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3 hrs ago | CBC News

Ontario man lost in Australian mountains has survival skills

The sister of an Ontario man who disappeared in Australia's Snowy Mountains nearly two weeks ago says she remains hopeful he will be found, partly because of his training as a Canadian Forces reservist.

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7 hrs ago | The Charlotte Observer

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine

Mark Towhey, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's Chief of Staff, leaves city hall in Toronto Thursday, May 23, 2013 after he was fired by Ford, who is caught up in a scandal over a video purportedly showing him smoking crack cocaine.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Canada, North America, World News

12 hrs ago | The Atlantic

Is Toronto Deputy Mayor Doug Ford, Rob's Brother, a Former Hash Dealer?

A day after Toronto mayor Rob Ford carefully denied smoking crack cocaine, The Globe and Mail unleashed a bombshell of a story alleging the entire Ford family -- and Ford's closest adversary in office -- has very close ties to the drug trade.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Marijuana, Canada,

14 hrs ago | The Toronto Star

All permanent Toronto residents deserve a vote in municipal elections: Editorial

Toronto has a chance to become the first city in Canada that extends the right to vote in municipal elections to all permanent residents, citizens and non-citizens. Municipal bureaucrats have prepared a report on the pros and cons of extending the right to vote to immigrants with permanent resident status.

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17 hrs ago | 680News

Road closures

It's that time of the year again, when weekend events take over Toronto, leading to road closures across the city.

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21 hrs ago | 680News

Public Safety Alert after break-ins near Bayview and Steeles

Toronto Police would like to make the public aware of an increase in break-and-enters during the nighttime hours in the Bayview Avenue and Steeles Avenue East area.

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Fri May 24, 2013

The Globe and Mail

Toronto opens up for 14th annual Doors Open festival

The Riverdale Hub is a grassroots community-based social enterprise. Through renovation and retrofitting, this once-crumbling, century-old building became the vibrant, cutting-edge, 90 per cent energy efficient Riverdale Hub.

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The Globe and Mail

Five things to do in Toronto this weekend, May 24 to 26

Odd that the name "sneakers" came about because the rubber soles were quieter than shoes with hard leather bottoms, and yet in the place where sneakers are the most iconic is the basketball court, where the footwear's outrageous squeaks make stealth unfeasible.

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

CBC News

Man charged 20 years later in sexual assault of 9-year-old girl

Brampton resident Shane Garry, 45, has been charged with sexual assault for an alleged crime that took place more than 20 years ago.

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Etelesolv's First Annual Customer Forum in Toronto

At this first Annual Customer Focused Forum, The keynote presentation was done by a large Canadian financial institution.

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BlogTO

Summer beer festivals in Toronto 2013

Summer beer festivals in Toronto present only one problem - because there are so many to choose from, keeping track of them all actually becomes difficult.

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Groong

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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Related Topix: Cuba, World News, Central America, Cuba, AL, Canada,

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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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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