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Woes continue for Toronto FC with shutout loss to Revolution
Toronto FC's Reggie Lambe, right, battles for the ball with Columbus Crew's Matias Sanchez during first half MLS action in Toronto on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN ...
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Bodychecking banned for peewee players across Canada
A player from the Dartmouth Whalers collides with a member of the Cole Harbour Red Wings, right, in peewee "A" action in Halifax on Thursday Feb. 15, 2001. One of Canada's largest hockey associations will ban bodychecking for peewee players as momentum grows to have the disputed practice eliminated for adolescents who doctors say are suffering high rates of hockey-related ...
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Transportation Safety Board of Canada deploys a team of investigators to an air accident in Parry Sound ON
May 25, 2013 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) is deploying a team of investigators tomorrow to the site of a C185 float plane accident in Parry Sound, Ontario. The TSB will gather information and assess the occurrence. The TSB is an independent agency that advances transportation safety by investigating occurrences in the marine, pipeline, rail and air modes of ...
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Metrolinx to urge sales-tax hike parking levy to bankroll Big Move
A one-point increase in the sales tax and a new parking levy are at the heart of Metrolinx's highly anticipated plan to raise $34-billion for the next generation of transit, The Globe and Mail has learned.The regional transit agency is set to release its suggested financing strategy on Monday, after heated debate throughout the region and on the board of ...
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Canada Soccer sets sight on high-level coach
The next coach of Canada Soccer will be responsible with turning around a men's squad that was destroyed in its last World Cup qualifying game to Honduras last October. (Esteban Felix/Associated ...
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Dickey takes the blame as Orioles hang on to beat Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey throws out Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones at first base during third inning AL action in Toronto on Saturday, May 25, 2013. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian ...
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Blue Jays’ Johnson pitches four shutout innings in a rehab start for Bisons
Blue Jays' Josh Johnson pitched four shutout innings in a rehab start Saturday in the Buffalo Bisons 2-1 victory over the Indianapolis Indians (file photo). (Paul ...
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Hockey Canada approves nationwide bodychecking ban for peewee players
The game of hockey will soon change for peewee-level players across the country after a vote by Hockey Canada on Saturday that banned bodychecking.Hockey Canada's board of directors overwhelmingly voted to eliminate bodychecking for peewee players at its annual general meeting in Charlottetown on Saturday, with only the Saskatchewan Hockey Association voting ...
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Jenkins takes mound for second season start in finale
Baltimore won five of its seven series within the American League East entering its four-game set with Toronto, and it will have a chance to make that six of eight with a win Sunday. The Orioles are 13-11 in games within the division this season. Despite Toronto sitting at the bottom of the AL East, the Blue Jays have the respect of Orioles manager Buck Showalter, who knows the importance of ...
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Toronto mayors brother says he never dealt drugs
The brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations in Saturday's Globe and Mail that he was involved in the illicit drug trade in the 1980s. "Absolutely false," Ford said in an interview on CBC News Network when asked for his reaction. "It's absolutely false. These people want to come after our character," he said. In the article the Globe ...
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Valencia Jones homer as Orioles top Blue Jays 6-5
Danny Valencia hit a two-run homer and Adam Jones added a solo shot to help the Baltimore Orioles beat R.A. Dickey and the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on ...
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Toronto Mayors Siblings Have Ties With Drug Traffickers
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may want to find a new spokesman. As the mayor has been engulfed by allegations that he was filmed smoking crack cocaine, his brother Doug Ford has largely acted as his spokesman. But it turns out he has links to drug dealing. For several years, Doug Ford "was a go-to dealer of hash" and had a small group of dealers who sold his product, according to ...
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Toronto Councillor Doug Ford denies newspaper report that he sold drugs in high school
Toronto Councillor Doug Ford -- brother of Mayor Rob Ford, who is himself facing allegations he was filmed smoking crack cocaine -- has called a newspaper report that he sold drugs in high school "disgusting" and "a personal shot at our family." ...
