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Ontario Greens propose tax on domestic buyers of multiple homes

Ontario's Green Party is proposing a tax on domestic homebuyers with multiple properties as a measure to reduce housing demand and make it easier for first-time buyers to get into the market.
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Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

TORONTO — Progressive Conservatives April 27: Invest an additional $15.1 million over three years to improve and expand the Immigrant Nominee Program. April 26: Move the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board head office from Toronto to London, Ont.
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Boys, 14 and 16, facing multiple charges after stabbing at Toronto mall

TORONTO — Police say two teen boys are facing charges and a knife has been recovered after a stabbing at an east Toronto mall. Investigators say officers were called to the Scarborough Town Centre around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on reports of a stabbing.
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Ontario reports 1,734 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 211 in intensive care.

Ontario is reporting 1,734 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, and 211 in intensive care. That's compared with 1,730 hospitalizations on Tuesday and 219 people in ICUs. The province is reporting 22 new deaths from COVID-19.
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Ontario Liberals put their rebuilding to the test after 2018 election drubbing

Ontario Liberals put their rebuilding to the test after 2018 election drubbing

TORONTO — Four years ago the Ontario Liberals held a majority government and today they are not-so-affectionately dubbed "the minivan party," holding so few seats that they could carpool to a caucus meeting.
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GO bus service disrupted for fourth day by strike at Toronto's Union Station

TORONTO — GO bus service has resumed at Toronto's Union Station after being diverted to other transit hubs Tuesday for the fourth consecutive day due to ongoing labour action.
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Two students stabbed on high school grounds west of Toronto, teen arrested: police

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say they've arrested a 15-year-old boy after two students were stabbed on the grounds of a high school in Mississauga, Ont. Peel regional police say they were called to St.
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Ryerson University changes its name to Toronto Metropolitan University

Ryerson University changes its name to Toronto Metropolitan University

TORONTO — Ryerson University, named after an architect of Canada's residential school system, will now be called Toronto Metropolitan University, the school announced Tuesday.
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Ontario Liberals pledge to end for-profit long-term care, invest more in home care

Ontario Liberals pledge to end for-profit long-term care, invest more in home care

TORONTO — An Ontario Liberal government would adopt a "home-care first" approach to seniors' care and aim to eliminate for-profit long-term care by 2028, leader Steven Del Duca announced Tuesday.
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Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 26: Move the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board head office from Toronto
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