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  • Canada called ‘a natural fit’ for Pacific Alliance

    On the eve of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's trip to Latin America, Mexico - keen on putting some new zip into its relations with Ottawa - sees Canada as an ideal fit for the new Pacific Alliance trading bloc that is rapidly emerging.Mexico's vice-minister of foreign affairs, Sergio Alcocer, says Canada would see benefits in Latin America and Asia - if it's willing to do ...

  • Blue Jays’ Lind draws line in the sand

    Standing at the plate in the first inning, Adam Lind represented a Toronto batting order that's admitted to being too anxious through the first quarter of the season, and a team desperate for a win against an American League East opponent to kick off a nine-game homestand. On the mound, 23-year-old Jake Odorizzi was making just his third major-league start and his first for Tampa Bay, a ...

  • Ortiz aims to capitalize on return to Majors vs. Rays

    The last time he pitched, Ramon Ortiz picked up his first victory as a starter in more than six years. Now he has a chance for his second in six days. Ortiz will take the ball for the Blue Jays on Tuesday night as they play the second of a three-game series against the Rays at Rogers Centre. Alex Cobb will go for Tampa Bay, which dropped Monday's opener but has still won nine of 12. There ...

  • Torontonians have fun in the sun on Victoria Day

    The Toronto area was blessed with good weather on Victoria Day, allowing residents to enjoy a variety of activities under sunny skies. Some people spent the day on boardwalks or at the beach. Others took the opportunity to spend a day riding the rides at Canada's Wonderland, just north of the city. For those who drove north toward cottage country, they knew they would have to head home ...

  • 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 ...


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Movie Review

The Thirteenth Floor

There have been a number of American films in the last few years that have been built on the notion of questioning What is reality? These include "Dark City," which played with the idea of implanted memories, "The Truman Show," which gave us a TV studio masquerading as the real world, and, most recently, "The Matrix," with its alien-imposed, prison-like virtual world. What these films have ... ...

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  • 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, ...

  • 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. ...

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