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Legal drinking coming to parks throughout Toronto
Torontonians will soon be able to legally drink alcoholic beverages in at least one park in every ward of the city.On Thursday evening, city council voted to immediately and permanently allow drinking in 44 parks, codifying and expanding a pilot project that began last summer in 27 locations.Meanwhile, councillors who represent areas without at least one park where alcohol consumption is legal will now need to identify a park where it will be permitted. If they don't do so by early July, city st
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Planters beware: Looming frost threat across Ontario and Quebec
Despite a warmer start to the year, and an early arrival of some plants and flowers, those eager to get in their gardens to plant, may want to hold on a little bit longer. A chill is in the air
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VideoPolice operation underway at Iranian consulate in Paris after suspicious man reported outside
Paris police on Friday carried out an operation at the Iranian consulate after a witness reported seeing a man outside carrying a grenade and an explosives vest. The man’s motives were not immediately clear. The incident came at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East. (AP video Masha Macpherson)
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Teen who pleaded guilty to misleading police gave 'false hope' after Tyson MacDonald died: Crown
A sentencing hearing is underway in a packed Georgetown courtroom for a teenager who pleaded guilty to misleading police after Tyson MacDonald disappeared in eastern P.E.I. in mid-December.The 17-year-old's body was later found in a wooded area, and two youths were charged in his death. Opening the sentencing hearing, Crown prosecutor Jeff MacDonald said the teen being sentenced "frustrated the efforts of all those searching for Tyson" after he vanished, and gave the community "false hope" that
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Woman dead in Prince County highway crash
A 45-year-old Prince County woman is dead following a single-vehicle highway accident Thursday, say P.E.I. RCMP.The accident happened around 4 p.m., according to an RCMP news release. The woman, who was driving the car, was travelling south on Route 12 northeast of Wellington when the car left the road.She was pronounced dead at the scene.Route 12 was closed for several hours but has since reopened. The investigation is continuing.
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Alberta snow makes its way into Quebec; here's how much is ahead
Winter's not done with Quebec just yet
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Man arrested in Paris after Iran consulate incident
French police on Friday arrested a man who had threatened to blow himself up at Iran's consulate in Paris, but on being searched was found not to be carrying any explosives. A police source told Reuters the man was seen at about 11 a.m. (0900 GMT) entering the consulate, carrying what appeared to be a grenade and explosive vest. The man later left the consulate and was then arrested, a police source said.
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