'We're having nightmares:' Family of teen boy fatally stabbed in Toronto's east end speaks out | Toronto risks losing $30M in federal funding after vote against sixplexes citywide | 10 ways ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding has evaded arrest for 10 years
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'We're having nightmares:' Family of teen boy fatally stabbed in Toronto's east end speaks out; Abdoul Aziz Sarr's parents hold a photo of him when he was a baby\.

'We're having nightmares:' Family of teen boy fatally stabbed in Toronto's east end speaks out

July 13 , 2025 at 05:09:26 p.m. EDT • :

The family of a 14-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed in the city's east end last weekend said he was a "good boy" who had big dreams for his future. 

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Toronto risks losing $30M in federal funding after vote against sixplexes citywide; An image of a sixplex in the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Housing Design Catalogue\.

Toronto risks losing $30M in federal funding after vote against sixplexes citywide

July 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The city of Toronto is at risk of losing $30 million in federal housing funding after city council voted last month against allowing sixplexes citywide, a key condition of its deal with Ottawa.

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10 ways ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding has evaded arrest for 10 years; Fugitive Ryan Wedding is seen in an undisclosed location in 2024, in a photo provided by the FBI\. The former snowboarding sensation has been on the run for 10 years while allegedly running a murderous and transnational drug-smuggling empire\.

10 ways ex-Olympian Ryan Wedding has evaded arrest for 10 years

July 13 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

A CBC News investigation uncovers a multi-faceted strategy — involving encryption, cash and high-level connections — that appears to have allowed Canadian Ryan Wedding to remain one step ahead of the FBI and RCMP for years. He's accused of running a brutal drug-smuggling empire.

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Woman found dead off Highway 401 was reported missing in Toronto, man in custody, police say; Toronto police officers are shown here near where the body was found\.

Woman found dead off Highway 401 was reported missing in Toronto, man in custody, police say

July 11 , 2025 at 11:27:26 a.m. EDT • :

Toronto police say a woman whose body was found near Highway 401 in Pickering was a victim of a homicide and a man is in custody.

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Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch for parts of the GTA as heat warning continues; The Greater Toronto Area could see up to 50 millimetres of rain on Sunday, Environment Canada said\. 

Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch for parts of the GTA as heat warning continues

July 13 , 2025 at 12:36:52 p.m. EDT • :

Environment Canada has placed parts of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) under a severe thunderstorm watch on Sunday as a heat warning continues for the region.

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26-year-old 'innocent bystander' killed in daylight Hamilton shooting: police; A Hamilton Police Service handout says 26-year-old Belinda Sarkodie was an 'innocent bystander' when she was killed in a downtown shooting on Friday, July 11\.  

July 12 , 2025 at 05:33:01 p.m. EDT • :

26-year-old 'innocent bystander' killed in daylight Hamilton shooting: police

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Coldplay's Chris Martin says he didn't mean to insult Rogers Stadium after calling it 'weird'; Singer Chris Martin of British band Coldplay performs at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2023\.  

July 12 , 2025 at 10:29:41 a.m. EDT • :

Coldplay's Chris Martin says he didn't mean to insult Rogers Stadium after calling it 'weird'

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Carney's plan to cut tens of billions in spending is tough but doable, experts say; Prime Minister Mark Carney campaigned on balancing the federal government's operating budget\. Now, his finance minister has laid out cost-cutting targets in letters to cabinet\.  

July 12 , 2025 at 04:00:03 a.m. EDT • :

Carney's plan to cut tens of billions in spending is tough but doable, experts say

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Toronto BIA warns business owners of 'point of sale' scam after thousands of dollars in thefts; Small businesses falling victim to new form of theft through point of sale systems  

July 12 , 2025 at 06:30:37 p.m. EDT • :

Toronto BIA warns business owners of 'point of sale' scam after thousands of dollars in thefts

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First planes carrying wildfire evacuees from northwestern Ontario head to Toronto area; Phillip Campbell, an elder and head councillor of North Spirit Lake First Nation, is seen after arriving at the airport in Thunder Bay, Ont\., on the first evacuation flight out of the community\.  

July 11 , 2025 at 09:48:47 p.m. EDT • :

First planes carrying wildfire evacuees from northwestern Ontario head to Toronto area

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