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New Get ready to party like it's 2017
It's time to party, Toronto. The annual New Year's Eve festivities kick off outside Toronto city hall at 7 p.m., with more 50,000 people expected to crowd the square. More
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New Milton barber sells 50-year-old business for health reasons, but he's not quitting just yet
Longtime Milton, Ont., resident and barber Mike Boughton has sold his business after five decades due to health reasons, but the 71-year-old isn't quite ready to retire.
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'Intentional' Mississauga house explosion ruled a double suicide
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The home explosion in Mississauga, Ont., that killed two people and destroyed much of the neighbourhood in June was intentional and has been ruled a double suicide, Peel Regional Police Chief Jennifer Evans said Friday.
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1 dead after multi-vehicle crash in Richmond Hill
One person is dead and two others are recovering from injuries following a three-car collision in Richmond Hill Friday afternoon.
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Toronto police seek public's help in finding mortgage fraud suspects who bilked $200K
The Toronto Police Service Financial Crimes Unit is asking the public to help identify two suspects in a fraud over $5,000 investigation involving a fake mortgage.
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Toronto man charged with assaulting parking enforcement officer
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A Toronto man was charged Friday with assaulting a parking enforcement officer after receiving a parking ticket.
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Thinking about drinking on New Year's Eve? Ride TTC, GO Transit for free
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Provincial police say they hope free transit options on New Year's Eve will curb drinking and driving after a deadly year on Ontario roads. More than 7,400 drivers were charged with impaired driving across the province in 2016 — and December's figures aren't even in yet.
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New CBC Indigenous top newsmakers of 2016
Here are the top five stories of 2016, as chosen by editors at CBC Indigenous.
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Here's what Toronto's 'voracious' readers devoured this year
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The Toronto Public Library released its list of the 100 most popular books of 2016, with Canadian authors dominating the top 10 spots.
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Why losing Mirvish Village is like losing a piece of Toronto
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A tree-lined side street so unique to Toronto that it became known as a village will empty out next month with some concerned the city is losing an important piece of its history
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1 dead, 2 critically injured in crash, eastbound Highway 401 reopens
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One person is dead and two others were airlifted to hospital in critical condition after a transport truck and car collided in Ajax on Friday.
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CBC Toronto is taking Sounds of the Season donations until New Year's Eve
CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season campaign is in its final stretch and we are taking donations until New Year's Eve!
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After Trump's win, more U.S. students consider university in Canada
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For some college-bound students distressed by the U.S. election of Donald Trump, Canadian universities are calling.
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Don't just stand there! Last chance to visit Honest Ed's
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Customers bid their final farewells to the iconic store that will close on Saturday.
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Man suffers serious injuries after stabbing in Scarborough
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A man suffered serious injuries after a stabbing in Scarborough Thursday night.
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Coast Guard suspends search for 6 people aboard plane that went missing over Lake Erie
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Canadian and U.S. crews suspended their search for six people missing after a plane disappeared over Lake Erie Thursday evening.
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A New Year's present: your hydro bill will drop Jan. 1
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Hydro bills for residential and small businesses customers in Ontario will drop by eight per cent effective Jan. 1, as the government begins a rebate of the provincial portion of the HST on electricity.
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Canadian sisters accused of blackmailing Nigerian businessman apologize for their website in video
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Two Canadian sisters who have reportedly been detained in Nigeria after being accused of trying to blackmail a prominent businessman have apologized for their website in a video posted online.
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Calorie counts in chain restaurant menus criticized
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Calorie counts are coming to Toronto chain restaurants on Sunday, but one business owner is concerned about the cost of the change, and others question the accuracy of the new program.
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New Year's Eve celebrations outside city hall will bring road closures
A New Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square will feature fireworks, music and, of course, some road closures.
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From digital boards to big, bad Amazon: Things to watch in retail in 2017
Competition among Canadian retailers continued to heat up this year, with some brands beefing up their stores and e-commerce offerings and new competitors joining the market. Here is what's ahead for 2017.
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Photos 2016 was crazy: Here's more proof in pictures
It was only one year, but what a long, strange trip it's been. Here are a few of the odder moments caught by a camera.
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Coffee shop bandit? Police investigate break-ins at Leslieville cafes
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Toronto police are investigating a series of break-ins at Leslieville coffee houses in recent weeks, which saw one small business lose more than $3,000.
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Video Dump truck driver charged after smashing into Highway 401 overpass
A 22-year-old Hamilton, Ont., man been charged with careless driving after the box from his dump truck was ripped off when it struck the Highway 400 overpass Thursday afternoon.
