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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 ...

  • An irreverence for classics plays well in Berlin. Why not in Canada

    Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of Berlin's famed Schaubuhne theatre company, has made a name for himself internationally over the past decade with his productions of Henrik Ibsen's plays.But what does the German director really think of the 19th-century Norwegian playwright who penned such classics ...

  • Health Canada policy change is no change.

    May 22, 2013 /CNW/ - Announced this morning, Health Canada's changes to its blood screening policy, reducing the deferral period for men who have sex with men (MSM) from indefinite to five years, will have little impact on the majority of people discriminated against by the policy. "This change fails to end the discrimination against queer and trans men inherent in this ...

  • Dog dog goose Border collies shoo Canada geese away from Central Experimental Farm

    Border Control Bird Dogs are home-raised pure bred Border Collies. The dogs have an instinct to herd, not retrieve. Using their eye and hazing skills the geese perceive them as a predator and are encouraged to move away from the Central Experimental ...

  • 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. The TCDSB did not give a clear reason for its decision in a statement released on its website other than to say it is "pursuing a different direction" and thanked Ford for his commitment to the team. However a spokesman ...


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Movie Review

The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

Its quite fitting that the long-in-coming film version of Andrew Lloyd Webbers overstuffed staged musical The Phantom of the Opera is the first film to come out of Joel Schumachers newly formed production company. Considering Schumachers background in art direction, lo ... ...

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  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s brother calls on media to stop ‘harassment’ over alleged crack video

    TORONTO -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford still isn't saying much about allegations that a cellphone video appears to show him smoking crack cocaine, but Doug Ford says his brother has told him the reports are untrue and he believes him.Doug Ford insisted at a news conference today that Rob Ford has already addressed the allegations by calling them "ridiculous."He also called on the media ...

  • Subway rider alleged to have stolen purse of woman who threw herself under train

    Toronto police are looking for a female subway rider alleged to have stolen the purse of a woman who threw herself under an incoming train at the College station Wednesday morning, sustaining fatal injuries.The name and age of the victim was not disclosed, and in a news release police did not specify that she died by suicide. A police source, however, confirmed that that is the working theory ...

  • Canadas Ryan Gosling misses his Cannes film premiere – which got booed

    Only God Forgives: Ryan Gosling plays Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld who sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death. ...

  • Toronto mayors brother delivers defense of Ford

    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, ...

  • Europe faces decade of stagnation if no reforms Bank of Canada chief

    MONTREAL--Europe faces a "decade of stagnation" if it does not move on momentous reforms to put its fiscal house back in order, Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney warned ...

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