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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 ...

  • Senators Jason Spezza will play in Game 3

    The Ottawa Senators, down 2-0 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series, will have their No. 1 centre back in the lineup for Game 3 against the Penguins. Senators coach Paul MacLean told reporters that Jason Spezza, sidelined since undergoing back surgery for a herniated disc on Jan. 27, would suit up in Sunday's game. "We anticipate that Jason Spezza will be in the lineup ...

  • Loft residents start petition against proposed strip club

    Residents of the Cambridge Lofts on Jasper Avenue have started a petition to block a strip club from opening up in the building. The Crazy Horse Night Club has applied to open in the space once occupied by Churchill's, a bar that's been boarded up for years. "I just quickly drafted something together just so people know that they have a say for what's going on with ...

  • Bomb defuser from FLQ crisis remembered by friends family

    Friends and family who gathered to remember the sacrifice of Walter Leja say more should be done to remember the heroes of Quebec's FLQ crisis. In the 1960s, engineer Walter Leja was deployed by the Canadian army to defuse bombs planted by the radical Front de Libration du Qubec. On May 17th, 1963, he defused three bombs planted in Westmount mailboxes. Leja dismantled the first two ...

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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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  • Fire destroys damages 2 homes hours after ban lifted

    Fire crews responded just after midnight Saturday morning to a fire in southwest Calgary that destroyed one home and damaged another. (Meghan ...

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford cancels weekly radio show

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford will not be hosting his weekly radio show this weekend after explosive allegations that he was recorded on a video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. CFRB program director Mike Bendixen has tweeted that Ford and his brother Doug, a city councillor, won't be behind the microphones this Sunday for their two-hour talk ...

  • Canada’s own Colonel Cool How the CSA helped launch Chris Hadfield to stardom

    Back in Sept. 2, 2010, it was announced that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield would leave Earth’s atmosphere for a third time and make history as the first Canadian commander of the International Space Station. The Canadian Space Agency recognized the opportunity early on. Soon after the announcement, the agency and Col. Hadfield began dreaming up ways they could engage the Canadian ...

  • Downtown Kiss-In marks Anti-Homophobia Day

    Couples from the LGBT community participated in a Kiss-In on Friday to mark International Anti-Homophobia Day. The event, which saw LGBT Calgarians kiss in public, took place at Thomkins Park along 17th Avenue S.W.-- a location that organizers say holds special importance for the ...

  • Father and two children fighting for lives after Quebec house fire

    Police check the scene of a fire in Ste-Therese, Que., on May 18, 2013. Five family members, including three children, were found unconscious at the site of a fire in a home north of Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian ...

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