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  • Hidden camera catches abuse at Ontario seniors facility

    The Ontario government and police are investigating a long-term care facility after a hidden video camera captured an elderly woman with dementia being abused by her caregivers. Camille Parent first became concerned last year when his 85-year-old mother, who lives at St. Joseph's at Fleming in Peterborough, Ont., appeared with scratches and bruises. He complained to the facility, but ...

  • Will alleged Ford video overshadow Toronto casino debate

    supposed to take centre stage at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, but it seems a safe bet that a still-unseen video of Mayor Rob Ford will continue to be a topic of conversation. The Toronto Star and the U.S.-based gossip website Gawker have both reported seeing a video that allegedly shows Ford smoking what appears to be a crack pipe. Both media outlets say that someone has been shopping the ...

  • Tornado strikes school in Oklahoma City suburb

    A more than one-kilometre wide tornado hit an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, say authorities, as twisters churned through the city's suburbs for the second day in a row. The severe weather outbreak is expected to spread in other parts of the U.S. Plains and ...

  • Dickey Encarnacion lead Blue Jays over Rays

    Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher R.A. Dickey works against Tampa Bay Rays during first inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Monday. (Chris Young/Canadian ...

  • Canadas Harper under cloud after chief of staff resigns

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is seen through a television camera scope while speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, May 16, ...


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Movie Review

Trading Places [DVD]

Trading Places [DVD]

Trading Places is what you might imagine a Frank Capra film would be like if it were reimagined for the Reagan era and starring a couple of stand-out comedians from Saturday Night Live. In true Capraqesue fashion, its all about the underdog rising up and the greedy-wealthy being punished, even though the lesson at the end of the movie is to get as much money as possible at all costs ... ...

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  • Torontos Tumblrs New Crop Of Start-Ups Await The Big Time

    was for. And before that, MySpace. It doesn't matter. David Karp, the founder of Tumblr, is smiling all the way to the bank. He cashed in with his web creation from his offices in Silicon Alley in Midtown. In the Americas, there's Silicon Alley in New York, the much bigger and more famous Silicon Valley in California and further north, and getting bigger, there's Toronto. ...

  • Blue Jays hold on to beat Rays 7-5

    Toronto - R.A. Dickey won his second straight start, Edwin Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking, bases-loaded double in the seventh inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays 7-5 ...

  • Elite prospect Stroman makes first 13 start

    Email It took a while, 50 games to be exact, but the Blue Jays and Marcus Stroman are both extremely happy he is back pitching again. Stroman, the Duke product taken in the first round of the 2012 Draft by Toronto (No. 22 overall), began the year serving a suspension for taking a performance-enhancing drug, one the right-hander has said he took unknowingly as part of an over-the-counter ...

  • MLB Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 5

    Tampa Bay Rays . Dickey (4-5) allowed four hits and walked four in eight innings. Tampa Bay managed three runs -- two earned -- in the first three innings but didn't score off Dickey again. He struck out five Toronto reached Rays' starter Jake Odorizzi for three runs in the first two innings and, ...

  • Blue Jays launch nine-game homestand with a win

    Toronto Blue Jays Brett Lawrie slides safely into third after hitting an RBI triple off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi during first inning AL baseball action in Toronto on Monday May 20, 2013. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN ...

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