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  • Deadly US Twister Hits Tornado Alley

    Monday's deadly tornado in the central U.S. state of Oklahoma struck in an area commonly known as "Tornado Alley" - home to most of the nation's tornadoes. Tornado Alley is generally seen to span north to south from South Dakota to Texas between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachian Mountains, but there is no official consensus on the boundaries. Comparison of Tornado paths in ...

  • Lack of interpreters in Ontario courts an ‘embarrassment’ judge says

    An Ontario judge has blasted the province for failing to remedy a long-standing shortage of qualified interpreters in the courts.Frustrated over an impaired driving case he felt compelled to toss out, Ontario Court Justice Peter Tetley said the number of cases being adversely affected is at an intolerable level. "It is unfair to the public," Justice Tetley said. "It is unfair to ...

  • Ontario budget deal with NDP will stave off spring election

    Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne capped her frenetic first 100 days in office by reaching a budget deal with the New Democrats that will avoid a spring election. The agreement, which, coincidentally, came on the Premier's 60th birthday Tuesday, buys her minority Liberals much-needed breathing space as they gird for what promises to be even more difficult work ...

  • Merry Wives of Windsor leads the way in Vancouver’s Jessie theatre award nominations

    - set in Windsor, Ont., - leads the nominations in the large-production category for the 31st annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in Vancouver, with seven. The audience-pleasing country-and-western take on Shakespeare is up for outstanding production, direction (Johnna Wright), lead actor (Ashley Wright), supporting actor (David Marr), set design (Pam Johnson), costume design (Drew Facey) as ...

  • Koevermans nearing return to Toronto FC lineup

    After undergoing off-season knee surgery, Toronto FC's Danny Koevermans is confident of a return to action on June 1. (file photo) (MIKE ...

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The French Connection [Blu-Ray]

The French Connection [Blu-Ray]

Prior to its release in late 1971 and subsequent winning of five of that years Academy Awards, including best picture, director, and actor, there had never been a movie quite like The French Connection. There have been dozens and dozens since--most of what we associat ... ...

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  • Guest Say no to a U.S.-Canada border-crossing fee

    THE U.S. government has expressed interest in possibly instituting a new border-crossing fee at land borders. At this stage, the proposal is just a request by President Obama’s administration to study the effect of collecting a crossing fee for pedestrians and passenger vehicles along the Canadian and Mexican land borders. A fee would help recover the costs of upgrades on the northern and ...

  • Christie Blatchford Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s refusal to deny crack allegations is doing him no favours

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits during a City council meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday May 21, 2013. Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office this morning in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan ...

  • RCMP urged to do more for officers with post traumatic stress disorder

    Krista Bouchard was married to a Mountie for 13 years -- a quirky, funny, chatty guy she'd met on a blind date. Thirty-year-old Martin Bouchard was an RCMP officer in Manitoba and had a French accent and plenty of friends. But three years into the marriage, Krista Bouchard started noticing symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder, apparently related to her husband's posting in ...

  • Russell Defining Canadas Olympic prospects

    In Vancouver we had them for two days. We were afforded the undivided attention of the men and women who will go for gold while flying Canadian colours at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, now about nine months away. In Vancouver we had ...

  • High-octane Penguins not scaring off Senators

    The Senators believe that if they play as well or better than they did Sunday in Game 3, they will have a good chance of eliminating the Penguins. "Last game in particular we were so strong defensively and that's a huge key," says defenceman Marc Methot. (Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty ...

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