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Canada's ambassador to Cuba to attend Toronto man's corruption trial in Havana

The Toronto Star, Canada May 22 2013 Canada's ambassador to Cuba to attend Toronto man's corruption trial in Havana After two years in jail with no charges, North York's Sarkis Yacoubian now faces serious corruption charges that could get him 12 years in prison.

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Thu May 23, 2013

Globe and Mail

Quiet shaper of Toronto's skyline was on ground floor of city's condo boom

Murray Menkes began by building starter houses but soon took on more ambitious projects, becoming the first to register a condominium in Ontario.

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The Globe and Mail

On Site: Etobicoke condo has rail link built in

One of the last surviving CN railway stations in Toronto sat vacant in a waterfront community of Etobicoke for years.

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Related Topix: Canada, North America Travel, Travel, Canada Travel, Toronto, Canada Travel

Globe and Mail

On Site: Contemporary design for a new Toronto hub

Peter Freed, the pioneer developer behind a string of popular King West condominiums, is now planting the flag in midtown Toronto with a plan to develop a series of contemporary high-rises in the Yonge-Eglinton corridor.

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680News

The Munk School for Global Affairs, located at the University of Toronto's downtown campus

The Munk School for Global Affairs, located at the University of Toronto's downtown campus Photo courtesy of: Toronto.ca TORONTO - Doors Open is a gateway to Toronto's past, but also channels the city's development and transformation since infancy.

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The Toronto Star

Toronto terror plot: Suspect asks for defence lawyer who is guided by 'holy book'

Wearing an orange jumpsuit and appearing via video link, Chiheb Esseghaier told the justice of the peace that he did not have a lawyer.

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The Toronto Star

Body wrapped in garbage bag pulled from harbour in downtown Toronto

A body wrapped in a garbage bag was pulled from Lake Ontario by the Toronto Police Marine Unit Wednesday afternoon.

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CBC News

Rob Ford: Councillors, media want answers on crack issue

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford announced Thursday that he is cancelling a special meeting in which city councillors were due to debate the casino issue.

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Now Toronto

Sixteen & counting

The Cawthra Park Secondary School chamber choir has played some big shows: Roy Thomson Hall with the TSO, the Air Canada Centre with Cirque du Soleil.

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Wed May 22, 2013

BlogTO

Radar: Arts & Crafts presents Norman Wong, Inside Out Opening Gala Party, It's Nice To Meet You

Arts & Crafts presents Norman Wong Photography Exhibit Norman Wong, Toronto-based celebrity and fashion photographer, collaborates with Arts & Crafts to open his photo show as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

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AVHerald

Air Canada E170 near Toronto on May 7th 2013, gear configuration alarm on climb out

An Air Canada Embraer ERJ-175, registration C-FEJY performing flight AC-354 from Toronto,ON to Boston,MA with 44 people on board, was climbing out of Toronto.

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CBC News

Tornado touches down in Ontario town

Environment Canada confirms that a tornado touched down in Ontario on Tuesday afternoon, ripping the roof off a house and demolishing a barn.

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CBC News

Rob Ford fired as Don Bosco Eagles head coach

The Toronto Catholic District School Board said Wednesday it is dumping Mayor Rob Ford from his position as head coach of the Don Bosco Eagles senior football team.

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BroadwayWorld.com

Startford's Group Pinball Game Sets World Record for Launch of TOMMY Musical

The Stratford Festival is officially home of one of the newest GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS.

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Paste Magazine

Video Premiere: Christopher Paul Stelling - 'Brick x Brick'

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Christopher Paul Stelling just released his debut album Songs of Praise and Scorn last year, but with the wealth of critical acclaim that followed Stelling has accumulated a fan base comparable to musicians with much longer recording careers.

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The Waterloo Region Record

Tim Bosma homicide: Missing woman's parents buoyed at renewed police interest in her disappearance

Laura Babcock, 23, was last seen in Toronto on June 26, 2012. She hasn't been heard from in almost a year.

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Canada.com

Canada spawns its own breed of investor activism

A business environment with fewer corporate and regulatory roadblocks than in the United States, and a natural reticence among established institutional investors to push for change unless the circumstances are extraordinary, has meant challengers have often come from outside Canada.

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Globe and Mail

Civic leaders urge Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to speak up on drug allegations

Mayor Rob Ford is seen during a special council meeting on the Toronto Casino debate at city hall in Toronto, Ont., May 21, 2013.

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Tue May 21, 2013

The Toronto Star

Man, 46, jailed for luring 3 U.S. girls online

A man who lured 3 U.S. teens into sending him sexual webcam photos he turned into child porn has been declared a long-term offender.

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CBC News

Brampton man reported missing in Australia

Family members joined a frantic search Tuesday for a Canadian man with survival training missing for more than a week in Australia's Snowy Mountains region.

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