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Home sellers hid foundation cracks with storage containers, buyers' lawsuit alleges | CBC News The buyers of a house in Winnipeg have filed a lawsuit claiming the house sellers deliberately hid information about its cracked foundation, and that a home inspector did not inform them about the pro...

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City of Toronto suing consultant for Gardiner work it claims caused 8 months of delays | CBC News The city says design errors caused work on the Gardiner Expressway to be delayed by more than eight months in 2021. In a lawsuit, it’s seeking tens of millions of dollars from the multi-national consu...

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The painting that vanished — and the $11 million lawsuit alleging conspiracy and neglect | CBC News A Canadian doctor living in Hawaii is suing a Toronto auction house over a painting he claims is an original Tom Thomson. Michael Murray said the painting was sent to Waddington's Auctioneers & Apprai...

The painting that vanished — and the $11 million lawsuit alleging conspiracy and neglect
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This Florida couple bought a vacant lot for $17,500 — then discovered they’re barred by law from building on it There's no easy solution.

This Florida couple bought a vacant lot for $17,500 — then discovered they’re barred by law from building on it
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Remembering the Toronto Ikea Monkey 12 years after his viral roam Darwin was a male Japanese macaque monkey, who was brought to the Ikea store by his owner on Dec. 9, 2012. He was inside a crate in the vehicle, but had escaped.

Remembering the Ikea Monkey 12 years after his viral roam

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Real estate columnist explains why a seller was awarded $366,000 when a buyer backed out Real Estate columnist Lindsay Smith examines what happens when a property is sold and a buyer is unable or unwilling to close the sale.

Why a seller was awarded $366,000 when a buyer backed out.

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WestJet tried to silence couple fighting for compensation after airline cancelled their flight Anna and Russell Gurney knew something was wrong when their phones pinged in the middle of the night with a message from WestJet, hours before the Victoria couple was supposed to begin a trip to San D...

WestJet tried to silence couple fighting for compensation after airline cancelled flight
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Dog-sitter films explicit OnlyFans content in client homes, raising privacy concerns
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Peterborough and area lawyer says couple might have opted to ‘shake it off’ after Taylor Swift tickets turned into ‘trouble’ A divorce lawyer weighs in on how this couple — who plan on never ever getting back together — could solve their dispute over Taylor Swift tickets.

Peterborough and area lawyer says couple might have opted to ‘shake it off’ after Taylor Swift tickets turned into ‘trouble’
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Human in Bear Suit Was Used to Defraud Insurance Companies, Officials Say Footage of a bear rifling through luxury cars was submitted to insurance companies, which paid out $140,000. But something seemed off.

Watching Trump's incoming tsunami of depravity, graft and incompetence is a little bleak.

So it's great to break up the feed a bit with this kind of Scooby-Doo clown show that somehow was partially successful:

Condo living

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Ruff life

Homebuyers out millions as Ontario builder admits to selling homes without legal approvals

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Nearly all AT&T cell customers’ call and text records exposed in a massive breach | CNN Business The call and text message records of hundreds of millions of AT&T cellphone customers in mid-to-late 2022 were exposed in a massive data breach, the telecom company revealed Friday.

Company: Pick a password!
Comp: Stronger!
Comp: You used that PW 8 years ago.
Comp: Finally. Now do 2FA and select pics that don't show monkeys.
*Five minutes later*
Comp: We regret to inform you your data has been breached and posted to the dark web.
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Bike jousting

Why Canada's ban on foreign buyers hasn't made homes more affordable

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Plane Alone

"The $80 million requested by legal counsel would result in some lawyers being paid more than $4,500 per hour"
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Pastel sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried, head turned to face the artist

Pastel portrait of Caroline Ellison testifying

starting to think some of these courtroom sketch artists lost money on FTX

MyRetainer

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Wait a few days for Elon to inevitably send everyone else.

Fall Sunday Morning

I'm excited about the momentum here! Great to see all of you here, including many newcomers.

I just rediscovered many people I loved to follow on Twitter via this useful tool:
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“Formerly Enjoyable”

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I wish there was an app to migrate to this app.