RECENT NEWS IN AND AROUND TORONTO
Cherry among hundreds at funeral for senior hockey player
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:34:49 EST
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:34:49 EST
Hundreds of family members, friends and teammates gathered in Port Perry, Ont., on Monday morning for the funeral of Don Sanderson, a senior hockey player who died after a fight during a game last month.
Woman's death is city's 2nd homicide of 2009
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:32:14 EST
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:32:14 EST
Homicide detectives are on the scene of the city's latest homicide. A woman's body was found slumped over the steering wheel of an SUV.
Woman stabbed, killed in family store
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:41:29 EST
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:41:29 EST
Peel Regional Police detectives say they are in the early stages of their investigation into the slaying of Amandeep Kaur Dhillon.
Talks resume in York U. strike
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:19:57 EST
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:19:57 EST
Another round of negotiations is underway in an attempt to end the two-month-old labour dispute at York University.
Toronto police identify man killed while crossing street
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:50:24 EST
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 15:50:24 EST
Toronto police have identified a pedestrian who died after he was hit by a car at Eglinton Avenue East and Danforth Road early Thursday.
Judge frees last security certificate detainee from 'Guantanamo north'
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:15:31 EST
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:15:31 EST
A Federal Court judge has decided to release the last foreign national accused of links to Islamic militancy who was being held on a controversial national security certificate.
Rescued B.C. snowboarder confused tracks with his own
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:07:02 EST
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:07:02 EST
Fears that another snowboarder may be wandering in the snowbound mountains north of Vancouver have been laid to rest.
New rules will limit truck speeds on Ont. roads
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:38:29 EST
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 08:38:29 EST
Starting Jan. 1, Ontario truck drivers will have to abide by new guidelines limiting their speed to 105 km/h.
Canadian writer's thriller named bestselling paperback in Britain
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:52:52 EST
Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:52:52 EST
Linwood Barclay's No Time for Goodbye was Britain's bestselling paperback novel in 2008.
Maple Leafs add to Senators' road woes
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:46:52 EST
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:46:52 EST
Maple Leafs defenceman Pavel Kubina pounced on a loose puck near the Ottawa Senators' goal line and fed Alex Ponikarovsky for the decisive goal in a 3-1 Toronto victory on home ice Saturday night.