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Quinn-Smith, Bairu win 5,000 races at Canadian track and field championships
Tara Quinn - Smith of Toronto won the women's 5,000 metres while Simon Bairu of Regina took the men's event Thursday at the 2009 Canadian track and field championships.
Fairbanks cyclists roll to victory in Kluane relay race
Cyclists from Fairbanks cleaned up on Saturday at the 17th Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay.
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Want to bash Toronto? Get in line
Federal Transport Minister John Baird showed this week that, as far as Toronto-bashing goes, fellow Ontarians know how to go straight for the jugular, but only because they know the city so well.
Global airlines are likely to lose $9 billion this year, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday, nearly double its estimate of just three months ago, as rising fuel prices and weak demand create an unprecedented crisis for the industry.
June 5, 2009 01:55 PM - Mississauga golfers Owen Bates and Brittany Davidson are in Paris, Ontario this weekend trying to qualify for a pair of tournaments this summer.
Grilling tips from Guru Ted Reader
Ted Reader rumbled into town last week, lugging his 3,500-pound barbecue behemoth with him.
Patients in peril without isotopes
As Canada lurches towards what may well be the country's worst medical crisis in decades, federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq arrived in gay Paris yesterday for a few days of "doing some business." How nice.
Reading into Ignatieff's new book
Michael Ignatieff is adamant: He didn't write this book to help him win the prime minister's job.
Opera glasses once shown off like jewelry
Q: These lovely opera glasses have been in my family for generations. They're made of brass and mother of pearl.
Ottawa terror suspect granted bail with strict conditions
Sketch of Hassan Diab, an Ottawa university teacher accused by the French government of bombing a synagogue in Paris in 1980, during a bail hearing.
His serious works, on history and economics, are beyond dated. His retrograde views on women and his certainty of Anglo-Saxon superiority is, at best, ridiculed.
Toronto doesn't have an authentic street food scene, blackmarket chicken is safe to eat, Susur Lee is our golden boy, eating out after the bar is great, and bottled water is better than tap water.
Plans for a subdivision of homes, apartments, and condos that could potentially house up to 2,700 people in the fields behind Oakwood Cemetery are moving forward at town hall.
Police, food agency warn stolen chicken shipment may be contaminated
Toronto police and the food-safety officials are warning that a stolen shipment of chicken might be contaminated.
Hot' chicken may not have been kept cold: police warn consumers about risks of stolen food
Toronto Police have clipped the wings of a chicken-stealing operation, but have warned the public some of its potentially harmful product may have reached shop shelves.
High-speed rail needs fast action
Instead, we have nothing to show for 35 years of feasibility reports but the promise of yet another.
Ex-pat director lured home to run Canadian Stage
Matthew Jocelyn was named artistic and general director at Canadian Stage Company on Wednesday.
Serbian ambassador focuses on positive
Mexican Ambassador Emilio Goicoechea and his wife, Juliette Ohleyer, hosted a farewell reception at their home Wednesday.
Stephen Harper, conservative sellout
What a start to 2009. There sits Prime Minister Stephen Harper, with his $85-billion in new debt.