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Christie Blatchford Toronto mayor needs to start talking
As Don Peat, the Toronto Sun's excellent City Hall bureau chief, asked wryly, "Do you suppose he's going to do the football thing and just run out the clock?"And that, it appears, is what Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is trying to do.As all around him the storm of serious allegations - that he has been caught on video smoking crack cocaine and consorting with drug dealers - ...
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Final farewell to Peter Worthington
Peter Worthington. Family, friends, colleagues and readers are gathering Wednesday to bid farewell to Toronto Sun founding editor Peter Worthington. Worthington, 86, who died May 13, was remembered at visitations Tuesday as a man who lived life to the fullest. The funeral begins at 11 a.m. at Christ Church Deer Park, 1570 Yonge St. Maj.-Gen. Lewis MacKenzie, David Crombie, Mark Bonokoski and ...
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Ontario man lost in Australian mountains
Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, from Brampton, Ont., went missing May 13 while hiking in Australia's Snowy Mountains. (FACEBOOK PHOTO/QMI AGENCY) The third day of searching for a Brampton, Ont., man who went missing while hiking in Australia wrapped up because of poor lighting, local media ...
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Ford skewered on late-night TV
Gawker launches 'crackstarter' to buy alleged Rob Ford video TORONTO – Mayor Rob Ford may not have been saying anything Tuesday about crack cocaine allegations but that didn't stop late-night U.S. comedians from cracking jokes about the ongoing scandal. Jon Stewart's Daily Show, the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel Live were all fired up about the story of ...
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Paying bills and consumer consumption hurting Canadians ability to save study
MONTREAL - Almost a third of Canadian households report never or almost never having any money left to save after paying their bills, according to a new study issued Wednesday. Households that reported no wealth accumulation tended to be working, middle-aged people -- although of varying income levels, says the study by the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada. "They felt ...
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Fearless cougar stalks house pets in quiet Metro Vancouver community
BELCARRA, B.C. — A cougar with a taste for house pets is prowling in the Metro Vancouver community of Belcarra, just west of Port Moody. RCMP were called to the wooded, rural neighbourhood overlooking Indian Arm at about 8:20 Tuesday night when a family reported the cougar had snatched their dog. A 16-year-old tried to scare off the big cat, but it took a swipe at him, too, before ...
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Canada lifts lifetime ban on gay men giving blood but they can only donate if celibate for five years
TORONTO -- Canada is lifting the lifetime ban on blood donation by gay men, though serious restrictions will remain in place. Canadian Blood Services says men who have not had sex with other men within the last five years will be allowed to donate blood when the new policy comes into effect this summer. Agency executive Dr. Dana Devine acknowledges some people will feel that the deferral ...
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3000 plus left without electricity in central Ontario after thunderstorms
TORONTO -- More than 3,000 Ontario Hydro customers in central Ontario spent the night without electricity after a powerful storm ripped through the area. The utility expects repairs in the affected areas from cottage country north of Toronto east through the Bobcaygeon area to be completed by this evening. A line of severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, hail and heavy rain to the area ...
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Harper’s Peru trip becomes awkward as Senate scandal overshadows key announcement
PERU - The Senate expenses scandal is turning Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to South America into an awkward communications exercise. Harper’s officials have indicated that the prime minister will finally take questions early this afternoon on the Prime Minister’s Office involvement in reimbursing Senator Mike Duffy $90,000 for improper housing expense claims. But ...
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Police re-open two cases connected to Bosma murder suspect including Dellen Millard’s dead father
Toronto police confirm they are formally investigating two additional cases linked to Dellen Millard, charged in the slaying of Tim Bosma, even as Hamilton police are denying reports that additional remains have been found on a Millard-owned farm. "The investigation continues and at this point there is no confirmation that other remains have been located," said Const. Debbie ...
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‘He’s cleaning up the city by smoking all the crack in it’ U.S. late night TV hosts turn Rob Ford into international laughing stock
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may not have a word to say about the growing crack cocaine video scandal, but U.S. comedians are finding plenty to say about the besieged leader of Canada’s biggest ...
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Why this global fascination with the Toronto mayors alleged cocaine use | Colin Horgan
seen a video in which Toronto mayor Rob Ford was filmed inhaling crack cocaine and uttering homophobic slurs about the leader of Canada's Liberal party. The story became an instant online hit, not least for the fact that Gawker had apparently refused to pay the video's owner the six-figure bounty he or she requested to hand it over and instead decided to crowdsource the payment. As of ...
