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  • Toronto mayor denies video showing him smoking cocaine

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has declined association with video-related clips that show him smoking cocaine. Someone who tried to sell it to Toronto Star newspaper filmed the footage on a smartphone. Toronto Star reporters were shown the video by an anonymous tipster in a car park. The newspaper claims that it did not pay money for the video and did not obtain the copy of the same and hence could ...

  • Criminal probe sought against Indo-Canadian politician

    A criminal investigation has been sought against an Indo-Canadian member of legislative assembly (MLA) of the ruling Progressive Conservatives party in the Canadian province of Alberta in a case of ethics violation. Leader of the opposition Wildrose party, Danielle Smith, has requested the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to conduct a criminal investigation into the actions of ...

  • Canadian track and field coach broadcaster Geoff Gowan dies

    Track and field expert Geoff Gowan is shown in Ottawa in this March, 1996 photo. Gowan, a member of the Order of Canada for his contribution to coaching and a longtime voice of track and field in this country, has died. He was 83. (Tom Hanson/THE CANADIAN ...

  • A three-storey mound of Canada’s oil waste grows in Detroit

    A three-story pile of petroleum coke along the Detroit River in Windsor, Ont., on April 20, 2013. Residents on both sides of the river are concerned that the coke mountain is both an environmental threat and an eyesore. (FABRIZIO ...

  • ‘RHOOC’ star Gretchen Rossi not invited to Tamra’s bachelorette party

    Tamra Barney have become good friends over the past couple of months, as they made up during the first episode of the show's seventh season. While Gretchen has lost her friendship with Alexis Bellino, Tamra has distanced herself from Vicki Gunvalson. One could imagine that Gretchen was invited to ...

Movie Review

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

In Sergio Corbuccis Django, the 1966 spaghetti Western from which Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained draws its protagonists name, the titular gunslinger (played by the indomitable Franco Nero, who makes an amusing, wink-wink cameo in Tarantinos film) is first seen ... ...

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  • Bethenny Frankel’s daughter plays with phone that has important contacts

    phone in her hand, and she would talk to anyone and everyone she could in hopes of launching her Skinnygirl business. Now, years later, she has launched her business and one can imagine that she has plenty of ...

  • ‘Teen Mom’ star Leah Calvert wants to give daughters a pool

    Leah Calvert may be a mother for three children, but she is still putting them first even though she is working at a local tanning place. While fans may not have agreed with all of her decisions over the past season of the show, she has always put ...

  • Kanye West on rejecting SNL skits ‘This is my goddmn life’

    Even though the cast wanted Kanye to participate in a few skits, it sounds like they could only get him to do the introduction, where they mocked him walking into a street sign, which happened earlier this week. And the only thing he would agree to was to wear a bandaid. However, don't expect him to appear in any of the skits throughout the show. He has spoken out about his appearance on ...

  • Beautiful Victoria Day weekend ahead

    Torontonians are settling in for the first long-weekend of the season and the forecast is for a beautiful three days. Saturday, Sunday and Monday are all going to be sunny and warm, according to Environment Canada, with just a few clouds getting in the way. The big weekend finale will be the annual fireworks display at Ashbridge's Bay. Hundreds of thousands show up for the late-night ...

  • 6 injured in west Toronto fight

    At least six males were injured in a fight in a west Toronto park, early Saturday morning. Police say a fight broke out in Colonel Sam Smith Park, near Lake Shore Boulevard West and Kipling Avenue, at about 1 a.m. One of the victims suffered serious knife injuries during the altercation. Five others were also taken to hospital. Their injuries were not as ...

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