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Mayor Rob Ford won’t outsource garbage collection east of Yonge this term

Posted May 20th, 2012 by Daniel Dale

Mayor Rob Ford says he won’t try to outsource residential garbage collection east of Yonge St. during this term of council, backtracki…

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Royal visit 2012: Prince Charles and Camilla visit Toronto for Diamond Jubilee

Posted May 20th, 2012 by Katie Daubs

Last time they came to Canada, Prince Charles and the Duchess didn’t experience a love-in like Will and Kate. Has anything changed?

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Police under attack — the flip side of G20 misconduct

Posted May 20th, 2012 by Josh Tapper

The OIPRD report details violent conditions faced by police during the G20 protests.

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Transgendered contestant Jenna Talackova cracks top 12 at Miss Universe Canada pageant

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Emily Jackson

Jenna Talackova, the transgendered contestant, strutted her way into beauty pageant history Saturday — and the top-12 — wear…

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Toronto councillor looks into bid for Expo 2025

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Madhavi Acharya-Tom Yew

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam says she has received very warm to enthusiastic reaction to a possible bid for Expo 2025.

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Second City’s O’Sullivan dies in collision

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Murray Whyte

Paul O’Sullivan, a well-respected Toronto actor and comedian, dies in a car accident at 47.

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Air Canada contract dispute with pilots goes to arbitration

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Staff Reporter, Alexandra Bosanac

Negotiations between pilots and Air Canada have reached a stalemate, forcing the contract dispute to go to arbitration.

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Motorcyclist critically injured in crash near Orangeville

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Alexandra Bosanac

A motorcyclist has been critically injured following a crash near Orangeville on Saturday.

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Hwy. 401 reopened near Kitchener after fatal collision

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Yamri Taddese

Hwy. 401 is closed eastbound at Hwy. 34 and westbound at Hwy. 8 after a fatal collision near Kitchen.

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Female driver airlifted to trauma centre after Ajax collision

Posted May 19th, 2012 by Yamri Taddese

A female driver was airlifted to St. Michael’s Hospital trauma centre with serious injuries following a collision near Salem Rd. and Kingston Rd. in A

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‘Noxious substance’ charge dropped against Toronto ‘spice man’ restaurateur

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Emily Jackson

It might be spicy, but courts no longer consider restaurateur Naveen Polapady’s masala powder a “noxious substance.”

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DiManno: Why won’t Chief Bill Blair say sorry for police actions during G20?

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Rosie DiManno

Civil liberties were profoundly breached by chief’s officers, at least 28 now facing disciplinary hearings.

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G20 Summit: We passively let police and politicians trample our rights

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Catherine Porter

Catherine Porter recalls the G20 protests in 2010 and warns of the need to defend our civil liberties.

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Ontario sets drilling rules to prevent disaster

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Tony Van Alphen

Ontario is strengthening drilling regulations for geothermal energy systems after averting a potential disaster in Oakville recently.

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Entertainment District hit-and-run: Fight prompted killing, lawyer says

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Peter Small

A young man drove his rented SUV into a group with whom he’d argued earlier, killing one, a murder trial hears.

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Consequences uncertain for Rogers Centre streaker

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Antonia Zerbisias

Waterloo’s Yannis Carayannopoulos, 17, awaiting word of the consequences of his April 11 streaking at a Toronto Blue Jays game at the Ro…

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SIU clears Toronto police in woman’s plunge from Scarborough balcony

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Alexandra Bosanac

Toronto police have been cleared by the Special Investigations Unit of any wrongdoing in the April death of a 30-year-old woman.

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Pearson airport worker dies after machinery accident

Posted May 18th, 2012 by Katherine Dunn and Yamri Taddese

A man was airlifted to hospital following an accident at Pearson international airport.

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Fourth senior officer identified, Chief Blair requests disciplinary hearings

Insp. Gary Meissner is the fourth senior officer to face disciplinary action stemming from alleged misconduct at the G20 summit two year…

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Third Ontario teachers’ union walks away from Queen’s Park talks

Posted May 17th, 2012 by Stephanie Findlay, Kristin Rushowy

Another Ontario teachers’ union has left the provincial bargaining table, the third to walk away from talks since they began in February.

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