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Lloyd on roster for US womens game vs Canada
CHICAGO - Carli Lloyd will make her first appearance with the U.S. women's soccer team since breaking her left shoulder in a June 2 exhibition against Canada.Lloyd was among 21 players on the roster released Tuesday by coach Tom Sermanni. The sold-out game in Toronto will be a rematch of last summer's contentious semifinal at the London Olympics, which the U.S. won 4-3 in extra time. ...
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Car explosion in Vancouvers west end
5/22/2013 Vancouver firefighters and police have swarmed a west end neighbourhood after a car exploded and burned. It happened at 10 minutes before 7, at Nicola and Burnaby, near Robson Street. CKNW reporter Marcella Bernardo says the explosion was so intense, the Toyota Matrix is split in half. It's not sure what caused the blast - an engine fire that spread to the gas tank or ...
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Canada’s boreal forests are the ‘Amazon of the north’ report
As resource companies look to northern forests in search of untapped minerals and energy, scientists and conservancy groups say too little heed is being paid to the environmental wealth created by Canada's boreal regions.The Boreal Songbird Initiative and Ducks Unlimited are marking the United Nations International Day for Biological Diversity on Wednesday with the release of a report that ...
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Watch Toronto teen-art collective re-enacts the Rob Ford scandal
Pssssst wanna see a video of a seemingly stoned, very large, mumble-mouthed guy insulting Justin Trudeau - and not have to pay $200,000 for the experience?Get thee then to YouTube where seven members of a teen-art collective from Toronto's often-troubled Parkdale district have posted their re-enactment of "the alleged video that allegedly depicts [Toronto Mayor] Rob Ford's ...
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Globe Editorial Canada should lift outdated visa restrictions on ANC members
In this photo supplied by the Government Communications and Information Services (GCIS) South African President Jacob Zuma, right, and Governor General of Canada, David Johnston attend a welcoming ceremony in Cape Town, South Africa, on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (Elmond ...
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‘Relentless’ pressure from cross-border shopping holds Canadian prices down
Consumers can thank the "relentless" competition from south of the border for holding down Canadian prices.Retail sales in Canada were flat in March, according to Statistics Canada today, but rose 0.7 per cent in volume ...
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Canada not all it’s cracked up to be says Daily Show’s Jon Stewart about Rob Ford scandal
Jon Stewart took aim at Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and ongoing allegations of drug use Tuesday night, in a Daily Show segment that detailed some of the Mayor's most outrageous gaffes and jokingly referred to crack-smoking as 'Canada's national pastime' (The Daily Show with Jon ...
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‘RHOOC’ star Lydia McLaughlin sees same elements in Heather and Alexis Bellino
Lydia McLaughlin may be new to the show, but she is slowly getting to know each of the women as the season is progressing. She may not know that Heather just joined the season last season and that Tamra Barney quickly labeled Heather as the woman who Alexis wanted to be. She was rich, had a strong family and everybody liked her. And while Lydia may never have heard this statement, she is seeing ...
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‘RHOA’ star Kim Zolciak hasn’t had a vacation in two years due to filming
filming reality television shows for Bravo for several years. She was filming "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" for several seasons, but during her downtime, she filmed "Don't Be Tardy for the Wedding." And more recently, she has been filming "Don't Be Tardy" to show her fans what has been going on in her private life after meeting Kroy and getting pregnant ...
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Bethenny Frankel tweets about weekly tragedies in her life
Bethenny Frankel may be dealing with her divorce behind closed doors, but it sounds like she is focusing more on what is going on in the world around her. Sure, she may be planning the topics for her upcoming talk show, but she is also listening to the ...
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30 Thoughts Avalanche zero in on Patrick Roy
Patrick Roy, left, is rumoured to be the favourite candidate to succeed fired Joe Sacco as Colorado Avalanche head coach. (Clement Allard/Canadian ...
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Tiger Woods says Sergio Garcia comment hurtful
Tiger Woods took to Twitter to respond to the comments of Sergio Garcia, who was to hold a news conference Wednesday. (Richard Heathcote/Getty ...
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Taking a look at graffiti tagging hotspots in Montreal
Behind the scenes in Montreal, tensions are mounting as residents and graffiti artists stake their claim over the city. This week, CBC Montreal's Daybreak launches a series looking at graffiti tagging through the eyes of its supporters and its critics. Follow along with CBC's Alison Northcott as she speaks with the residents and business owners going to new lengths to stop taggers ...
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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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