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If you are planning on using GO Transit this weekend to head in to or out of Toronto, make sure to check the schedules ahead of time as multiple lines will have service adjustments.
Starting with the Lakeshore West line, trains will be running every 30 minutes, departing from Union Station two minutes earlier than normal. The adjustments are due to construction happening at Exhibition Station for the Ontario Line subway.
There will be no trains running on the Barrie GO Line this weekend due to construction that will support the addition on

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LeBron James has chosen his latest NBA landing spot.
The NBA’s all-time leading scorer is back for Year 24 and is joining the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8-million deal, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported on Friday.
James also announced the move on social media, saying that he wants to contend and “have a chance at the feeling of winning another championship.”
“I believe I can help make the Philadelphia 76ers a championship team and I

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada is intensifying negotiations with the United States to reach a comprehensive trade deal but is prepared to respond should President Donald Trump’s threat of 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods go into effect .
The new tariffs, announced by Trump on Monday, are scheduled to come into effect Aug. 19.
“If these tariffs, or other measures, come into force, there’s a full range of things that we can do in that regard,” Carney said after

Fire guts home under construction in Etobicoke
Officials are investigating after a one-alarm fire destroyed a home under construction in Etobicoke on Friday morning.
Toronto Fire crews responded to the scene on Netherly Drive, near Kipling and Finch avenues, just before 7 a.m.
When firefighters arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames, which also spread to a shed. The fire has since been extinguished.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
No injuries were reported.
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