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2 hrs ago | Torontoist

Heritage Toronto Leads a Historical Bike Tour of the Huron-Wendat Trail

Riding a bicycle along the Finch Corridor path near Jane Street and Finch Avenue takes you past plenty of grassy fields and hydro towers.

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Related Topix: Canada, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science

7 hrs ago | The Globe and Mail

Victim identified in Yonge & Sheppard shooting

Toronto police have identified the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred last weekend near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue.

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11 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

Toronto Somalis say they were victimized by police in Dixon Road raids

The African Canadian Legal Clinic held a news conference Tuesday after a town hall meeting at 320 Dixon Rd., one of the apartment buildings in a complex targeted by the sweep.

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15 hrs ago | 680News

Two men arrested in connection with Scarborough sexual assault

Toronto police say a 42-year-old woman was at a bar in the Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue area on June 6. About 10 minutes later, the woman became "incoherent" and was assisted into a taxi by the man and another man, police said.

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17 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

Toronto's Dufferin Street the worst road in Ontario: CAA

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford peers over the edge of the Dufferin Street Bridge June 5, 2013.

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Related Topix: Canada, Best of 2007

Sun Jun 16, 2013

CFRB

Details set for Ford Fest Scarborough

The Toronto mayor and city councillor will host a free party Friday July 5th at Thomson Memorial Park, at Lawrence Avenue E and Brimley Rd. Rob Ford has hosted an annual barbecue at his mother's Etobicoke home for more than a decade.

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Fri Jun 14, 2013

IT Business

Should female founders target female funders? June 14th, 2013

For many founders in Canada, particularly the under-represented female founders in our startup scene, it is really difficult to think beyond the question of finding money to the more important question of, "Who's money will actually help my startup be more successful?" Yet engineering a successful funding strategy is critical.

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The Toronto Star

Confessions of a Toronto pop-up artist: Porter

I live on the run-down end of the Danforth, where the Greek restaurants have petered into thrift shops, jumbled convenience stores and vacant shells.

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Globe and Mail

Five things to do in Toronto this weekend, June 14 to 16

GREG BEHRENDT He's irreverent, a recovering alcoholic , and a by-fluke relationship expert who penned the bestselling book He's Just Not That Into You .

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Related Topix: Canada, He's Just Not That Into You

Torontoist

Weekend Planner: June 15-16, 2013

Dance: Here's something you don't get to do very often. The National Ballet of Canada is pulling back the curtains slightly to give the public a chance to check out the dancer's daily ritual.

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CTV

Raids result in Toronto gang being 'significantly downgraded'

Police say major elements of a Toronto gang have been taken out after a massive police operation saw dozens of people arrested and more than 300 charges laid.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

The Toronto Star

Toronto woman charged with more than 100 offences in kidnapping, robbery

Police arrested Dana Lee, 28, on Wednesday after she was wanted for the alleged kidnapping of a 42-year-old man from a condominium parking lot near Yonge St. and Finch Ave. in September 2012.

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Wed Jun 12, 2013

The Toronto Star

U of T back campus turf decision could lead to lawsuit

The City of Toronto faces a possible lawsuit if it tries to block installation of artificial turf at the University of Toronto's back campus sports fields, councillors have been told.

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BlogTO

This Week in Fashion: Hudson's Bay unveils new shoe department,...

This Week in Fashion rounds up the week's style news, store openings and closings, pop-up shops, sales and upcoming fashion and design events in Toronto.

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National Post

Toronto police widen search for 5-foot-3 woman accused of kidnapping...

Toronto police widen search for 5-foot-3 woman accused of kidnapping man, keeping him locked up for three days Toronto police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for the arrest of a Toronto woman accused of kidnapping a man last year, keeping him confined for three days and robbing him.

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CBC News

Bank robbery footage captures assault on teller

Footage captured by security cameras shows one of the suspects holding a gun and trying to stop one of the customers from exiting the bank.

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The Toronto Star

Jail guards have code of silence on inmate abuse, court hears

While the “code of silence” is often blamed for hindering police from solving crimes in Toronto's low-income communities, little is heard about the no-snitching mentality elsewhere in the criminal justice system.

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Related Topix: Prison, Canada,

Tue Jun 11, 2013

Torontoist

Newsstand: June 11, 2013

This weather makes us feel like we took a time warp back to March. We don't like it.

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Beach Metro Community News

Beach Arts Scene

Arts on Queen presents the work of Ann Shier, a Toronto-based artist specializing in encaustic painting, an art form that involves stirring pigments into molten wax and applying it to a surface .

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Related Topix: Canada, Arts, Painting

Mon Jun 10, 2013

The Ontario Farmer Daily

Ontario Farmer

June 10, 2013 - Chinese investors have poured the foundation in Scarborough for a 150,000-square-foot processing plant to produce infant formulas for the North American and Chinese markets.

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