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7 injured after TTC bus collides with hydro pole at Queen and Sherbourne
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Seven people are in hospital being treated for minor injuries after a TTC bus struck a hydro pole along Queen Street East near Moss Park Thursday, paramedics say.
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Jose Bautista, Jays in 'active contract discussions': reports
MLB Network's Jon Paul Morosi reports the Blue Jays and Jose Bautista's representatives are in "active contract discussions."
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Family fundraising after death of Canadian girl, 10, on transatlantic flight
Condolences and donations came pouring in immediately for the girl identified only as Madra on the Go Fund Me page launched two days ago by one of her three older sisters.
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2 men wanted in robbery and beating of man in wheelchair
Durham Regional Police are searching for two men suspected to have broken into a Whitby, Ont., home on Christmas Eve where they're alleged to have robbed and beaten a man they found in a wheelchair.
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Toronto cop charged after fellow officer finds cocaine in lost wallet
A Toronto police officer has been charged after a fellow officer allegedly found cocaine in the wallet he left behind at a Scarborough courthouse.
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Which Ontario political party raised the most money in 2016?
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The Progressive Conservative party is not only well ahead of Kathleen Wynne's Liberals in the polls, it also comfortably won the fundraising race this year, just as new restrictive rules on political donations come into force in Ontario.
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This atheist minister is starting a new secular community in Toronto, but will it work?
Gretta Vosper is one of about 10 founding members of Toronto's Oasis Network, believed to be the first of its kind in Canada and due to launch in February.
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Ice swimming in Toronto: The freezing sport people are warming up to
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While most people in the GTA are zipping up their parkas, trying to keep warm, others are stripping down to Speedos and jumping into Lake Ontario.
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Meet a SickKids physiotherapist who helps kids get moving after surgery
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A typical day for SickKids physiotherapist Ryan Ireland is working with seven-month-old babies like Samantha Burgoyne. She’s had complex heart conditions since birth and is waiting for a heart transplant.
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Not sure how to ring in the new year Toronto? Let 3 pros guide you
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CBC Toronto asked some party pros to share their choices for the best place to spend Saturday night.
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Bottoms up! Some tips for filling your glass on New Year's Eve
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Champagne is always a popular choice to ring in the new year, but the LCBO says there are options that won't break the bank.
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Neighbours to hold vigil for Toronto family that died in cottage fire on Christmas Eve
Friends and neighbours of the Toronto family that died in a cottage fire Christmas Eve will gather to remember the couple and their two teenage sons in a vigil on Saturday.
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Toronto-born 'do good, be great' challenge generating good deeds during the holidays
People across North America have been handing out cookies, sticking hand-drawn holiday cards on windshields and helping the homeless — all thanks to a Toronto-born social media challenge.
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Tickets remain available for NHL's Centennial Classic
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Tickets are still available to the NHL's Centennial Classic, the next in a long line of high-profile sports events in Toronto.
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'We need to look at how big the tolls would be': Kathleen Wynne hedges on Toronto tolls
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Premier Kathleen Wynne is signalling she won't give Toronto a blank cheque for its proposal to levy tolls on the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway.
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CRTC reviews, rulings in 2017 that could affect your phone, TV and internet bills
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Canadians pay some of the highest prices in the world for their cellphone, internet and TV services, but those bills could change depending on how Canada's broadcast regulator handles some major issues it's expected to decide on next year.
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How to celebrate the NHL Centennial Classic in Toronto
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Thousands of hockey fans will fill the stands at BMO Field to watch the Toronto Maple Leafs face off against the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL Centennial Classic on New Year’s Day.
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Toronto Hydro fixes power pole after dog is shocked
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Rachelle Berube's three-year-old German shepherd Robot was sniffing the ground on Boxing Day in Scarborough when she was shocked by a faulty wooden hydro pole.
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Heartbroken hockey team dedicates game to teenage teammate who died in Christmas Eve fire
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"For Taber." That was the rallying cry from the Toronto Titans hockey team, who hit the ice today without teammate Andrew Taber, the 13-year-old who died along with his parents and brother in a Christmas Eve fire.
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It'll cost you more to fuel your car, heat your home starting Jan. 1
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People across Ontario will be paying more to fill up their cars and heat their homes starting Jan. 1, when the Liberal government's new cap-and-trade plan takes effect.
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Ethiopian running legend Miruts 'Yifter the Shifter' honoured at Toronto funeral
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Miruts Yifter, the Ethiopian running legend dubbed "Yifter the Shifter" for his ability to power away from rivals, was laid to rest at a packed funeral in Toronto on Tuesday.
