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Subway rider alleged to have stolen purse of woman who died at station

TTC security camera image of suspect who allegedly stole the purse of a woman who was struck by a subway car at the College station in Toronto on May 22, 2013. (Toronto Police Service ...
Toronto mayor fired from coaching job

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford enters a council meeting about casino proposals at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Deputy Mayor Doug Holyday, a close ally of Ford, said Wednesday, May 22, 2013 that Ford has followed legal advice in remaining silent about a purported video that appears to show him smoking crack cocaine. Holyday is urging Ford to address the video. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, ...
Peru Canada leaders agree to boost economic ties

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral economic relations following ...
Blue Jays beat Rays 4-3 in 10 innings

Jose Bautista, of the Toronto Blue Jays, will start as an Outfielder for the American League in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game July 10, 2012 in Kansas City.Photographer: Jim Rogash: Getty ...
Bautista does it all as Blue Jays rally past Rays

Tampa Bay Rays to win five road games, but they're on the verge of winning that many in less than a week as part of a hot stretch. Tampa Bay seeks an 11th victory in 14 contests ...

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Dr. T and the Women

Over the last three years, director Robert Altman's films have been slowly winding their way through the South, from Savannah, Georgia (1998's The Gingerbread Man) to Holly Springs, Mississippi (1999's Cookie's Fortune). And now, in Dr. T and the Women, he has landed in Dallas, Texas. The South is the perfect place to situate Altman's films, as it offers him the kind of eccen ... ...

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Jose Bautista leads Jays to series victory over Rays

Blue Jays right-fielder Jose Bautista connects for one of his two home runs in Toronto's 4-3, 10-inning win over the visiting Rays on Wednesday. Bautista also singled twice in a 4-for-4 performance. (Frank Gunn/Canadian ...
Gay men will be allowed to donate blood under new policy in Canada but only those who abstain from sex

We live in "the age of uncertainty," John Kenneth Galbraith told us. He was so certain of the new uncertainty in our lives that he published a provocative book and hosted a television series under ...
Why Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was deemed an unfit high school coach

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford speaks to his Don Bosco Eagles team during the Metro Bowl quarter-final at Birchmount Park on Nov. 15, 2012. Ford has been dropped as volunteer coach of the high school football team. (Christopher Drost/THE CANADIAN ...
Canada sets new aid for Peru linked to mining

LIMA, Peru -; Canada's prime minister has announced a new package of development aid for Peru that environmentalists are viewing warily because it is closely tied to Canadian mining investments in the South American ...
Search for Ontario man missing in Australia enters 3rd day

Prabhdeep Srawn, 25, a former Canadian Forces Reservist from Brampton, Ont., has been missing since May 13 in Australia's Snowy Mountains. ...

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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 Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 x Comparison of Tornado paths in Moore, Oklahoma - May 3, 1999 and May 20, 2013 The region is susceptible to tornadoes when cold, dry air moving south from Canada meets warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico and warm, dry air moving east across the Rockies. The collision of warm and cold air breeds severe thunderstorms, which spawn tornadoes.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center says Tornado Alley is a nickname used by the media and stresses it only indicates the area where most tornadoes occur. It says violent or killer tornadoes happen outside Tornado Alley every year and can strike almost anywhere in the United States, as well as in Canada and overseas.

Studies have shown the deadliest twisters in the U.S. happen to the east of Tornado Alley, in an area known as "Dixie Alley. ...