Toronto, Ontario Friday September 3, 2010
      
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The Toronto Sun - News Section
The Alberta government is investing $850,000 to help temporary foreign workers adjust to life in Alberta while reviewing the federal program's effectiveness, Alberta's labour boss said Friday.
They may not all be twits about Twitter, but many politicians could do more to engage Canadians with their tweets, an expert says.
Stupid kid or stone-cold killer?
The risk of psychological trauma was too high to force a suicidal Calgary teen to testify against her alleged abuser, a judge ruled Friday.
Police shot and killed a rampaging rottweiler in the northeast part of the city Friday after it bit a woman on the hand then charged at an officer.
A Birch River, Man., man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for a violent home invasion that saw an innocent victim awakened in the night and beaten bloody with a fence picket.
How about them apples?
Stacy Campbell was “desperate” to come up with the downpayment on her dream home after gambling away thousands of dollars at Georgian Downs, a Crown attorney said yesterday.
Call it North America’s best sports bar.
Imperial Oil Ltd said Friday it is shutting down its 82,000 barrel a day Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, refinery before the onslaught of Hurricane Earl, the first fuel plant on the continent’s East Coast to do so.
Some residents, touched and shocked by former nurse Sonia Varaschin’s disappearance, are organizing search groups.
A small native-owned water company and a businessman took on Goliath for a second time and won a Sarstock settlement of more than $1.3 million.
The NDP is congratulating the Harper government for changing its mind on abortion funding overseas. Trouble is the government is adamant that nothing has changed.
Eight children of Canadian military personnel who perished while serving received post-secondary education scholarships from Canada Company at the third annual awards ceremony. See the photos.
Everyone, it seems, wants in on the Arctic debate.
To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images.
A Montreal student says she was forced to undress in her high school parking lot by teachers because her shorts contravened the school dress code.
Before he started drawing thousands of viewers with YouTube stunts, a controversial Ontario man sent shockwaves through the Internet with an entirely different type of video.
See photos as the Chicago Blackhawk's David Bolland brings the Stanley Cup to his hometown.
A suburban Montreal mother is furious after she says police refused to help unlock her baby from her car in a sweltering parking garage.
One of three men accused in an alleged homegrown terror plot will return to court next week to schedule a two to three-day bail hearing.
Two friends earned themselves a year's probation after a drunken birthday celebration ended with the pair breaking into a police station garage.
A bundle of roses by any other name would smell as sweet - except when its hiding a shipment of drugs.
A man who had recently celebrated a birthday opened up a gift-wrapped box that exploded in his face and injured him on Friday morning.
Police calling on the public to help collar a man wanted for allegedly swiping $150,000 in OxyContin.
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Environment Canada ramps up its weather advisories as Hurricane Earl stays on course for the Maritimes.
It could be days before a fuel tanker carrying 9.5 million litres of diesel is dislodged from a sandbar in the Northwest Passage.
Dustin Paxton must undergo a psychiatric evaluation as he awaits trial on charges of forcible confinement and assault in two separate cases, a Calgary judge says.
A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake has rocked much of New Zealand's South Island, but no immediate tsunami alert has been issued, and no injuries have been reported.
Awso Peshdary, an Ottawa man detained on assault charges while under surveillance during an RCMP anti-terrorism investigation, has been granted bail.
U.S. stocks extended their multi-day rally Friday after an encouraging report on jobs lifted hopes about the pace of economic growth.
Police allege a 24-year-old man had illicit sexual relations with a 14-year-old girl in Castlegar, B.C., and posted photos of her on her Facebook site.
A Quebec man is in hospital with injuries to his hands and face after a package left on his doorstep exploded Friday morning.
A member of the suspended University of Waterloo football team has tested positive for human growth hormone, which the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport says is a first in North America.
People in the Orangeville, Ont., area who may have encountered someone with "unexplained blood" on their footwear or clothing earlier this week have been asked to call police as they continue to investigate the disappearance of a local nurse
The NHL and NHLPA have reached an agreement to revise rules that regulate long-term contracts as part of a global settlement, allowing Ilya Kovalchuk's contract with the New Jersey Devils to pass.
Women's fashion retailer Jacob has decided to bid adieu to the practice of retouching photos to alter the body shapes of models.
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean presides over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony in Ottawa, bestowing the honour on four companions, 19 officers and 30 members.
A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed Friday outside Dubai, officials said, and there was no immediate word on casualties.
Worries about spying by the U.S. and Israel spurred plans to sharply limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai's police chief said in comments that suggest a tough line in talks with the smartphone maker.
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Grade 9 students in Meadowvale got a head start on their first year of high school today.
Grade 9 students in Meadowvale got a head start on their first year of high school today.
