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Advocates call for urgent response to Toronto shelter issues affecting asylum seekers

Advocates call for urgent response to Toronto shelter issues affecting asylum seekers

TORONTO — Advocacy groups and shelter operators called Friday on all levels of government to immediately help Toronto's overstretched shelter system cope with the high numbers of refugee claimants who are unhoused.
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Hollywood strikes bring uncertainty to local businesses as TIFF nears

Hollywood strikes bring uncertainty to local businesses as TIFF nears

TORONTO — The Toronto International Film Festival is still more than a month away, but a pair of U.S. entertainment worker strikes have Hollywood North worried the annual event won't offer the usual boost for local businesses.
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Scott Dixon ready to defend title at Honda Indy Toronto, his ‘home’ race where he has won 4 times

Scott Dixon ready to defend title at Honda Indy Toronto, his ‘home’ race where he has won 4 times

TORONTO (AP) — This just feels like home to Scott Dixon. The 42-year-old driver from New Zealand often jokes that as the only IndyCar race in a Commonwealth country, the Honda Indy Toronto is essentially in his backyard.
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Tornado aftermath: crews work to repair homes, researchers assessing damage

Tornado aftermath: crews work to repair homes, researchers assessing damage

Researchers and contractors were combing over the site of a tornado that tore through a south-end Ottawa neighbourhood Thursday to assess its aftermath and begin cleanup.
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Scott Dixon ready to defend title at Honda Indy Toronto, his 'home' race

Scott Dixon ready to defend title at Honda Indy Toronto, his 'home' race

Toronto just feels like home to Scott Dixon. The New Zealander often jokes that as the only IndyCar race in a Commonwealth country, the Honda Indy Toronto is essentially his backyard.
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Man accused in killing of Toronto mother has extensive criminal history

Man accused in killing of Toronto mother has extensive criminal history

A 32-year-old man charged in the death of a woman killed by a stray bullet in Toronto previously served 15 months in jail after stabbing someone in the heart, one episode in a lengthy criminal history.
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Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (20,262.07, down 15.57): Canopy Growth Corp. (TSX:WEED). Healthcare. Down 34 cents, or 40.00 per cent, to 51 cents on 24.8 million shares.
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S&P/TSX composite ticks lower Friday on energy weakness, U.S. markets mixed

TORONTO — Canada's main stock indexticked lower Friday led by losses in the energy sector, while U.S. markets were mixed. The S&P/TSX composite index was down 15.57 points at 20,262.07. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 113.
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Stay within aspartame limits, Canadian Cancer Society says in wake of WHO findings

Stay within aspartame limits, Canadian Cancer Society says in wake of WHO findings

TORONTO — The Canadian Cancer Society is recommending that people stay within existing daily limits of aspartame consumption and encouraging more studies on the artificial sweetener after the World Health Organization deemed it "possibly carcinogenic
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Shares in cannabis company Canopy Growth plunge after debt reduction plan announced

Shares in cannabis company Canopy Growth plunge after debt reduction plan announced

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Shares of Canopy Growth Corp. fell more than 30 per cent after it announced it has signed deals with its secured and unsecured lenders to reduce its debt, but will issue 90.4 million shares plus new convertible debt to do so.
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