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1 hr ago | Slam Sports

Man stabbed, killed at Toronto sushi restaurant

A young man is dead after a stabbing at a sushi restaurant in the Annex last night, police say.

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Related Topix: Canada, Winter Sports, Curling

Sat Nov 07, 2009

680News

Hundreds brainstorm on making economy green at Toronto conference

How to stimulate Ontario's economy while protecting the environment at the same time was the focus of the Good Green Jobs for All conference in Toronto on Saturday.

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Related Topix: Canada, Toledo Metro, Toledo, OH, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

National Post

For Sale: A taste of London in downtown Toronto

This 1890s home has undergone a meticulous restoration; one of the owners is a designer.

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Related Topix: Home, Home Listing, United Kingdom Travel, Canada, Travel, Essex County, England, World News, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England, London, United Kingdom Travel, Arts, Interior Design

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Ottawa Citizen

TSX up despite disappointing jobs numbers

Markets turned positive Friday, despite official employment reports on both sides of the border pointing to a sluggish recovery from the recession.

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The Toronto Star

New Mariam search overflies Earl Bales Park

Toronto police are conducting another helicopter search of Earl Bales Park and nearby Sherwood Park for missing teen Mariam Makhniashvili.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Toronto Sun

Body found in fire rubble identified

A woman found dead amongst the rubble of a Halloween fire was identified today as a 50-year-old resident reported missing after the blaze, police said.

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Wed Nov 04, 2009

CFRB

Fatal shooting in North York marks Toronto's 47th murder case.

The sound of gun shots rang through the Keele Street and Sheppard Avenue neighbourhood late Tuesday night.

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Related Topix: Canada, Violent Crime,

CBC

Man shot in head in east Toronto

A young man has been rushed to hospital after being shot in the head in Toronto's east end Wednesday afternoon.

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Toronto Sun

Body found in rubble from fire

A body was found today in the rubble of a building that was engulfed by flames during the weekend.

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Toronto Sun

Murder on rival's turf

Theodoros Tiku grew up in the Regent Park area of east Toronto, and attracted the watchful eyes of local cops since he was a young teen.

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Tue Nov 03, 2009

Star Phoenix

Toronto police chief reaches out to Chinese community

In a move to strike back at critics in the mainstream and Chinese media, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair called reporters into his office at police headquarters Thursday to insist that neither the police nor the Crown cut a deal with a convicted shoplifter in exchange for his testimony against David Chen, the shopkeeper charged with illegally ...

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Related Topix: Canada, Asian-American, Chinese-American

Art Knowledge News

Toronto Artist Shary Boyle Wins the 2009 Iskowitz Prize at the Art Gallery of Ontario

Shary Boyle, one of the decade's most buzzed-about Canadian artists, is the winner of the 2009 Gershon Iskowitz Prize at the AGO for her outstanding contribution to visual arts in Canada.

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Related Topix: Canada, Painting, Arts

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Globe and Mail

Toronto Public Health Flu-Shot Clinics

Published on Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 12:00AM EST Last updated on Monday, Nov. 02, 2009 3:25AM EST W ho can get the shot? Toronto Public Health staff will be screening flu-shot lineups this week, double-checking to make sure those who are waiting belong to one of the priority groups.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Canadian Attorney Pleads Guilty in New York $2 Million Insider Trading Scheme

PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JOSEPH M. DEMAREST, JR., the Assistant Director-In-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation , announced that STANKO GRMOVSEK, 40, of Ontario, Canada, pleaded guilty today in Manhattan federal court to participating in an insider ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Canada, World News, New York, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Law

Examiner.com

Terror in the aisles: Halloween movies haunt Toronto

Come and play with them: forever and ever and ever... Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

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Related Topix: Horror Movies, Thriller, Halloween, Life, Holidays, Canada, Mystery Movies, Frankenstein, Drama Movies, Science Fiction Movies

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Slam Sports

T.O. police chief chides press in vigilante case

Bill Blair says officers did not make a deal with the shoplifter, who got 30 days in jail instead of the 90 asked for by the Crown.

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Related Topix: Canada, Winter Sports, Curling

Canada.com

Toyota to roll out Scion in Canada next September

Scion vehicles will be made available to key Toyota dealers in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver beginning September 2010.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Scion xB, Scion,

CBC

Toronto's H1N1 plan underway

Toronto's expansion of its H1N1 vaccination program begins Thursday a ' but only for people in certain priority risk groups.

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Related Topix: Canada, H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

Fri Oct 30, 2009

ABS-CBN News

Ford to close Canada plant in 2011, shed 1,400 jobs: union

US automaker Ford Motor Co. will shutter one of its manufacturing plants in Canada in 2011, a move that will cut 1,400 jobs, the Canadian Auto Workers said Friday.

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The Victoria Star

Former D.O.A. drummer Chuck Biscuits 'alive and well' despite Internet reports

The founder of Vancouver punk group D.O.A. says that his former drummer, Chuck Biscuits, is alive and well and Internet reports of his death are part of a "cruel hoax." Joe Keithley told The Canadian Press on Friday that the drummer's brother contacted him and confirmed that Biscuits is indeed alive.

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Related Topix: Punk, D.O.a., North America, Canada, World News, Blog News, Pop/Rock, Danzig