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  • Bayern Munich wins Champions League final

    Arjen Robben scored in the 89th minute to give Bayern Munich a 2-1 win over German rival Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in the Champions League final, ending four years of frustration for his team in Europe's biggest tournament. Robben ran onto Franck Ribery's backheeled flick in the penalty area and sent the ball past goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller to give Bayern its first Champions ...

  • Toronto mayors brother says he never dealt drugs

    The brother of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has vehemently denied allegations in Saturday's Globe and Mail that he was involved in the illicit drug trade in the 1980s. "Absolutely false," Ford said in an interview on CBC News Network when asked for his reaction. "It's absolutely false. These people want to come after our character," he said. In the article the Globe ...

  • Hockey Canada bans bodychecking for peewee players across the country

    CHARLOTTETOWN -- Hockey Canada has voted to remove bodychecking from peewee hockey across the country.Spokesman Andre Brin says the motion passed today at a meeting in Charlottetown, with only Saskatchewan voting against banning bodychecking.Brin says the board of directors has agreed to develop a bodychecking standard for coaching to be implemented in the 2014-15 hockey season.Earlier this ...

  • Calgary Marathon to cause detours delays

    Commuters and public transit users will face a number of detours and delays Sunday as the Calgary Marathon criss-crosses the city. The route will take the marathon mainly through the city's southwest, where there will be a number of road closures lasting through the morning and into the early afternoon in some areas. Full details are available on the Calgary Marathon website. Transit ...

  • 2nd Huntington Hills victim in serious condition police say

    The second victim of a violent northeast Calgary attack that killed one person is now listed as being in serious condition at hospital, police say. The attack took place Friday evening in the community of Huntington Hills. Police responded to the area after receiving a call about a fight between a man and four others. Officials say at least two people are in custody following a search of the ...

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A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) [DVD]

A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) [DVD]

Asghar Farhadis A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin) is a devastating, slow-burn portrait of how dozens of seemingly insignificant actions and decisionssome conscious, some otherwisecan accumulate into a ruinous scenario. The film opens in the midst of a judicial hearing ... ...

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  • Bachman and Turner expand 2013 tour schedule

    , the musical core of BTO, reunited with a self-titled album after an 18-year lay off in 2010. The "Takin' Care of Business" hitmakers will be touring in support of their recent release, "Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC," which hit U.S. shelves last summer, Bachman, also a former founding member of The Guess ...

  • Toronto Mayors Siblings Have Ties With Drug Traffickers

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford may want to find a new spokesman. As the mayor has been engulfed by allegations that he was filmed smoking crack cocaine, his brother Doug Ford has largely acted as his spokesman. But it turns out he has links to drug dealing. For several years, Doug Ford "was a go-to dealer of hash" and had a small group of dealers who sold his product, according to ...

  • Canadian mine giant Barrick fined a record $16.4M in Chile

    El Corral, a village of 200 inhabitants, mostly from the Diaguita ethnic group, is downstream from the world's highest gold mine, Barrick Gold Corp's Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile. Since the project moved in, residents say river levels have dropped. (Jorge Saenz/Associated ...

  • Protesters march against GMO giant Monsanto in 250 cities

    Marches and rallies against seed giant Monsanto were held across Canada, the U.S. and in dozens of other countries Saturday. "March Against Monsanto" protesters say they want to call attention to the dangers posed by genetically modified food and the food giants that produce it. Marches had been planned for more than 250 cities around the globe, according to organizers. Genetically ...

  • Brampton Ont. familys bitter money dispute

    Shanti Devi's son, Admon Devi-Biller, is left to comfort his mother and maintains that his cousin Boodhoo is a crook (STAN BEHAL/Toronto Sun). Shanti Devi’s health is a wreck and her personal life is hardly better. The single Brampton woman may lose her home after being financially ripped off for years by a nephew who also stole her identity. The 69-year-old retiree has lent her ...

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