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Gawker’s ‘Crackstarter’ campaign hits bump Sellers of alleged Ford video vanish
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford briefly speaks to the media responding to allegations made by a U.S. website that he smokes crack cocaine, before getting into his SUV at his Etobicoke home in Toronto on Friday, May 17, 2013. (Michelle Siu For The Globe and ...
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Amid the political morality tales some serve us with distinction
announced this week that he will leave the mayor's office after three terms. The praise he received was about as universal as any political man could dream of ...
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Are we getting enough vacation Canada ranks near bottom of list
Are Canadians getting enough paid time off work?A new study puts Canada near the bottom of the list of developed countries when it comes to laws governing vacation and holiday ...
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Canada Qatar gives up bid to relocate UN agency
TORONTO -; Canada's foreign minister says Qatar has abandoned its bid relocate the United Nations civil aviation agency from Montreal to the tiny ...
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Close allies urges Toronto mayor to talk
TORONTO -; Close allies of Toronto Mayor Rob's Ford say they will release a letter that urges the mayor to address a purported video that apparently shows him smoking crack ...
Movie Review
The Dark Knight
The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolans grim, brooding, and very nearly brilliant sequel to his 2005 reboot Batman Begins, is perhaps the most scintillating and incisive film about our current state of affairs to hit the big screen since the war on terror began. While numero ... ...
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EU Approves Lufthansa-United-Air Canada Venture
United Airlines and Air Canada after the carriers agreed to give up landing and take-off slots at Frankfurt and New York.The European Commission, the EU's executive, said the airlines, which are key members of the Star Alliance, will also strike agreements with competitors on ticketing and improved access to connecting flights.The commission was concerned the revenue-sharing venture, would ...
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Torontos deputy mayor Rob Ford needs to address controversy
Members of Toronto's executive committee are drafting a letter to assure residents that work at city hall continues despite the mounting controversy surrounding Mayor Rob Ford, and will also call on the mayor to respond to allegations against him. The reassurance letter is expected to be released later today, coming a week after reports of an alleged video where Ford is reported to be ...
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Atlantic Canada should prep for active hurricane season officials
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre is backing U.S. predictions of an active season this year, telling residents in the Atlantic provinces they should prepare. The Canadian centre says an unusually warm tropical Atlantic Ocean is one of the factors behind the forecast of an active hurricane season, which continues a 15-year period of high hurricane activity. The National Oceanic and ...
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Media advisory - Transport Canada
Steven Fletcher Minister of State (Transport) will deliver an opening plenary address at the Intelligent Transportation Systems Society of Canada's ...
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Watch Toronto fan throws a beer at Os McLouth
Blue Jays fans didn’t think McLouth held onto the ball after falling into the stands. (Getty Images) In the bottom of the sixth inning of Thursday night’s game between the Orioles and Blue Jays in Toronto, Baltimore leftfielder Nate McLouth made a nice running catch on a ball hit by Colby Rasmus that was tailing foul down the leftfield line. McLouth caught the ball just as he was ...
Quotable Quotes
We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us. Neither I, nor any President can promise the total defeat of terror. What we must do is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger.
Barack Obama
The U.S. president was speaking on his administration's counter terrorism policy.
Hotel Review
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan
The taxi drove through the center of the building to an arrival station for the Crowne Plaza which is a ...
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