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Buyers return to Toronto housing market as prices climb after sluggish period: TRREB

Buyers return to Toronto housing market as prices climb after sluggish period: TRREB

TORONTO — The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says competition between buyers started to re-emerge last month as the average home price in the area ticked above the average list price for the first time since May 2022.
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Thousands without power as Ontario hit with thunderstorms, heavy rains and snow

Thousands without power as Ontario hit with thunderstorms, heavy rains and snow

Thousands of people in Ontario are without power after a messy mix of freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of the province, with downpours and possible ice storms still in the forecast.
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Retailer Roots reports fourth-quarter profit and sales down from year ago

Retailer Roots reports fourth-quarter profit and sales down from year ago

TORONTO — Roots Corp. reported its fourth-quarter profit fell compared with a year ago as its sales also moved lower. The retailer says it earned $13.0 million or 31 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Jan. 28, down from a profit of $18.
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Writers' Trust Poetry Prize more than doubles to $60K with Scott Griffin contribution

Writers' Trust Poetry Prize more than doubles to $60K with Scott Griffin contribution

TORONTO — Scott Griffin is shaking up the Canadian poetry landscape for the second time in a year, lending his name to the Writers' Trust poetry prize and more than doubling its purse.
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Ontario to expand list of tests midwives can order; midwives say it's a first step

Ontario to expand list of tests midwives can order; midwives say it's a first step

TORONTO — Ontario is set to expand the list of tests midwives can order and perform, as part of the government's push to increase community care options and ease health system pressures.
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Woll solid in goal, Aston-Reese scores twice as Leafs down lowly Blue Jackets 4-2

Woll solid in goal, Aston-Reese scores twice as Leafs down lowly Blue Jackets 4-2

TORONTO — Joseph Woll entered this season wanting to be prepared for whatever came his way. With less than two weeks left on the NHL schedule, the rookie goaltender is right where he wants to be.
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Aston-Reese scores twice, Maple Leafs beat Blue Jackets 4-2

TORONTO (AP) — Zach Aston-Reese scored twice, Joseph Woll made 24 saves and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Tuesday night.
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OHL roundup: Rangers one win away from sweeping Spitfires

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Maple Leafs celebrate Pride night, but not with themed warmup jerseys

Maple Leafs celebrate Pride night, but not with themed warmup jerseys

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs held the team's annual Pride night celebration Tuesday — minus themed warmup jerseys.
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Ex-bureaucrat sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to $47.4M fraud

Ex-bureaucrat sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to $47.4M fraud

A former bureaucrat accused of embezzling public funds has pleaded guilty to stealing $47.4 million from the Ontario government.
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