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John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with former staff member

John Tory resigns as Toronto mayor over affair with former staff member

TORONTO — John Tory, who served two scandal-free terms as mayor of Toronto and had just been re-elected for a third, announced late Friday he was resigning from the job due to an "inappropriate relationship" he had with a former member of his staff.
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A closer look at John Tory, resigning as mayor of Toronto over affair

A closer look at John Tory, resigning as mayor of Toronto over affair

TORONTO — John Tory, a 68-year-old born-and-bred Torontonian and member of the city's business and political elite, resigned as its mayor on Friday after admitting to an inappropriate relationship with a staffer.
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Mayor John Tory's verbatim statement on his decision to resign

Mayor John Tory's verbatim statement on his decision to resign

TORONTO — Toronto Mayor John Tory announced Friday that he is resigning after having an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Here is a verbatim copy of his statement: Good evening.
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B.C. Liberals say Eby's overdose strategy is too narrow, but he says he doesn't mind

B.C. Liberals say Eby's overdose strategy is too narrow, but he says he doesn't mind

VICTORIA — B.C.
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B.C. team helps rescue woman, pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

B.C. team helps rescue woman, pulled from rubble four days after Turkey quake

A search and rescue team from British Columbia has taken part in the successful rescue of a woman buried beneath rubble, more than four days after the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria earlier this week.
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U.S. downs new 'object' off Alaskan coast, not far from Canadian border: White House

U.S. downs new 'object' off Alaskan coast, not far from Canadian border: White House

WASHINGTON — A U.S.
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Alberta NDP demands answers on premier's conversations with accused in COVID cases

Alberta NDP demands answers on premier's conversations with accused in COVID cases

EDMONTON — Alberta’s Opposition NDP is calling on Premier Danielle Smith to divulge all her conversations relating to COVID-19 court cases after she acknowledged having contact with an accused before his trial relating to a blockade at a U.S.
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Tories, Bloc push for unequal approach to amending Canada's Official Languages Act

Tories, Bloc push for unequal approach to amending Canada's Official Languages Act

OTTAWA — The Bloc Québécois and Conservatives are pushing for an unequal approach to amending Canada's Official Languages Act — one that some warn could reduce English services in Quebec.
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Funeral to be held Thursday for four-year-old boy killed in Quebec bus crash

Funeral to be held Thursday for four-year-old boy killed in Quebec bus crash

LAVAL, Que. — A funeral will be held Thursday for one of the two children killed when a bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday in Laval, Que., just north of Montreal.
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'Huge concern': Opposition says Alberta premier should come clean on campaign funding

'Huge concern': Opposition says Alberta premier should come clean on campaign funding

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith should come clean on whether funding for her leadership campaign has influenced her government's agenda, says the province's New Democrat Opposition.
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