Two Mississauga teens spent part of the summer hanging out with polar bears and learning about climate change.
Mayor Hazel McCallion was reappointed to the board of directors of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) at the organization’s annual conference, held Aug. 16-18 in Windsor.
Sean Monahan found out the hard way that life in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) isn't going to be so easy.
When it comes to judo competitions, Mississauga's Yacinta Nguyen-Huu is on a roll.
An SUV belonging to a Toronto man who was murdered this week was found on Tuesday in Mississauga.
Peel Regional Police are named in a $115-million class action lawsuit filed this week on behalf of more than 1,100 people who were arrested or detained or whose business was vandalized during the G20 summit in Toronto in June.
The City of Mississauga is accepting applications for next winter’s windrow snow clearing program.
Thirteen men are facing numerous fraud-related charges in connection with a $4-million loan scam in Mississauga and across the Greater Toronto Area that spanned seven years.
An iftar (dinner) was held last night at Olive Grove School to raise money for victims of the Pakistan flood.
Mississauga drivers will see a lot of Peel Regional Police and Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) over Labour Day weekend.
In one of the most anticipated grudge matches in Ontario boxing history, Mississauga pugilist Logan Cotton McGuinness (11-0-1, 5 KOs) and Orangeville's Buzz Grant (9-3-0, 4 KOs) will square off Sept. 25 at the Hershey Centre for the vacant North American Boxing Association lightweight title.
Police have charged a man with murder in the slaying of a local drug dealer nearly two years ago.
All southbound lanes on Erin Mills Pkwy. approaching the QEW have been re-opened after emergency road crews fixed a broken watermain.
Safe City Mississauga's Aspire tutoring program took 21 young students on a field trip to the Ontario Science Centre last Friday.
A civil suit brought by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) against Mississauga developer Bruce McLaughlin, charging that he siphoned money from Mascan Corp. for his own use, has come to an end after a 24-year marathon battle in the courts.
Two southbound lanes on a busy section of Erin Mills Pkwy. remained closed through the morning rush hour today while regional crews make repairs.
After more than four years of sensitive and sometimes testy negotiations, the Huron-Wendat Nation are on the brink of repatriating the bones of thousands of ancestors that were “robbed from their graves” years ago by archaeologists, studied and then stored in crumbling cardboard boxes at the University of Toronto.
A 46-year-old Mississauga man has been charged in cottage country with sexual assault, following an incident in Wasaga Beach.
For the first time in several days, no special statement has been issued to warn Mississaugans about potential weather dangers today.
A 45-year-old Mississauga man who was involved in a head-on collision last night with a transit bus in the city's west end is expected to recover from his injuries.
Is she or isn’t she?
A male cyclist is in critical condition after he was hit by a Mississauga Transit bus in the city’s west end tonight.
Cricket players are going to bat for Pakistan flood victims.
A pair of Mississauga MPPs has been named parliamentary assistants.
Dr. Kuldip S. Kular, MPP for Bramalea-Gore-Malton, will work with Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Deb Matthews, while Amrit Mangat, MPP for Mississauga-Brampton South, will work with Minister of Transportation Kathleen Wynne.
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We gave the signatures of the five mayoral front-runners to a graphologist. Here are the results
Supporters of the mayoral front-runner talk about why they chose the man that others love to villainize
It’s hard to say when it happened exactly, but Toronto has become cool.
While TIFF brings the celeb buzz to Toronto, a few modest events put the focus on film
A new bylaw’s attempt to keep the peace has restaurateurs crying foul
Audience feedback lights the fire under newly formed Improv Gong Show
Events in and around Toronto
But mayoral candidate admits he told her to ‘screw off’
Service will also feature film clips, martial-arts colleagues
Officials ask members of the public to be on the lookout for items taken from crime scene
Veteran Liberal MP joins race for mayor, says he wants to end city’s ‘unstable governance,’ attract new business
Acknowledgment comes on heels of raft of complaints, lawsuits, inquiries into police actions during June weekend
Hotel is home of this year's Toronto International Film Festival
The company’s new revue pokes clever fun at G20 riot police, awkward singles, funeral bloopers and more
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Stories from thestar.com and the Toronto Star, the largest daily newspaper in Canada.
Two members of Mexico’s Congress were among six people killed Friday when their plane crashed near a beach resort.
Fan Expo organizers say they will personally contact every ticket holder who was temporarily locked out of the convention last week
Craving information on the bedbug scourge, the public is flocking to an online registry even though the reports are unverified.
We earn more, but we’re willing to take a pay cut. On Labour Day weekend, our working lives are being shaped by several trends.
The U.S. National Weather Service said Friday the weakening Hurricane Earl will become a tropical storm by the time it makes landfall in Nova Scotia.
