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Top 5 at 5: Toronto stories

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Each day, we bring you a list of Top 5 stories. Sometimes they're the most read stories of the day, other times we focus on a specific region or category.

Today, we bring you the most-viewed stories from our Toronto news page.

1) 911 call made from Rob Ford's home on Christmas

A newspaper report published Friday says a 911 call was made from the home of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Christmas Day. The Toronto Star says police were called to Ford's Etobicoke home on Christmas morning between 4 and 5 a.m.

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2) Ontario boy killed in elevator accident


An 11-year-old boy has been killed during a service elevator accident in a small community north of Kitchener, Ont.

Waterloo Regional Police said they received an emergency call at about 4 p.m. Wednesday and responded to a small bakery along a country road in the town of Winterbourne.

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3) Air Miles introduces five-year expiry limit

Air Miles is introducing an expiry limit that will see miles lost if they're not redeemed within five years, Marivel Taruc reports.

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Related link: Will an expiry date change how you use your Air Miles card?

4) Car injury claims increasingly denied

A Hamilton speech therapist says car insurance companies are increasingly rejecting her recommended treatments for people who've been hurt in accidents.

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5) Grenadian cops detained in Toronto man's death

Authorities in Grenada say they have detained two policemen and reassigned all the officers at a police station where a Toronto man allegedly was beaten.

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