Here is how the Blue Jays can clinch a playoff spot tonight
The Toronto Blue Jays could clinch a playoff spot for the second straight season as soon as tonight.
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One of the last 'hold-out' properties in this midtown Toronto neighbourhood sells $1M over asking
An orphaned burgundy brick house sitting in the shadow of a midtown Toronto tower – one of the area’s last hold-out properties – sold for more than one million over asking this month.
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Mandatory masking is back for staff at several Ontario hospitals
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Toronto family shocked they have to rip out $20K synthetic grass putting green
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Witness to the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted on murder charge in rapper's death
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Ontario widower stuck with US$100K+ medical bill after late wife hospitalized on vacation
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Ontario businessman loses $38K in cheque-cashing scam
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Small recruiting agencies worry new Ontario rules could put them out of business
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Ontario woman seeking part-time work 'living in a nightmare' after losing $395,000 to job scam
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Pulitzer-winning play starring 'Degrassi' actor opens at Toronto’s Canadian Stage
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Witness to the 1996 drive-by shooting of Tupac Shakur indicted on murder charge in rapper's death
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Here is how the Blue Jays can clinch a playoff spot tonight
The Toronto Blue Jays could clinch a playoff spot for the second straight season as soon as tonight.
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