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RECENT NEWS IN AND AROUND TORONTO

Bevilacqua confirms Vaughan mayoral run
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:47:34 EDT
Maurizio Bevilacqua, who resigned as Liberal MP for Vaughan last week, has confirmed he will run for mayor.

TIFF hotel workers stage walkout
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:32:04 EDT
Hotel workers at the Hyatt Regency, the home of this year's Toronto International Film Festival, have started a one-day walkout.

G20 class-action lawsuit seeks $115M
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:46:31 EDT
Two people who were jailed during June's G20 summit in Toronto have launched a $115-million class-action lawsuit against the Toronto Police Services Board, federal Attorney General Rob Nicholson and the Peel Police Services Board.

Hwy. 400 reopens after fatal crash
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:23:00 EDT
Highway 400 between Highway 9 and Highway 88 was closed for several hours overnight as police investigated a crash in which one man was killed.

Ont. terror suspect linked to Pakistan: police
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:52:45 EDT
Police believe one of three Ontario men charged in connection with an alleged terrorism plot travelled to Pakistan seeking terrorist training, sources have told CBC News.

Fall peaches bred in Niagara
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:50:28 EDT
A professor at the University of Guelph in southern Ontario is developing a series of peach varieties that could continue to be available into late September.

Toronto must prioritize improved bus service: report
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:52:18 EDT
The City of Toronto should concentrate on improving and upgrading bus service in order to better serve low-paid service workers who tend to be concentrated in the inner suburbs, a report recommends.

911 prank leads to police raid in Little Mogadishu
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:34:40 EDT
A Somali Canadian man is upset after a 911 call he says he didn't make led to a police raid at his home in an area of Toronto known as Little Mogadishu.

Toronto comedian killed in St. Thomas
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:13 EDT
Police in St. Thomas, Ont., are treating the death of a Toronto stand-up comedian as a homicide.

Liberals pull even with Tories: EKOS poll
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:03:53 EDT
Michael Ignatieff's Liberals have pulled into an end-of-summer dead heat with Stephen Harper's Conservatives, according to a new EKOS poll.

Montreal man charged with G20 mischief
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:16:14 EDT
A Montreal man has been charged with mischief relating to damages done during the G20 summit in Toronto last June, police say.

Orangeville woman may be victim of foul play
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:07:34 EDT
Police are telling the family of a missing Orangeville, Ont., woman to brace for the worst as the search for Sonia Varaschin entered its fourth day.

E. coli leads to beef recall in Toronto
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:08:25 EDT
The Canadian Food Inspection agency is warning Toronto-area consumers about a recall of beef from the Kabul Farms retail store in North York.

Teacher charged with sexual exploitation
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:06:59 EDT
A Toronto high school teacher has been charged with three counts of sexual exploitation in relation to three separate incidents involving one of his students.

Jays' Bautista wins AL's monthly honour
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:02:12 EDT
Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista was named the American League Player of the Month for August on Thursday.