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#Breaking: Canada Post to ‘adjust operations’ amid rotating strike, mail delivery to resume next week
Canada Post to ‘adjust operations’ amid rotating strike, mail delivery to resume next week
While mail delivery with begin to resume next week, Crown corporation says it is 'suspending' service guarantees due to regional strike rotation.
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Stop hoping that Donald Trump doesn’t mean what he says about Canada.

The real game, as we all know deep down, is making Canada more resilient and less dependent on the U.S. #Opinion
Andrew Phillips: Stop hoping that Donald Trump doesn’t mean what he says about Canada
When it comes to Mark Carney, Donald Trump and the White House meeting that swallowed much of this week, I’m with John Cleese — or at least the character he
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Chasing the Blue Jays’ white-panel cap: Why this throwback is the hottest merch in Toronto right now.

The iconic caps, linked to the team’s 1992 World Series win and recent playoff success, are gone from major retailers across Ontario.
Chasing the Blue Jays’ white-panel cap: Why this throwback is the hottest merch in Toronto right now
The iconic caps, linked to the team’s 1992 World Series win and recent playoff success, are gone from major retailers across Ontario.
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What to know about the blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that claimed lives
What to know about the blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that claimed lives
It is currently unknown how many people were inside of the building at the time of the explosion.
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With picket lines dwindling and support from Canada Post workers for their national strike fading, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers blinked last night, downgrading the walkout to a series of rotating regional strikes.
Canada Post union scales back national strike as support on the picket lines fades
'The union doesn't have a lot of good moves right now,' said one expert, 'because every move brings certain kinds of peril with it.'
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A kind Star reader has helped a Guelph man who mistakenly sent his rent money to the wrong e-transfer number, leaving him with no way to get his money back.
Star reader helps Guelph man who sent rent money to wrong recipient: ‘It restored a lot of faith in humanity’
The bank told Het Shah to “hope for the best” after he accidentally sent $1,020 to the wrong e-transfer number. Now, a Toronto Star reader who empathized with his story has sent him $1,000 to cover th...
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Ontario’s expansion of alcohol sales has been a “real game-changer” for convenience stores, driving higher foot traffic and replacing revenue lost due to a “huge” decrease in cigarette sales, according to the Convenience Industry Council of Canada.
Ontario’s convenience stores were in trouble, until beer and wine sales. Now revenues are surging
A new survey by the Convenience Industry Council of Canada found that revenue on all products in convenience stores was up 12 per cent this September in Ontario compared to last fall.
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Only one of the four Progressive Conservatives who lost their jobs in the Greenbelt imbroglio has been interviewed by the RCMP in a probe that began two years ago, the Star has learned.
Two years later, top Tories who lost jobs in Greenbelt scandal still haven’t been interviewed by RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials were tight-lipped when contacted about the second anniversary of launching their criminal inquiry.
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#Breaking: Judge tosses Drake’s defamation lawsuit over rap beef with Kendrick Lamar
Judge tosses Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music over rap beef with Kendrick Lamar
The January lawsuit alleged that UMG published and promoted a track on rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us” even though it included false pedophilia allegations against Drake.
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#NEW: Ontario declares measles outbreak over after more than 2,300 infections
Ontario declares measles outbreak over after more than 2,300 infections
The spread started on Oct. 18 last year after exposure to someone who got measles in New Brunswick.
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#StarInvestigation: An office building that Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown deemed essential for the city to buy is barely being used two years after he allegedly orchestrated a closed-door deal that netted a prominent businessman $45 million.
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown and his (almost empty) $78 million speed camera building
Critics question the cost — and a secretive process behind Brampton’s purchase of a facility whose price more than doubled in three years.
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Are Blue Jays ALCS tickets already sold out?