A body discovered at a Bracebridge boat launch was identified as Paul Maasland, 55, of Toronto, in an autopsy Wednesday.
Documents filed last month in Federal Court say Statistics Canada employees stopped preparation work on the 2011 long survey in May — a month before the census changes were made public.
Kathryn Bateman-Olmstead says website soliciting donations wasn’t meant to be live
Eight children of fallen Canadian soldiers receive scholarships from a special fund set up to help finance their post-secondary education.
Peel police say no foul play is suspected after the body of Ashley Paul, 21, was found inside her car at a construction site.
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A major earthquake hit New Zealand's second biggest city Christchurch early on Saturday, bringing down power lines, ripping up roads and wrecking building facades, but authorities reported no deaths
Don Martin: When senior officials advance the excuse they’re getting out to spend more time with their family, it’s usually code for being rushing out the door ahead of a pink slip. But in this case, it’s a valid excuse
The storm has been downgraded to a Category One hurricane, while officials have warned the public about the threat it poses as it is expected to hit the coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on Saturday
Canadians would rather see their tax dollars spent on health care than “prisons and planes,”according to Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, who says his party is the one to trust to improve the health-care system
Like all those big-budget Hollywood movies that generate buzz but bomb at the box office, the Obama administration’s much-ballyhooed “Recovery Summer” closed Friday with a Labour Day weekend whimper
While his agent has confirmed the agreement, the NHLPA has told the National Post in an email that the deal is not official yet. It is expected a joint announcement will be made tonight
Piece by piece, the shroud of deceit that covers the truth surrounding the background dealings of the Harmonized Sales Tax in British Columbia is falling away from the B.C Liberal government
The fall movie season is a time of Shakespearean drama, Oscar contenders and movies about people being tortured. To help you keep them straight, Jay Stone presents the ABCs of the season, with a film list for everyone
About 10,000 people, mostly students, filled the University of Havana steps and nearby streets to listen to the man who led Cuba for 49 years before an illness forced him to resign as president and nearly killed him
The mysterious disappearance of an Orangeville woman led to a grim police appeal Friday, asking residents to look for her missing, blood-soaked bedsheets and a suspect who likely returned home 'covered in a significant amount of blood'
A wealthy suburb of Calgary is without mail service, after a hawk repeatedly dive-bombed its letter carrier, even breaking a helmet she wore to protect herself
Graeme Hamilton: The organizers of a right-wing gathering next month in Quebec City hope the same anger at big government that propels the U.S. Tea Party will stir a comparable political storm in what is arguably Canada’s most left-wing province
Bill Holland, a husband and father who vanished in 1989 while on a climbing trip to Jasper National Park, was lost amid the glacier fields until two weeks ago when hikers stumbled across his body
Bosnian authorities find girl in puppy drowning video
The smaller-than-expected job losses last month could assuage fears the economy is sliding back into recession and ease pressure on the Fed — the U.S. central bank — to launch a fresh round of bond buying to keep borrowing costs low
News that a talented aboriginal Vancouver Island wood carver was shot dead by police in Seattle has shocked the man’s friends and family
A man arrested but never charged in connection with an Ottawa terror investigation has been released on consent of the Crown
A clash between the army and gang members at a ranch near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey left at least 25 gang members dead, the military unit involved in the firefight said on Thursday
The appointment of a Canadian to command a crew on the International Space Station for six months starting in 2012 shows how much Canada’s modest space program has achieved, despite spending in a year what NASA does in a week
The man at the centre of a sex scandal involving a prominent Manitoba judge and her voyeur husband has been ordered by a judge to return all photos and emails involving the couple
Police arrested a passenger after screeners found suspicious luggage at Miami International Airport, prompting evacuations at four of six concourses and diverting flights, federal officials said on Friday
A fuel tanker carrying 9 million litres of diesel fuel has run aground in the Northwest Passage. None of the oil has spilled, said a Coast Guard spokesperson, and the ship appears to be intact
Prison expansion to make room for an expected inmate influx is moving ahead in Canada, with the federal government rolling out plans in recent days to spend $105-million on new cells at three prisons in Western Canada and one in Nova Scotia
An oil platform explosion on Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico forced the crew to jump into the sea and threatened further damage to waters still recovering from the BP disaster
Blair’s memoir A Journey is a combination of realpolitik revelations that would make Machiavelli proud, mixed with acutely observed pen portraits and cringing personal details
