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TORONTO – The Transportation Safety Board’s (TSB) investigation into a collision between two planes will examine whether a major airline followed its evacuation protocols, a spokesman said Saturday. A Sunwing plane caught on fire after it clipped a WestJet aircraft at Toronto Pearson International Airport Friday evening, forcing those on board the WestJet aircraft to evacuate the plane on emergency slides. A WestJet spokesperson told Global News on Friday that while waiting to proceed to the gate, a Sunwing plane reversing from the gate struck…

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TORONTO – Soulpepper Theatre Company has severed ties with another key figure and cancelled an upcoming production days after its founding artistic director stepped down over sexual misconduct allegations. The Toronto-based company said Saturday in a release it has formally parted ways with executive director Leslie Lester, who took a voluntary leave of absence when four actresses levelled allegations against her husband Albert Schultz. Story continues below READ MORE: Feds reviewing cultural funding policies in wake of Soulpepper accusations…

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The Moss Park armoury will open as a winter respite centre Saturday night instead of the previously scheduled Monday morning, as the city continues to be under a deep freeze. Toronto Mayor John Tory said in a press release Saturday the armoury will be open as of 7 p.m. and will remain open 24-hours a day for the next two weeks “in response to unprecedented demand and continuing extreme weather conditions.” Story continues below The city of Toronto said…

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Tenants living in an East York apartment say they are wearing jackets to bed because the building’s heat isn’t on high enough. As Erica Vella reports, residents are calling on CAPREIT, the landlord of the building, to boost temperature during the city’s latest cold spell. Powered by WPeMatico

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A man in his 20s was rushed to hospital in serious condition after a shooting in Regent Park early Saturday morning. Toronto police said officers responded to a call about a shooting in the area near Oak and Regent Streets at around 2:30 a.m. Toronto police spokesperson David Hopkinson told Global News that an SUV pulled into an alleyway on Oak Street. Two men exited the vehicle and got into an altercation. One man shot the other, got back…

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An Ontario man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in Kitchener, Ont., posting about it on Reddit and evading capture by fleeing to the United States before being arrested two months later in Texas, has been brought back to Waterloo. Waterlool Regional Police said in a press release Saturday that 24-year-old Ager Hasan was returned Friday from a Texas prison after being held in custody since July. Story continues below RELATED : Kitchener murder suspect to be extradited back to Canada Hasan…

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Ontario Provincial Police have identified the two victims of Wednesday’s horrific single-vehicle collision on Highway 401. Emergency crews were called to the scene at around 4 a.m. They arrived to find a single vehicle wrapped around a pole between the eastbound express and collector lanes near Warden Ave. READ MORE: 2 dead in violent single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 401 Paramedics pronounced two people dead at the scene. Police have identified the victims as 45-year-old Dwane Koltchigin, of Brampton, and 31-year-old…

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January 6 2018 9:22am Two planes collided near a terminal gate at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, on Friday, January 5. These videos were taken by Pearson airport worker Michael Halladeen from the terminal tarmac after the collision. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; //…

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Two planes collided near a terminal gate at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada on Friday, January 5. A Sunwing Vacations aircraft hit a WestJet Boeing 737-800 plane near a gate at terminal three, airport officials confirmed. WestJet passenger Leanne Stanley filmed her evacuation from the WestJet flight – in flip flops no less. Powered by WPeMatico

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On one of the most pressing issues — whether to renew protections for the young immigrants known as Dreamers — the president said he hoped he could strike a deal with Democrats, but added that there would be no deal unless it included construction of a border wall with Mexico, a condition Democrats are unlikely to accept. The president also again said Mexico would pay for the wall in some form, something that the Mexican government has strongly rejected….

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