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One victim in hospital after stabbing in downtown Toronto.

1 adult has been taken to hospital in serious condition following a stabbing in the area of Yonge St. and College St.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 3h

Man dead after unprovoked attack in Richmond Hill

One male has died after an unprovoked attacked in Richmond Hill, according to police.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 4h

Victim in serious condition after stabbing in downtown Toronto.

1 adult has been taken to hospital in serious condition following a stabbing in the area of Yonge St. and College St.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 5h

Education minister warns boards after Toronto school plays ‘O Canada’ in Arabic on Oct. 7

Toronto principals have been told to use only English, French or instrumental versions after incident at Earl Haig Secondary School.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 5h

N.S. wildfire evacuees in Kings County being allowed home

Residents displaced because of a wildfire in Nova Scotia's Annapolis Valley are allowed to go home on Thursday.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 5h

Local state of emergency declared over risk of dam in B.C. Interior bursting

KAMLOOPS - A regional district in the British Columbia Interior has declared a state of local emergency as an illegal dam threatens to burst.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 6h

B.C. bill that would have stopped doctors from providing puberty blockers defeated

VICTORIA - A British Columbia private member's bill that would have given parents the right to sue doctors up to 25 years after they provided care for transgender children has

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 6h

Man charged in connection with a drowning in Toronto Harbour in August appears in court

Mississauga man is alleged by police to have operated without proper commercial licence and registration to conduct commercial boat charter business.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 6h

Toronto city council passes changes to speed camera program in efforts to sway Ford on ban

Officials decided to install larger warning signs, place “high-visibility vinyl wrap” on select cameras and implement a “blackout” period so drivers cannot be fined again for seven days.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 6h

Corrective to Oct. 7 story about Alberta teachers looking for income during strike

EDMONTON - In an Oct. 7 story about the Alberta teachers strike, The Canadian Press erroneously reported that teacher Amy Bartlett was considering hunting and selling animal skulls. In fact,

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 7h

Correction to Sept. 25 story about the Cowichan title court case

VICTORIA - In a story published Sept. 25, The Canadian Press erroneously said the B.C. Supreme Court ruled private property land titles were invalid in the Cowichan Tribes case. In

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 7h

Saskatchewan exports to China nosedive amid Ottawa’s tariff dispute with Beijing

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is again facing calls to stand up for farmers after new figures shows exports from the province to China have drastically fallen.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 7h

Atikamekw bring legal action against Quebec over inaction fixing Manawan access road

MONTREAL - The Atikamekw Council of Manawan has launched legal action against the Quebec government over its inaction on repairs to the only road that links the Indigenous community to

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 7h

Chip Wilson fined over signs posted outside mansion during B.C. election period

VANCOUVER - Elections BC has found billionaire Chip Wilson contravened election advertising rules when he put up signs in front of his Vancouver mansion ahead of the provincial election last

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 7h

Manitoba premier under fire a second time for comments on the justice system

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba lawyers group is accusing Premier Wab Kinew of undermining public confidence in the justice system and not respecting the independence of the judiciary.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 7h

British Columbia has tabled historic legislation to smoke out vaping advertising

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has tabled what it says is the first law in Canada to recover health care costs from companies that use "deceptive practices" to sell

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Premier Moe surprises Moose Jaw mayor, says province relocating homeless shelter

MOOSE JAW - The mayor of Moose Jaw says he got a surprise this morning when Premier Scott Moe and some of his cabinet ministers arrived to inform locals the

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Man charged in hate-motivated attack on Muslim hotel employee: York Region police

Police say a Toronto man is facing charges in an alleged hate-motivated assault on a Muslim employee of a Markham, Ont., hotel.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Thieves rip ATM from West Kelowna, B.C., bank wall via machinery in attempted theft

WEST KELOWNA - Police in West Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after unknown suspects tried to steal an automated teller machine from a bank by ripping it out of the wall

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Police use ‘spoof masks’ in help for search for of Canada’s most wanted

VANCOUVER - Police agencies from across Canada have found a novel way to encourage the public to be on the lookout for the country's 25 most wanted criminals.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Calgary researchers collecting toenail clippings for cancer research

CALGARY - Calgary researchers want your toenail clippings.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Officer cleared of wrongdoing in fatal Markham, Ont., shooting: police watchdog

Ontario's police watchdog says an officer who fatally shot a man while he stabbed a woman in a Markham, Ont., condo didn't commit a criminal offence.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Advocacy group calls for worker trust fund after N.B. company’s $1M fine

A migrant workers advocacy group says the employees of a New Brunswick shellfish company that was fined $1 million should be entitled to part of the money.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Toronto students may get free zoo field trips in honour of Jane Goodall, Anne Innis Dagg

Motion to be presented in honour of pioneering conservationists Jane Goodall and Anne Innis Dagg.

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Unofficial TorontoStar (All News) @torontostar-rss.bsky.social · 8h

Murder was unexpected by accused, trial of former B.C. lawyer hears

VANCOUVER - A former Kamloops, B.C., lawyer admits to killing his client, but his defence lawyer says it wasn't planned and evidence at trial doesn't support a first-degree murder conviction

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