Fri Jul 03 17:16:50 EDT 2009
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Garbage piles up at the Christie Pits park dump site. (CP24/Mathew Reid)
The temporary dump located at Christie Pits Park will close on Sunday night at 7 p.m., one of two that is shutting down as the City of Toronto announces the opening of two new locations.
Fri Jul 03 16:15:11 EDT 2009
A Canadian soldier travelling through a hotbed of Taliban activity was killed Friday when his armoured vehicle struck a roadside bomb seconds after it was narrowly missed by the senior commander of coalition forces in Kandahar province.
Fri Jul 03 17:02:09 EDT 2009
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, former Republican vice-presidential candidate, said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month.
Fri Jul 03 10:29:04 EDT 2009
Canadians from all walks of life, among them some of the country's best-known politicians, paid their final respects Friday to Romeo LeBlanc, Canada's 25th governor general.
Fri Jul 03 11:55:27 EDT 2009
Two people face more than 100 charges after Toronto police uncovered a stockpile of weapons and ammunition in a city apartment.
Fri Jul 03 13:30:26 EDT 2009
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty now expects Canada's economic recovery to be modest and for job losses to mount into 2010 even after growth has begun.
Fri Jul 03 11:58:14 EDT 2009
Three people are expected to survive a major crash between a large truck and a car in Whitchurch-Stouffville Friday morning.
Fri Jul 03 09:44:44 EDT 2009
Brynessa Gradley's life changed just over a year ago when she scratched an itchy spot on her leg as she came out of the shower.
Fri Jul 03 10:49:38 EDT 2009
No matter how you swipe them, credit cards are full of pros and cons that weigh heavily on young Canadians and can sometimes be a make-or-break influence on their pocketbooks.
Fri Jul 03 07:37:40 EDT 2009
One person has been charged with impaired driving after a two-vehicle crash in Oakville sent two people to hospital in serious condition Thursday night.
Fri Jul 03 07:05:31 EDT 2009
A top Iranian cleric said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country's disputed presidential election.
Fri Jul 03 06:55:56 EDT 2009
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is accusing the Tories of dividing Canadians through personal attacks on his patriotism and by dredging up controversial remarks about Ukrainians made 15 years ago.
Fri Jul 03 10:44:49 EDT 2009
The Globe and Mail and 480 unionized employees reached a tentative contract agreement late Thursday, averting a strike at one of Canada's oldest and most influential newspapers.
Thu Jul 02 21:02:29 EDT 2009
Peel police are citing arson in a fire that destroyed or damaged 60 townhouses on Monday and have released a photo they believe shows the suspect in the case.
Thu Jul 02 16:51:14 EDT 2009
A transport truck driver that faced an apparent hijacking attempt was found safe Thursday afternoon after being tied up and driven across the city in the back of his rig.
Thu Jul 02 21:13:25 EDT 2009
Residents near a temporary dump site at Christie Pits say they are filing complaints with the Ministry of the Environment as trash continues to pile up during the 11th day of the City of Toronto's civic worker strike.
Thu Jul 02 19:57:52 EDT 2009
Baby Kaylee Vitelli is back in Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and on life support. A spokesman for the family says the baby stopped breathing Wednesday night.
Thu Jul 02 12:09:47 EDT 2009
An intact Air France Flight 447 slammed belly first into the Atlantic Ocean at a very high speed, a top French investigator said Thursday, adding that problems with the plane's speed sensors were not the direct cause of the crash.
Thu Jul 02 14:03:44 EDT 2009
It could be weeks before the results are released from the autopsies on the bodies of four Montreal residents pulled from a lock in Kingston, Ont., police said Thursday.
Thu Jul 02 07:29:10 EDT 2009
Insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Thursday.
Thu Jul 02 08:18:05 EDT 2009
The police had to be called in for crowd control after a Canada Day promotion for free food at Mandarin restaurants attracted hundreds of people and created lineups that spilled onto sidewalks and parking lots.