Ontario News

Councillor apologizes for radio remarks
Councillor Rob Ford has apologized for remarks he made on AM640 accusing a fellow councillor of using his position to get a campaign contributor appointed to a city committee.
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Beware risky deals, new city firm warned
While gleaming new towers sprout just around the corner on Yonge St., the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton bus terminal sits deserted.
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7 Toronto schools join food program
It wasn't more teachers, more hall monitors or anything else you'd expect.
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Learning infused with arts
Day by day since the first week of school, the plain concrete front of Market Lane Public School has taken on the faces of the people within.
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Increasing vandalism plagues 2 ridings
There have been at least six more reports of vandalism – including the cutting of brake lines and graffiti defacing houses – in Toronto's St. Paul's and Parkdale-High Park ridings.
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Jobs, cutbacks top concerns of Halton voters
On a sunny Monday afternoon in downtown Milton, Halton Conservative candidate Lisa Raitt walks down Main St. introducing herself to passers-by. Despite a gloomy economic forecast, she's decidedly optimistic.
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Maple Leafs waive Bell, keep Schenn
Highly touted rookie defenceman Luke Schenn will start the season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but veteran forward Mark Bell will not.
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Leafs' Hollweg suspended for 2 games
Ryan Hollweg of the Toronto Maple Leafs learned Monday that he has been suspended for the first two games of the season.
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Convenience store robbed
Ottawa Police are searching for three men after a convenience store was robbed at gunpoint Monday night.
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Stay the course
With world markets in turmoil and talk of recession and deficits intruding on the federal electoral landscape, Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper becomes the last of the major party leaders to unveil his complete election platform on Tuesday.
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