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A mayoralty debate on youth issues at the University of Toronto Thursday night, Sept. 2, turned nasty before it even started, as mayoralty candidate Rocco Rossi accused his opponent, former Ontario Deputy Premier George... A mayoralty debate on youth issues at the University of Toronto Thursday night, Sept. 2, turned nasty before it even started, as mayoralty candidate Rocco Rossi accused his opponent, former Ontario Deputy Premier George... A 28-year-old Montreal man is the latest person arrested in connection with illegal acts committed during the recent G20 Summit. Juan Lepore has been charged with mischief over $5,000. The Service de Police de la Ville... A class action lawsuit was filed Thursday, Sept. 2 on behalf of two Toronto residents arrested, detained and incarcerated at the Eastern Avenue Detention Centre during the G20 Summit in June. The suit was submitted to the... Mayoral candidate Rocco Rossi may be in the Labour Day Parade on Monday, but organizers say he won't be welcome there. The Toronto and York Region Labour Council invites candidates it endorses to the march on the... A 28-year-old man suffered minor injuries during a robbery attempt in early Thursday, Sept. 2, morning in the Meadowvale and Ellesmere roads area. The incident occurred around 12:20 a.m. Police said one man jumped the... A man has been arrested and charged in a fatal shooting last year in Pacific Mall at 4300 Steeles Ave. E. Chun Kit "Daniel" Cheong, 26, was gunned down at a cellphone store in the mall on the northeast corner of... An Etobicoke MP continues to push for clinical trials for a controversial multiple sclerosis (MS) procedure despite a recent decision by the federal health minister to hold off on funding. Leona Aglukkaq, Canada's top... An appeal to introduce an adult-geared shop on The Queensway in Etobicoke has been denied. The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) has ruled that an 'Aren't We Naughty' novelty store will not be allowed at 1100 The... Toronto's only memorial observance honouring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is set to take place Saturday, Sept. 11 at the Millennium Peace Garden inside Woodbine Park. The annual peace vigil will... Construction on the Dovercourt Boys and Girls Club's eagerly anticipated second floor is set to begin shortly after Labour Day weekend and is expected to be complete by the spring of 2011. The start of construction... A quantity of medication stolen from the Danforth and Greenwood avenues area could be fatal if ingested, especially by children. Police report 14 (100 mg) pills of morphine sulphate, 24 (80 mg) pills of oxycontin, 112 (10... All things Scottish, Irish and Welsh will be feted Saturday, Sept. 11 and Sunday, Sept. 12 at Kew Gardens Park during the Beach Celtic Festival. The free event runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Dubbed Toronto's... The diverse findings of nine adventurers who recently went on a two-day expedition exploring and researching the Leslie Street Spit will be showcased Sept. 10 to 12 at Leslieville's Labspace Studio. Called A Night with... Etobicoke-raised pilot, Capt. Yanick "Crank" Gregoire, makes his local debut at the 2010 Canadian International Airshow at the CNE this weekend.
Yorkville resident Vivian Reiss is hardly your garden variety neighbour, and she has the greenery to prove it. Reiss, an artist and urban farmer, has become known in her community for the lush gardens outside her home... More than 50 distinguished Tamil-Canadian musicians are putting their talents together to fight cancer through a concert this weekend in Scarborough. The concert will showcase Tamil melodies from Tamil cinema and takes... The Junction Arts Festival offers a cutting-edge combination of classic arts, community arts and popular culture. The ethos of the festival is to present the arts as necessary, relevant, accessible and exciting. This... The Anti-Aging and Wellness Centre on Jane Street, just south of Annette Street and a few blocks north of Bloor Street West, is hosting an open house Sunday, Sept. 19 between 2 and 9 p.m. "We want the neighbours to... Eras end all the time. But Howard Moscoe's departure from municipal politics feels more like the end of an age - say, the Bronze Age - or maybe a period - i.e. the Jurassic. Wags of certain political stripes might... Protests by a segment of the Jane-Finch community earlier this year appears to have achieved the desired effect as the proposed closure of at least one local school appears off the table - for the moment. A committee of... An 89-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after the car she was driving accelerated out of an East York gas station and was struck by a minivan.
The crash occurred on Millwood Road at about 10:45 a.m... Some students of a North York school will begin the year in the library after a fire broke out in a classroom Thursday.
Fire crews were called to Yorkview Public School on Yorkview Drive near Bathurst Street and... George Smitherman's plan to have business owners pay $10 million a year to subsidize jobs for "at-risk" youth played well in a Cabbagetown gym but might not be so welcome on Main Street. The Get Youth Working... A Scarborough high school teacher has been charged after police allege a student was "sexually exploited" in three separate incidents in June. The alleged incidents took place in the accused's home. Police... Police in Toronto and Manchester, England are appealing for the public's help for information pertaining to the whereabouts of a six-year-old girl reportedly removed without consent from Britain by her mother on Dec. 9...
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