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Brampton announces November Winter Lights Festival programme
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Kate Cayley received the 2026 Toronto Book Award for her novel Property at Toronto Reference Library on November 10. The City of Toronto and Toronto Public Library announced the award, which carries a $20,000 prize for the winner. Four other shortlisted authors each receive $2,000, and readers can find the nominated books through the library’s awards collection.
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Toronto has scheduled its November 11 Remembrance Day ceremony for 10:45 a.m. to noon at the Old City Hall Cenotaph, 60 Queen St. W. The city’s November 10 notice says the ceremony will also be livestreamed from 10:55 a.m. Six other city ceremonies start at 10:45 a.m., including at Fort York and the East York, Etobicoke and York civic centres.
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Toronto’s November 9 winter services plan calls for up to 1,533 additional shelter and housing spaces between November 15 and April 15, 2027. The city says five warming centres with a combined 254 spaces will open at −5 °C or when a winter weather warning is in effect. It also plans longer hours at several daytime drop-in sites.
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Brampton announced its Winter Lights Festival programme on November 6, with celebrations planned later this month. The Winter Artist Market runs November 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Springdale Library; the Santa Claus Parade begins at 5 p.m. that day. Downtown’s tree lighting and Miracle on Main Street celebration are scheduled for November 28, from 4 to 8 p.m.
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Ontario says ground has been broken for an expanded neonatal intensive care unit at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. Announced November 5, the project receives nearly $14 million from the province and will renovate more than 12,000 square feet in the Peter Gilgan Patient Care Tower. Completion is expected in summer 2027, with more private rooms, isolation space and neonatal resuscitation areas.
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Ontario announced on November 6 that companies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area have received 14 contracts for the Darlington small modular reactor project. They include a $3.9-million order for Scarborough’s Armstrong Fluid Technology to supply pumps and a pumphouse enclosure. Other suppliers will provide steel and concrete as construction of the nuclear project continues.
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Tennis Canada says its community court program has renovated 58 outdoor courts toward a goal of 100 by 2030. Its November 5 update includes four courts at Settler’s Green in Mississauga and three at Toronto’s Malvern Park among completed 2026 projects. Further upgrades in Ottawa and Nanaimo are planned for 2027, rather than already finished.
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Scarborough-raised R&B artist Chxrry released a deluxe edition of U, Me & My Ego on November 6, according to Universal Music Canada. It adds four songs, including Big Shot with Rema. The original album arrived in May 2026; the new release expands that recording rather than marking a new debut album.
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An Ontario Line tunnelling machine has reached the future King West station at King and Bathurst in Toronto, according to a November 6 federal update. The machine, Libby, has excavated about 1.3 kilometres since April. It will undergo maintenance and testing before continuing toward Chinatown. This is a construction milestone; passenger service has not begun.
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Toronto’s November 5 Veterans’ Week notice announces Remembrance Day ceremonies starting at 10:45 a.m. on November 11 at seven locations, including Old City Hall. Bay Street from Albert to Richmond and Queen Street West from Bay to east of York will close for the downtown ceremony; the City recommends approaching from the west via Osgoode Station. TTC vehicles will pause for two minutes at 11 a.m. where operationally feasible.
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