to drop the mixtape for the 6 and just kill it."
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It’s the Thanksgiving long weekend and the fall colours are showing around the city. Take a look at the views. 🎥:: Sue Reid & Pat Morrell/CBC
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A vaccine clinic in East York hit a record-breaking milestone on Sunday. Staff at Thorncliffe Park Community Hub — Ontario's largest vaccine clinic — surpassed their goal of administering 10,000 vaccines in one day. Take a look at the reaction.
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Julie Ryoo, the owner of Forever Blooming in Mississauga, says she loves her community and wanted to give back while people deal with the changes COVID-19 has brought to their lives. She’s been leaving free flowers outside her shop for people to take home.
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The owner of a fleet of gourmet coffee trucks is helping to ensure COVID-19 vaccines get to hot spots across the GTA. The pandemic put Kirk Tobias’ new business, Fleets Coffee, on hold, so he turned his refrigerated trucks into mobile vaccination clinics instead.
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Meet Randell Adjei, Ontario's first ever poet laureate
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Jacob, 8, wanted a Toronto Maple Leafs cake. The bakery used the Maple Leaf Foods logo instead
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Trudeau says Ford trying to 'deflect' criticism of Ontario's COVID-19 response by slamming Ottawa
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Khaleel Seivwright, a Toronto carpenter, says: "The City of Toronto should drop its application against me and focus its resources and efforts on what matters — getting people safely housed."
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Emily Rodgers snapped a photo of an apparently intoxicated raccoon in her backyard. She said the animal was lethargic and struggling to stand up.
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Hamed Esmaeilion describes his daughter Reera Esmaeilion as “the best girl in the world.” He confirmed to CBC Toronto that his wife Parisa Eghbalian along with their daughter were killed in the Iran plane crash.
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