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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 ...

  • Rush Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction preview clips available

    fans teething at the bit to watch the band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction on tonight's HBO debut showing of the ceremony can whet their appetite via some official preview ...

  • Wharnsby Jason Spezza ready to return for Senators

    Jason Spezza, top left, says he might be ready to suit up for the Senators as they host the Penguins in Ottawa for Game 3 on Sunday. (Fred Chartrand/Canadian ...

  • Rivalry to be renewed as Nadal faces Federer in Italian Open final

    Rafael Nadal is 19-10 lifetime against longtime rival Roger Federer, whom he will meet in the final of the Italian Open. (Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty ...

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The Town

The Town

Like his directorial debut Gone Baby Gone (2007), there is a lot riding on Ben Afflecks crime drama The Town, or, more directly, on Affleck himself. Not only does he have to prove that Gone Baby Gone, one of the best films of that year, was not the cinematic equivalent of a on ... ...

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  • Robinson Cano cranks two homers in Yankees romp over Blue Jays

    NEW YORK (AP) Robinson Cano hit a pair of two-run homers to back a solid effort by David Phelps, and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays for the ninth straight time at Yankee Stadium, 7-2 Saturday. Phelps (2-2) struck out eight while allowing one run in a season-high seven innings, helping New York beat the Blue Jays for the eighth time in nine games this season. Cano connected off ...

  • Email is proof Senate green-lighted expenses Brazeau says

    Senator Patrick Brazeau says he will not pay back $48,000 in Senate expenses because he has evidence he was given the green light to claim the costs for his secondary residence in Ottawa. In an interview airing Saturday on CBC ...

  • Man killed in rollover near Slave Lake

    One man was killed and another injured in a rollover near Slave Lake early Saturday morning. The incident, which involved a single vehicle, occurred on Highway 88, about 34 kilometres north of Slave Lake, just before 5 a.m. A 31-year-old man died at the scene. The other man, 27, was taken to hospital in Slave Lake. RCMP have not ruled out speed and alcohol as factors in the ...

  • B.C.s largest Ahmadiyya mosque opens in Delta

    Hundreds of people are attending the opening of the Baitur Rahman mosque in Delta, described as the largest Ahmadiyya Muslim house of worship in B.C. The Ahmadiyya movement -- a branch of Islam -- was founded 100 years ago, originating with the teachings of Indian villager Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and is renowned today for promoting a peaceful coexistence with people of all faiths and cultures. The ...

  • One fisherman dead two missing off N.B. coast

    (Fotolia) One fisherman has been found dead and the search is on for two others after their boat hit a sandbar off the coast of New Brunswick Saturday. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax said it received a distress call from the men at around 5:30 a.m. A spokesman said the dead man was found near the sandbar and the Canadian Coast Guard is looking for the other two men who were ...

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