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Sounds of the Season: Pay it forward and support GTA food banks
We are taking donation until New Year's Eve
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David Stark is Metro Morning's 2016 Torontonian of the year
After his wife died, Stark channelled his grief to push for safer roads
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Donate to CBC Toronto's Sounds of the Season
Here's the link to donate to CBC Toronto's annual holiday food drive Sounds of the Season
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Matt Galloway named one of Toronto's 50 Most Influential
For a third year, Metro Morning's host is honoured
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The Walrus Foundation's National Tour
Conversations about Canada: We Desire a Better Country
Marketsquare features local listings and deals from CBC partners
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'An incredible chess move': Putin checkmates Obama after symbolic sanctions manoeuvre
- Heightened security in European capitals for New Year's celebrations
- Carrie Fisher and mom Debbie Reynolds to be buried together
- Clashes, air raids mar Russia and Turkey's Syria truce
- Tesla owner says car accelerated suddenly and crashed into his living room
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Lost 11-year-old turns to Google for help getting out of N.S. woods
- Search for missing B.C. snowshoers called off after 5 days
- Arty party: cultural organizations fete Canada on its 150th
- Government steps up security ahead of New Year's kick-off to Canada's 150th
- Donald Trump's win 'changes everything' for Canada: Rona Ambrose
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Captain Morgan is precious booty to Nova Scotia liquor thieves
- 'It's not such a secret anymore': Check out Episode 8 of Who Killed Alberta Williams?
- CBC podcast uncovers new information in unsolved murder of Alberta Williams
- 'I don't want to get in trouble': Check out Episode 7 of Who Killed Alberta Williams
- P.E.I. animal protection law gets failing grade but province says changes coming
Analysis
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Real estate up, down or flat? 5 factors that could affect home prices in 2017: Don Pittis
- Two conflicting stories of our economic future as we head into 2017: Don Pittis
- Deal with New Brunswick the latest adventure in federalism for Trudeau
- History shows military stopgaps like the Super Hornets often get discarded
- Justin Trudeau still in strong position in polls, but recent drop suggests vulnerability
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Donald Trump's win 'changes everything' for Canada: Rona Ambrose
- Celebrate Canada 150 with CBC
- Order of Canada's newest appointees include Paralympian, Supreme Court judge and astrophysicist
- Government steps up security ahead of New Year's kick-off to Canada's 150th
- Funny ways: The year in weird politics
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Stock markets pull back on last trading day of 2016
- 'Disrupt or be disrupted': What to expect from 2017's retail landscape
- Apple to cut iPhone production in Jan-March quarter: report
- Tesla owner files lawsuit claiming car suddenly accelerated
- Canada to start face-to-face talks with China on trade deal in 2017
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New research may offer hope for post-traumatic stress treatment
- Children under 5 choking on grapes, candies, hot dogs, researchers warn
- Signs of dementia, Parkinson's revealed in the brushstrokes of famous painters, study says
- Ontario jail giving naloxone to inmates upon release
- How many calories in that fast-food meal? Ontario menu labelling legislation takes effect Jan. 1
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Carrie Fisher and mom Debbie Reynolds to be buried together
- Arty party: cultural organizations fete Canada on its 150th
- On the 6ix? 'Prom' pics prompt Drake, Jennifer Lopez romance speculation
- Bill Cosby, a year later: Will he seek deal or prepare for trial?
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir singer quits over Trump inaugural
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Celebrating New Year's? You'll have to wait an extra second
- NASA asteroid-hunting project spots new comet — and maybe a 2nd
- Apple to cut iPhone production in Jan-March quarter: report
- New research may offer hope for post-traumatic stress treatment
- Nothing amiss in environment where scores of sea creatures washed up dead
Interactives
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'It's not such a secret anymore': Check out Episode 8 of Who Killed Alberta Williams?
- CBC goes to the front lines in the battle for Aleppo
- Kept in the dark: The story behind the kidnapping of Canadians John Ridsdel and Robert Hall
- 'We're here to preserve life': Come aboard a ship that saves asylum seekers in the Mediterranean
- After taking in a disabled Haitian orphan, an Ottawa family makes an excruciating decision
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CBC Indigenous top newsmakers of 2016
- Smudging in public schools: Reconciliation or religious act?
- Craig Lauzon excited about Trump role as Air Farce celebrates new year
- Who gets to speak on behalf of the Indigenous community?
- Hitchhiker killed near Sherwood Park was on his way to reconcile with family
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Canada vs. U.S.: 'The story is there, we've got to write it'
- Connor McDavid ranks among NHL greats after 82 games
- Scott Russell: 300 days of running opened a world of possibilities
- Hockey Night in Canada: Free live streams now on desktop & mobile
- Amanda Nunes foils Ronda Rousey's comeback with early TKO