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In Canada, the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding the birth of Ragtime is probably better known than the story of Gilded Age America that the show tells.

Toronto police say a man had the misfortune of having his iPhone stolen, moments after he hit a car being driven by a nun.

"Nothing else would be as visible to my customers," says Mohamed who works in a coffee shop.

Sen. Linda Frum held a special reception on the Hill for her brother David Frum , a journalist, writer and former speechwriter for George W. Bush .

Sex assault. Angelino Aguas, 44, of Brampton is facing sexual assault charges in connection with an incident earlier this week at Toronto Western Hospital.

Toronto's one-of-a-kind downtown novelty shop Ontario Specialty Company is slated for closure at the end of the month and will be packing away hundreds of vintage sunglasses, mountains of eclectic knickknacks and rows of ancient toys, all reminiscent of a bygone era.

On Saturday and Sunday the TTC will shut down the Yonge-University-Spadina line between Bloor and Union while crews install tracks.

The Issue : The man who remains next in line to inherit the British throne and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, visited a New Brunswick Canadian Forces base, Toronto, Regina and other locales as part of their Canadian tour.

Toronto and Peel police officers descended on a North York address before dawn Friday and took several people away in handcuffs.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and Environment Minister Peter Kent were in Toronto on Friday with a special announcement for Scarborough's Rouge Valley Park.

St. Lawrence Market Toronto's St. Lawrence Market has been named as one of the top 10 markets in the world by National Geographic.

People interested in Toronto's trees will be welcomed to the jungle of ash this Saturday, May 26, in Guildwood, a Scarborough subdivision where almost 80 per cent of the green canopy will be dead in five years.

Kromer Radio, a stalwart in Toronto's electronics business for more than five decades, will close its doors next month.

The unrest of Quebec students has spread throughout the province and spilled over into other parts of the country.

Two Toronto police sergeants face disciplinary hearings after a watchdog agency found they illegally arrested two alternative media journalists during the 2010 G20 summit and that one officer hurled homophobic slurs.

Senthil Thevar joined the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change last year, hoping for more equal treatment of the growing ranks of foreign workers in Canada.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's released its better life index, which provides a guide to some of the happiest countries in the world.

Police arrested a 47-year-old man wanted by the FBI and featured on the television show America's Most Wanted Thursday afternoon.

RENT New York City's gritty lower east side meets Toronto's gritty West Queen West with the opening of RENT at the Lower Ossington Theatre tonight.

A baby raccoon has been reunited with its family after being trapped in the entrance to a drugstore overnight in downtown Toronto, with a little help from a CBC videographer and police.