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  • Canada’s good name persists abroad

    Canada is reducing its foreign budget in real terms and cutting staff in embassies abroad to save money. It humiliatingly lost an election for a spot on the Security Council, a seat easily won the next time around by Australia. Canada is a slam-dunk Fossil of the Year award candidate overseas. None of its major free-trade initiatives has yet borne ...

  • Record-high heat scorches parts of Canada strains power grids

    by Mark BourrieA heat dome that has been hovering over parts of Canada several days are setting record highs across Eastern and Central Canada on Thursday, which could be the hottest day of the year.Environment Canada, the federal government agency that monitors weather, released a special weather statement for the region, warning residents that a "sultry tropical air mass" will make ...

  • Air Canada plane returns safely to Sydney after smoke in cabin

    An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in Sydney shortly after 12.10 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, an ATSB spokesman said.It had left Sydney Airport at about 10.30 a.m. (local time) for Vancouver and Toronto."Air Canada reported smoke in ...

  • Toronto Mayor Rob Ford under pressure to respond to allegations he was filmed using drugs said on Friday that he does not smoke crack cocaine and could not comment on a video he had not seen or does not exist.

    By Julie Gordon, Reuters Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, under pressure to respond to allegations he was filmed using drugs, said on Friday that he does not smoke crack cocaine and could not comment on a video he had not seen or does not exist. "There has been a serious accusation from the Toronto Star that I use crack cocaine. I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine," ...

  • Toronto mayor a crack head

    View of the Toronto skyline. Toronto's embattled Mayor Rob Ford denied that he uses crack cocaine, despite allegations he was seen on a video smoking the ...


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The Crazies [Blu-Ray]

The Crazies [Blu-Ray]

In Hollywoods race to remake every low-budget horror film from the Nixon era with an even vaguely recognizable title, George A. Romeros paranoid military-virus thriller The Crazies (1973), like Wes Cravens The Last House on the Left (1972), is one of the few that offers a genui ... ...

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  • How Canadas housing downturn threatens to shake up real estate commissions

    The power of the Internet was going to shatter the grip that realtors have on house sales in Canada, driving down commissions and empowering consumers.The Internet failed.The Competition Bureau waded in to overcome the industry's stasis, attempting to create a market where consumers pick which services they want and data are more widely ...

  • Seven years of going back to zero for Toronto FC

    First, Toronto FC do some things well. In everything else, they fail.One night in November of 2011, I went to a TFC postseason pub night, a cheerful, friendly event, with a few hundred fans, some players and representatives of TFC management. This is what the club does extremely well. For all the good vibes though, everyone was aware the MLS playoffs were rolling on and, once again, TFC was not ...

  • Toronto artist says Harper government monitored her climate change artwork

    OTTAWA-More than two dozen senior officials and diplomats in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative government monitored information about a Toronto artist over her criticism of the oil and gas industry's environmental performance.This behind the scenes reaction was described in passages from more than 2,000 internal federal emails and other records, featured in a new book - ...

  • Canada U.S. warned of major Atlantic hurricanes in 2013

    U.S. officials predict hurricanes in the Atlantic region will range from ';active'; to "extremely active" this season. Above is an image of then-Superstorm Sandy from last ...

  • Dickey looks to gain series edge against Orioles

    After hitting a rough patch at the beginning of the season, Blue Jays right-hander R.A. Dickey has finally turned a corner. The knuckleballer had his best outing of the season on Monday against the Rays, allowing three runs on four hits in a season-high eight innings for his second straight win. Going just 2-4 in April, Dickey has posted a 2-1 record in four starts in May. He's also tossed ...

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