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    Toronto to raise fines for 125 parking offences on August 1

    Fines for 125 parking offences will rise in Toronto on August 1st, city council decided on Wednesday.Councillors voted overwhelming in favour to raise the fines at a meeting on Wednesday after considering a city staff report on the issue.Coun. Jennifer McKelvie's motion, which passed 20 to 1, directs city staff to review all parking penalty amounts in five years and report back to council. Staff had proposed higher rates earlier, but McKelvie's motion revamped some of the fine amounts.McKelvie,

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    Arrest made in 2022 death of Calgary toddler

    Calgary police have taken a man into custody almost two years after the death of a toddler in the city's southeast community of Midnapore.At approximately 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022, police were called to a residential complex on Bannister Manor S.E. for reports of a toddler in distress. The two-year-old girl was transported to hospital by EMS but life-saving attempts were unsuccessful, and she was declared deceased.Following an extensive investigation by the homicide unit and autopsy

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    'Off the rails': Schoenborn hearing adjourned, lawyer refuses to appear before board

    COQUITLAM, B.C. — A hearing for AllanSchoenborn, who killed his three children in 2008, ended with an abrupt adjournment on Wednesday after his lawyer told the British Columbia Review Board he would no longer appear in front of its current panel. Lawyer Rishi Gill said in an interview that he continues to represent Schoenborn, who was found not criminally responsible for the killings. But his client will need new counsel before the board, which is set to reschedule the hearing. Gill said he didn

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    Dangerous SkyTrain stunt prompts warning

    It's a wild act looking for clout, but police are warning the actions in a video making the rounds on social media are dangerous and potentially deadly. As Emily Lazatin reports, this latest SkyTrain stunt is just one in a long list of daredevil antics over the years.

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    What it takes to become a firefighter in the sky

    As Canada braces for what’s expected to be an incredibly active wildfire season, Abbotsford, B.C., company Conair is hustling to train aerial firefighters. The National’s Ian Hanomansing spends a day in the cockpit learning what it takes to fight fires from the sky.

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    #TheMoment 500 Newfoundlanders randomly ended up on the same cruise

    Pam Pardy and Mark Hiscock recount the experience of coincidently winding up with 500 other Newfoundlanders on the same Caribbean cruise.

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    'Big Brother Canada' Season 12: Evicted Elijah Kazlauskas made a 'big mistake' trusting this houseguest

    Big Brother Canada Season 12 star Elijah Kazlauskas from North Bay has been up for elimination for weeks, but was eliminated in Movie Night Massacre.

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