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Cricket, anyone? Toronto creating strategy to meet ‘growing demand’

Recognizing its growing popularity, the City of Toronto is finalizing a cricket strategy to better meet rising demand. The development of the strategy, which began in 2020, will be considered by the executive committee at its meeting on Tuesday. With 27 cricket pitches within city parks, some of which are …

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‘A menace’: Man who pleaded guilty to fatal Gardiner Expressway crash gets 5-year sentence – Toronto

Two-and-a-half years after Kalyan Trivedi drove at dangerously high speeds, rear-ending a car with a couple inside, the 33-year-old has been sentenced to five years in prison and a 10-year driving prohibition. Trivedi pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of 58-year-old Norma Buendia and her husband, 61-year-old Roberto …

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Anonymous donor pays $1K power bill for disconnected Ontario senior

For more than two months, Toronto senior Maxine Stirling Dawe couldn’t make toast, turn on the lights, or power a fan or air conditioner in her one-bedroom rental apartment. For the 74-year-old retiree, the absence of electricity made for some uncomfortable and potentially dangerous days and nights during a scorching …

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Family of woman killed in Gardiner hit-and-run speaks out, driver granted bail – Toronto

Mohammad Anas Ashna said his life was good in Canada until around 2 a.m. on July 4, when the Kia he was driving with his wife, daughter, sister-in-law and mother-in-law inside was rear-ended by an Audi Sedan on the eastbound Gardiner Expressway near Dufferin Street. Police said the Audi had …

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Chow ambitious as mayor enters 2nd year on job: ‘We can do a lot more’ – Toronto

On Friday, Olivia Chow marked her one-year anniversary as Toronto’s mayor, a year that has been filled with major triumphs in pushing the city towards a better financial outlook but also marred by growing pains for a mayor who came onto the job several months after a mandate would typically …

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Simply Delicious Recipe: Nicoise platter for 4 – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Looking to make entertaining easier this weekend? Then follow along as professional home economist and cookbook author Mairlyn Smith creates a beautiful and tasty Nicoise salad platter for four. 1 head red-tipped Bibb, Boston lettuce or red leaf lettuce 12 mini potatoes, …

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2 minors charged with murder after 16-year-old boy killed in Toronto – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two minors have been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was shot and killed in Toronto, police say. Toronto police said officers responded to gunshots inside an apartment building in the area of Jameson Avenue and King Street West at 12 …

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5 injured, 3 critically, in head-on crash in Vaughan: police – Toronto

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Five people were injured, three of them critically, after a head-on crash in Vaughan on Sunday, police say. York Regional Police said officers responded to a two-vehicle crash on Jane Street north of Teston Road around 7 p.m. Three people inside one …

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