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‘I can finally afford a house,’ Toronto man says after winning $55M lottery jackpot
Nishit Parikh says he “can finally afford a house in Toronto” after he won a $55 million Lotto Max Jackpot. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) announced Friday that the 30-year-old Toronto resident won the jackpot on the Aug. 5 draw.
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People living in Toronto are feeling more socially isolated than ever before
Life has pretty much gone back to normal (or some version of the "new normal" we were all promised post-lockdown times) for many in Toronto, now that offices have reopened, and we're allowed to see our friends in real life again at desirable venues of our choosing.
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Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever
The city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong.
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Suburbs that don't Suck - Streetcar Suburbs (Riverdale, Toronto)
Car-dependent suburbs suck. But that doesn't mean that all suburbs suck. It is possible to build suburbs that don't suck, and the US and Canada used to design great suburbs all the time. But even though these pre-war suburbs are loved by many people, and in huge demand, they're illegal to build today.
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Toronto company is making shoes that turn into apple trees
A Toronto designer created a pair of shoes that eventually turn into an apple tree afer he spent seven years in the fashion industry and looked for...
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How a Fight With Clowns Led to the Birth of Modern Policing in Toronto
A 19th-century bordello brouhaha led to big changes for Toronto's police force.
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Ontario's major sports team can resume training, government hints play could resume in 'not-too-distant future'
Ontario's professional sports teams can resume training at club facilities as the provincial government says they are looking forward to seeing athletes return to play in the "not-too-distant future."
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Why Ottawa is hedging when it comes to handguns | CBC News
A weekend of extreme violence in Toronto has renewed calls for a national ban on handguns. But the federal Liberals are deferring action until after the fall election.
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Toronto is resorting to giant cement blocks to keep illegal pot shops from reopening | CBC News
Illegal cannabis storefronts have persisted in Toronto despite raids and attempts to bar the store's entryways using other means, including steel doors. Now, there's a new weapon in the city's battle against illegal dispensaries: giant cement blocks.
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'Surveillance capitalism': critic urges Toronto to abandon smart city project
Project with Google’s Sidewalk Labs comes under increasing scrutiny amid concerns over privacy and data harvesting
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Gift Card For Your Love one
Gift your love an album to forever preserve those beautiful memories.
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A Canadian Preacher Who Doesn’t Believe in God
The Rev. Gretta Vosper hadn’t noticed the giant industrial metal cross rising in front of her church for years, hidden as it was by a bushy tree. But then someone complained about it. Since Ms. Vosper does not believe Jesus was the son of God, the complainer wrote in an email, she should take the cross down. “The next day, a storm took the tree out,” she said, peering up at the cross with a benign smile.
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Amore Albums
We make Personalized Wedding albums with Modern, classic, rustic and other custom design
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The truth about tech, from an insider who got out
A cautionary tale about big money, long hours and a cultish devotion to tequila shots and team spirit
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Raccoons bust into Toronto woman’s home, stare her down while defiantly eating her bread
While the city says the problem is “uncommon,” it created a step-by-step guide for dealing with what resident Jenny Serwylo calls “the most Toronto thing that’s ever happened.”
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Speeding cop who struck and killed 18-year-old pedestrian handed 8 month sentence
A judge has sentenced York Regional Police officer Remo Romano to eight months in jail for dangerous driving causing death in the killing of Natasha "Carla" Abogado. Later in the day, an appeal court judge granted bail to Det.-Const. Romano, who plans to appeal both the sentence and the conviction.
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World’s largest corpse flower that smells like ‘rotting meat’ will bloom for first time
One of the world’s largest flowers, known as the “corpse flower”, will bloom at the Toronto Zoo – a first for the zoo and the city. The corpse flower, officially titled Amorphophallus titanum, has been recorded as having the world’s tallest bloom. It is also known for its tremendous pungent smell; Toronto Zoo officials have likened it to that of rotting meat.
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North America’s first sex-doll brothel opening in Toronto
A brothel is set to open in Toronto’s north end, but the sex workers won’t be real women but instead high-tech sex dolls made of silicone.
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The fight against Google’s smart city
These activists are fighting what they see as an Orwellian takeover.
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Ford to slash Toronto city council to 25 councillors from 47, sources say
Premier Doug Ford is slashing the size of Toronto city council almost in half before the October election, the Star has learned. In a stunning development, Ford is also cancelling planned regional chair elections in Peel and York, thwarting the ambitions of his political foe Patrick Brown, the former Progressive Conservative leader, as well as those of former Liberal cabinet minister Steven Del Duca.
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