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Love is in the air in Victoria as the B.C capital regains its crown as...

TORONTO – Love is in the air in Victoria as the B.C. capital regains its crown as Canada’s most romantic city. The picturesque city topped the rankings in the fourth annual list compiled by Amazon.ca...

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2 men sought after Victoria Park shooting

Two men are being sought after a shooting near Victoria Park Avenue and O’Connor Drive on Saturday in Toronto’s east end, police say. At least 10 shots were fired at an “unknown” target around 11 a.m.,...

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Video: Toronto police release photo of SUV involved in 2009 murder

Christopher Skinner was killed on Oct. 18, 2009 when he was beaten by a group of men and then run over at Victoria and Adelaide streets. Det.-Sgt. Stacy Gallant released a surveillance photo of the...

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3 people homeless after early morning fire

There people have been left homeless after an early-morning fire at a Toronto Community Housing building. The fire broke out at a three-storey home on Cavell Avenue, near Pape and Danforth avenues,...

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Suspects sought in Victoria Park shooting

A man in his 20s is recovering in hospital after he was shot in the stomach early Friday morning. Toronto police say the victim was at a party at Franki Boys Sports Bar and Grill, located at 1752...

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Fire destroys several Niagara Falls stores

A stubborn fire has destroyed several stores in the heart of Niagara Falls’ tourist district. The blaze began on Victoria Avenue near Clifton Hill around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. The street was closed as...

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Power restored in north Toronto

Toronto Hydro crews have restored power to about 2,000 customers affected by an outage in the city’s north end. At its peak about 2,700 customers were affected. The power went out around 4:30 p.m. on...

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Man stabbed in apparent case of road rage

Ontario provincial police are investigating after a man was stabbed in an apparent case of road rage on Tuesday morning. Emergency crews were called to Sheppard and Victoria Park avenues just after 12...

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Woman finds snake in Victoria Park & Ellesmere bathroom

A woman in the city’s east end had quite a scare on Tuesday morning when she discovered a snake in her bathroom. She doesn’t own any snakes. Toronto police believe it may have been in the the...

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Worker rescued at Victoria & Dundas after truck’s cherry picker touches live...

It was a close call for a construction worker on Tuesday morning at Victoria and Dundas streets, just across the street from CityNews. A man was inside a truck’s cherry picker when it struck live...

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3 people homeless after early morning fire

There people have been left homeless after an early-morning fire at a Toronto Community Housing building. The fire broke out at a three-storey home on Cavell Avenue, near Pape and Danforth avenues,...

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Suspects sought in Victoria Park shooting

A man in his 20s is recovering in hospital after he was shot in the stomach early Friday morning. Toronto police say the victim was at a party at Franki Boys Sports Bar and Grill, located at 1752...

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Fire destroys several Niagara Falls stores

A stubborn fire has destroyed several stores in the heart of Niagara Falls’ tourist district. The blaze began on Victoria Avenue near Clifton Hill around 1 a.m. on Wednesday. The street was closed as...

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Power restored in north Toronto

Toronto Hydro crews have restored power to about 2,000 customers affected by an outage in the city’s north end. At its peak about 2,700 customers were affected. The power went out around 4:30 p.m. on...

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Man stabbed in apparent case of road rage

Ontario provincial police are investigating after a man was stabbed in an apparent case of road rage on Tuesday morning. Emergency crews were called to Sheppard and Victoria Park avenues just after 12...

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Woman finds snake in Victoria Park & Ellesmere bathroom

A woman in the city’s east end had quite a scare on Tuesday morning when she discovered a snake in her bathroom. She doesn’t own any snakes. Toronto police believe it may have been in the the...

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Worker rescued at Victoria & Dundas after truck’s cherry picker touches live...

It was a close call for a construction worker on Tuesday morning at Victoria and Dundas streets, just across the street from CityNews. A man was inside a truck’s cherry picker when it struck live...

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Study ranks Victoria best Canadian city to be a woman; Windsor ranked worst

OTTAWA – A new study suggests Victoria is the best city in Canada to be a woman, despite the wage gap between men and women there worsening slightly in recent years. The study by the Canadian Centre...

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John A. Macdonald statue ‘painful reminder’ of colonialism: Victoria mayor

A statue of former prime minister John A. Macdonald will be removed from the front entrance of Victoria City Hall as a gesture of reconciliation with First Nations, says the city’s Mayor Lisa Helps....

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‘History matters’: Ontario requested Macdonald statue from Victoria, B.C.

Ontario’s minister of tourism, culture and sport says the provincial government would be “happy” to take Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue from Victoria, B.C. “Sir John A. Macdonald plays a central role...

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