Everything you need to know about getting your hands on potential championship series tickets in Toronto.
Are Blue Jays ALCS tickets sold out? Here’s everything you need to know
Everything you need to know about getting your hands on potential championship series tickets in Toronto.
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Premier Doug Ford and his government are compromising on a Bloor Street West bike lane, moving forward with the reintroduction of a lane of traffic, while also promising to keep the bike lane intact.
Ford government promises to keep Bloor bike lane while restoring lane for traffic
Ontario’s transportation minister says a vehicle lane will be restored on the 500-metre stretch of Bloor Street West between Resurrection Road and Clissold Road.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plans to build housing and infrastructure nationwide are threatened by a potential shortage of construction workers, according to a new report from Deloitte.
Carney needs half a million workers by 2030 to meet infrastructure goals: report
The report, released Wednesday, projects that Canada will need to mobilize half a million skilled trade workers by 2030 in order to meet its goals, and as many as 800,000 workers by 2034.
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A 60-year-old driver from Toronto that police pulled over Wednesday night had been using a suspended licence for four decades.
Toronto driver stopped for speeding had suspended licence since 1985
The 60-year-old driver had been wanted on other traffic offences and was turned over to neighbouring police services, the OPP said.
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Scientists may have discovered what’s behind long COVID-related brain fog.

The researchers believe their findings could pave the way to therapeutics treating brain fog in long COVID.
Scientists may have discovered what’s behind long COVID-related brain fog
The researchers believe their findings could pave the way to therapeutics treating brain fog in long COVID.
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What the U.S. media are saying after the Blue Jays eliminated the Yankees: ‘Vladdy Jr. is their daddy’

Some in New York are taking it well after losing to Toronto. Others claim the Jays “were not that good.”
What the U.S. media are saying after the Blue Jays eliminated the Yankees: ‘Vladdy Jr. is their daddy’
Some in New York are taking it well after losing to Toronto. Others claim the Jays “were not that good.”
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‘Talking, smiling, laughing’: ER doctor tells murder trial how moms had ‘casual’ reaction to their boy’s death.

“The whole thing didn’t sit right with me from the beginning,” Dr. Noura Labib testified Wednesday.
‘Talking, smiling, laughing’: ER doctor tells murder trial how moms had ‘casual’ reaction to their boy’s death
“The whole thing didn’t sit right with me from the beginning,” Dr. Noura Labib testified Wednesday.
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Tariff-battered Ontario is turning to an improbable ally in the raging trade war with the U.S.: a Republican president who popularized the slogan “make America great again.”

No, not Donald Trump, but Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan helps make Ontario’s case against Donald Trump in new ad
Tariff-battered Ontario is turning to an improbable ally in the raging trade war with the U.S.: a Republican president who popularized the slogan "make America great again."
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A man wanted for first-degree murder in Toronto has taken the top spot on the list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives, unveiled Wednesday in Vancouver.
Man wanted in Yorkdale mall murder tops list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives
The nationwide Bolo (“Be on the lookout”) Program released an updated list of Canada’s 25 most wanted fugitives in Vancouver.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 3d
Mark Carney sees a world of strategic relationships, comparative advantages, and mutually beneficial outcomes.

There, in a nutshell, is why Canada-U.S. trade negotiations have been so painful — and why progress has been glacial. #Opinion
Here’s how Carney and Canada can deal with Trump’s losing zero sum world view
A fundamental clash of world views between Carney and Trump, writes Daniel Tisch, is why Canada-U.S. trade negotiations have been so painful — and progress glacial.
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What U.S. media are saying after Toronto’s Game 3 loss to the Yankees: ‘Blue Jays fans are way more annoying’
What U.S. media are saying after Toronto’s Game 3 loss to the Yankees: ‘Blue Jays fans are way more annoying’
Toronto played like the Yankees, the Yankees played like the Blue Jays, and New York has all the momentum. Here’s what they said.
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Winnipeg judge stays charges against Peter Nygard
Winnipeg judge stays charges against former fashion mogul Peter Nygard
A lawyer for Nygard had argued the charges of sexual assault and unlawful confinement should be stayed because of police bungling.
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Inside Canadian theatre: Join a live Q&A with arts reporter Joshua Chong
Inside Canadian theatre: Join a live Q&A with Joshua Chong
Arts reporter Joshua Chong takes your questions theatre in Canada, from Stratford’s new leader to Toronto’s top trends, in a live Q&A on Wednesday, Oct. 8 at 1 p.m.
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#Breaking: Canada must come ‘second’ to U.S. in auto sector, Howard Lutnick warns behind closed doors.
Canada must come ‘second’ to U.S. in auto sector, Howard Lutnick warns behind closed doors
Appearing virtually, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick bluntly told an audience at a Canada-U.S. conference in Toronto on Wednesday that the United States is determined to dominate the car-making indu...
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