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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 ...

  • Lack of interpreters in Ontario courts an ‘embarrassment’ judge says

    An Ontario judge has blasted the province for failing to remedy a long-standing shortage of qualified interpreters in the courts.Frustrated over an impaired driving case he felt compelled to toss out, Ontario Court Justice Peter Tetley said the number of cases being adversely affected is at an intolerable level. "It is unfair to the public," Justice Tetley said. "It is unfair to ...

  • Ontario budget deal with NDP will stave off spring election

    Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne capped her frenetic first 100 days in office by reaching a budget deal with the New Democrats that will avoid a spring election. The agreement, which, coincidentally, came on the Premier's 60th birthday Tuesday, buys her minority Liberals much-needed breathing space as they gird for what promises to be even more difficult work ...

  • Koevermans nearing return to Toronto FC lineup

    After undergoing off-season knee surgery, Toronto FC's Danny Koevermans is confident of a return to action on June 1. (file photo) (MIKE ...

  • Drug users in Abbotsford B.C. sue over bylaw that bans clean needle exchange

    Mariner Janes holds a used needle he collected in the Downtown Eastside after a person called the Mobile Needle Exchange hotline with a tip on its location in Vancouver, British Columbia, Thursday, March 1, 2012. (Rafal Gerszak For The Globe and ...


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Movie Review

Mystic River

Mystic River

Clint Eastwoods Mystic River has all the emotional resonance and narrative contrivance of a Shakespearean tragedy, except its set in a working-class Irish-Catholic neighborhood in Boston. Its a big, ambitious meditation on life and death, guilt, vengeance, and the bonds between husbands and wives, and many critics have already declared it Eastwoods masterpiece. While it may be a few years ... ...

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  • Guest Say no to a U.S.-Canada border-crossing fee

    THE U.S. government has expressed interest in possibly instituting a new border-crossing fee at land borders. At this stage, the proposal is just a request by President Obama’s administration to study the effect of collecting a crossing fee for pedestrians and passenger vehicles along the Canadian and Mexican land borders. A fee would help recover the costs of upgrades on the northern and ...

  • Christie Blatchford Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s refusal to deny crack allegations is doing him no favours

    Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits during a City council meeting at Toronto City Hall on Tuesday May 21, 2013. Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office this morning in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack cocaine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan ...

  • Russell Defining Canadas Olympic prospects

    In Vancouver we had them for two days. We were afforded the undivided attention of the men and women who will go for gold while flying Canadian colours at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, now about nine months away. In Vancouver we had ...

  • Toronto mayor avoids questions about alleged crack video

    May 21, 2013: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford sits during a City council meeting at Toronto City Hall. Ford ignored a crush of reporters waiting outside his city hall office this morning in the hopes he would address allegations that he was recorded on video appearing to smoke crack ...

  • Toronto Port Authority puts off plans to fill part of Lake Ontario for Porter airport extension

    The Toronto Port Authority is putting off plans to fill in an area of Lake Ontario near Billy Bishop Airport because it's unclear if the material would be able to support a proposed runway extension.Porter Airlines and city council are trying to extend the runway at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport by 168 metres at each end to allow for the use of ...

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