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Thursday Jul 24

At camp, 'they need to relearn to have fun' 3:59 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
In his day job, they call him "sir." But every summer, teacher Francis Finnison is "Franchise." He's no Transformer. It's his moniker at Four Winds Boys' Camp.
... And that's not good news for Stephen Harper's Ottawa 2:00 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
OTTAWA— B arack Obama is starring in an old Canadian movie with a memorable subplot. On the road this week as well as during the primaries, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seems eerily familiar.
Family mourns 'little angel' 1:46 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The slaying of a 31-year-old developmentally challenged woman has stunned her tightly knit family and residents of her Mississauga neighbourhood.
1,000 more bikes seized 1:46 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Another thousand bicycles – ranging from $3,000 LeMond racing bikes to kids' tricycles and a scooter for a disabled rider – were recovered from rented garages yesterday after police executed three more raids across the west downtown.
Pan Am Games bid held back by Ottawa: Premier 1:46 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Ottawa needs to join Ontario in the starting blocks soon if Toronto is to win the race to host the 2015 Pan Am Games, says Premier Dalton McGuinty.
Ontario judge gives nod to unapproved wiretaps 1:45 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled the Criminal Code emergency provision allowing police wiretapping without a judge's authorization, while not perfect, is constitutionally valid in relation to a major case underway in a Toronto court.
Even thieves steal sleep nowadays 1:45 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
You know sleep loss has become epidemic when thieves start dozing off while committing their crimes.
Toronto rainfall breaks record 1:45 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The rainiest June and July in city records has made Toronto the country's soggiest city this summer, and has put 2008 on the fast track to be the city's wettest year ever.
Suspected gunman urged to surrender 1:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
A gunman alleged to have fired seven shots at Loreen Small and her two daughters last week is armed and dangerous and believed to be somewhere in the Jane-Finch community, police said yesterday.
Cancer expert wants kids kept off cellphones 1:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The head of a U.S. cancer centre is urging that children not use cellphones, except in emergencies, because of a growing body of literature pointing to possible adverse health effects, including cancer.
Airport's self-serve kiosks tied to fraud 1:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Passengers travelling out of Pearson airport are being advised to be cautious when using their credit cards at the self-service kiosks in light of an investigation of suspected credit card fraud.
Parking ticket sparks lawsuit 1:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
An Ontario Superior Court judge has given the green light to a Toronto radiologist to launch a class-action lawsuit against the city, saying it "knew or ought to have known" that some of its parking machines were malfunctioning in inclement weather.
School bus driver denies he was drunk 1:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
A former school bus driver facing drinking and driving charges told police he was not a drinker and offered to take a blood test to prove he wasn't drunk, according to a police video taken shortly after his arrest.
$7 billion deal to lift economy 1:30 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
The federal government will pump almost $7 billion into Ontario's aging infrastructure – most of it in towns and cities – under a deal with Queen's Park to be announced today.

Wednesday Jul 23

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Comments on this story are moderated 5:45 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
It was time to kill the fluffy bunny. Mine had blond fur and little black eyes. It was cute, but I wanted to eat it.
Friend arrested in Mississauga death 5:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Police have charged a 22-year-old man with murder in connection with the killing of a Mississauga woman.
Teen swimmer abandons Lake Ontario crossing 5:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Natalie Lambert should have been gliding onto the shore early this morning, soaking wet but triumphant after an epic 52-kilometre swim across Lake Ontario. Instead, she was in bed at a Toronto hotel.
Summer may be wettest ever 5:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Mass amounts of rain in the GTA this summer are pouring into the record books, making this the wettest summer ever recorded at Pearson International Airport.
'Wrong friends' blamed in death 5:44 AM [Submit Article to Yahoo! Canada News]
Vitaliy Kozynets was a typical teenager.

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