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Weber called up to take Nolins roster spot
Email TORONTO -- Thad Weber joined the Blue Jays on Saturday, coming up to replace the recently optioned Sean Nolin. Weber, 28, was claimed off waivers from the Padres last Sunday. "He's supposed to start down there [in Buffalo] Sunday, so he'll throw some innings here," manager John Gibbons said of the move. Weber has only pitched 13 innings in his Major League career, ...
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Davis rehabbing oblique injury in Dunedin
Email TORONTO -- Rajai Davis' left oblique injury continues to heal. Davis, who hasn't played since May 10, is in Dunedin, Fla., rehabbing the injury and making progress. "He just started doing a little bit of swinging," manager John Gibbons said. "We don't think he's too far off, but still you got to be cautious with that." So far, Davis has been ...
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Reyes begins running in recovery from sprained ankle
Email TORONTO -- This weekend marked a milestone in Jose Reyes' recovery from a severely sprained left ankle. Reyes started running for the first time on Friday, and he continued to push the envelope in his recovery process before Saturday's afternoon game vs. the Orioles. "It was a little bit scary for me," Reyes said of his first time running. "But pain free." ...
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Hockey Canada board votes to eliminate body-checking for peewee-level players
The Hockey Canada Board of Directors has voted to eliminate body-checking from Peewee hockey.The organization made the announcement via twitter on Saturday morning.The announcement comes after a longstanding debate to have the disputed practice eliminated for adolescents who doctors say are suffering high rates of hockey-related concussions and fractures.Spokesman Andr Brin says the motion ...
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Media Advisory - Green Communities Canada launches WALK Friendly Ontario designation
, 2013 Times: 9:45 AM: pre-launch panel presentation from representatives of the five pilot communities 1:00 PM: official launch announcement, including remarks from a representative of the Honourable Minister of Health and Long-Term ...
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Man injured in Brampton industrial accident
A man has been seriously hurt in an industrial accident in Brampton. The man suffered life-threatening injuries when a piece of machinery fell on him at a construction site on James Potter Road. Peel Regional police say the man was trapped under the equipment. He has been airlifted to a hospital in Toronto. The Ontario Ministry of Labour has sent investigators to the ...
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Todays MLB starting lineups May 25
Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Baltimore Orioles: 1. ...
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New drug allegations for family of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford report
There are new drug allegations today involving members of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's family, including his brother city councillor Doug Ford. According to a report published in ...
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Updated dates for Torontos aerial spray to control European Gypsy Moth population
May 26 and 27 to deal with an infestation of the European Gypsy Moth has been postponed to Monday and Tuesday instead of Sunday and ...
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Alumni all over Canada lament loss of Mount Royal theatre program
For Mount Royal University, it will be one less diploma program and fewer part-time instructors to pay.For Calgary's cultural community, it will create one gaping hole in a delicate ecosystem.And ...
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Canadas indigenous peoples join forces call all Canadians to join Solidarity Spring
The sound of drums beating has just gotten a whole lot louder in Canada with the joining together of Idle No More and Defenders of The Land, a network of Indigenous Activists formed in 2008. Idle No More, a First Nations Indigenous movement that became an instant phenomenon in December 2012, was established by four First Nations women, Jessica Gordon, Sylvia McAdam, Sheelah McLean and Nina ...
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Government of Canada designates first two heritage lighthouses in British Columbia
, today announced the designation of the first two heritage lighthouses in British Columbia under theHeritage Lighthouse Protection Act. The East Point Lighthouse on Saturna Island and the Fisgard Lighthouse in Colwood were designated on the recommendation of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board ...
Toronto Digest
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Toronto's historical hospital due for upgrade
Toronto East General Hospital is undergoing a massive redevelopment and expansion plan that aims to update the tired facility, which is one of the oldest in the city.
Toronto East General Hospital was opened in 1929 and has been in continual operation ever since, located at 825 Coxwell Avenue in the capital of Ontario, the hospital is a community teaching hospital and has a bed capacity of 470. It treated over 60,000 people in its emergency room last year and provided in-patient care to over 19,000 people. Read more
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