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Accused Toronto serial killer laughs at murder charges - Toronto Star
“It was so crazy,” said a neighbour who declined to give her name. “There could have been just anyone on the other side.” The shooting was the talk of the building for weeks. On Wednesday, residents gathered to talk about Moore after police revealed ...
McGuinty to unveil slimmed cabinet - Toronto Star
It's a strong, steady group that's focused on jobs and economy growth,” a senior government official said Wednesday night. Indeed, there will be no first-time ministers at the table. With a dearth of rural MPPs, McGuinty turned to Ted McMeekin ...
Canada, US reach agreement on $1B perimeter security pact - Toronto Star
“The goal this time is to have a kind of constant implementation effort,” a source said. While the business community and many frequent travellers will likely welcome the changes, overall expectations are modest. “I don't think it's going to be a big ...
Bahrain doctors who helped protesters jailed for 15 years - Toronto Star
“They were heroes,” said the man, who asked not to be named out of the fear the government will punish his family. “They were trying their best to help the people who needed help. Many of them were working 24 hours a day. There were too many injured, ...
Ford steers clear of provincial election - Toronto Star
“The bottom line is we need the province to fund those spaces, and nobody said they will” in private meetings Ford had with each of them, said the official, speaking on background. Facing a budget crunch, Ford had threatened to eliminate funding for ...
Too early to pull out of Libyan mission, MPs agree - Toronto Star
... wait until the National Transitional Council, the rebel government that deposed Gadhafi, decides what help they want and need. That could take “months.” “They will lead. They know we have a role to play,” said the official, speaking on background. ...
Neil Young's book deal sparks hunt for Canadian celeb memoirs - Toronto Star
Given Young's objections to McDonough's biography, and his reputation as an eccentric and obsessive custodian of his own myth, others in Canada's publishing industry, who asked to remain anonymous, are skeptical that the Canadian folk-rocker will be as ...
Feschuk: NHL, London mayor decry 'despicable' act - Toronto Star
By Friday a source said an anonymous described him as an adult male in the rink's upper bowl. The arena's general manager, meanwhile, issued a plea to the public for more information. “We will not tolerate this type of conduct at the John Labatt Centre ...
Feschuk: NHL, London mayor decry 'despicable' act - Toronto Star
“Nobody would point the guy out,” said one arena employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity. On Friday a source said an anonymous phone call to the arena by a person who claimed to be an eyewitness described the thrower of the banana as an adult ...
Harper backs Mississauga MP in flirty email furor - Toronto Star
“These aren't the types of people I would pick out to be my buddies,” said the person, who asked that his name not be used. The New Democrats have called for Dechert, 53, to resign his position as parliamentary secretary to Foreign Minister John Baird ...
Harper backs Mississauga MP in flirty email furor - Toronto Star
“These aren't the types of people I would pick out to be my buddies,” said the person, who asked that his name not be used. The New Democrats have called for Dechert, 53, to resign his position as parliamentary secretary to Foreign Minister John Baird ...
Would you buy veggies grown on your supermarket's roof? - Toronto Star
Linsley said the company is also exploring options in Canada, but declined to say which grocery chains Bright Farms has contacted because the companies have requested anonymity. “We've had a lot of conversations and those are going well in Canada,” ...
Hudak plunges into dangerous liaison with Rob Ford - Toronto Star
The strategist, speaking on background, dismissed Ford's recent troubles, saying he “has raised a lot of pocketbook and affordability issues that really resonated,” while Premier Dalton McGuinty has “done nothing but raise taxes, drive people out of ...
Feschuk: Belak silently suffered from depression, sources say - Toronto Star
The sources, who asked not to be identified, said Thursday that Belak took medication to treat his mental illness but had been loathe to speak about it. On a day when Belak's widow, Jennifer, released a statement in which she asked “that everyone ...
NYC police officer charged with rapes as other rape cases reviewed for ties - Toronto Star
... out of your mind that he is a cop, and you have a cop who would rape a woman, a stranger like that – you have to think it is not a one-time thing,” said one law enforcement member who insisted on anonymity because the investigation is continuing. ...
Three security forces killed in twin attacks in Algeria - Toronto Star
Also Tuesday, a soldier was killed when his truck hit a roadside bomb, according to a police official, who requested anonymity, citing policy. Two other troops were wounded in that attack in Taourga, 560 kilometres east of the capital. ...
Investors call for breakup of McGraw-Hill - Toronto Star
The TV stations are likely to be sold by the end of September, according to a person briefed on the matter. “McGraw-Hill enjoys an open dialogue with its many shareholders and often gets insights from those discussions,” a McGraw-Hill spokeswoman, ...
Police payment emails growing worry for Murdoch executives - Toronto Star
The source, and a second source briefed on the matter, said the evidence available to News International now indicates that neither the paper nor its outside lawyers sought to review the archived evidence relating to police corruption, or to further ...
Threats hit Google group using facial recognition to ID London looters - Toronto Star
While testing their app, “it got a monkey mixed up with a person,” said another developer, who also declined to be named. He pegged the accuracy of matches at less than 40 per cent, adding that the group's members all have other jobs and don't have the ...
Syrian-Canadians report threats from Assad regime - Toronto Star
Fearing reprisals against herself or against family and friends still in Syria, the woman asked that her name not be used. “They threatened to kill me because the punishment for traitors in our country (Syria) is death,” the woman said.
Police involved in triple shooting on Caribbean Carnival parade route - Toronto Star
Just after 7 pm sounds of gunshots rang out and several hundred people suddenly fled from the area, said an Exhibition Place grounds worker who declined to give his name. “You could see a whole load of them running and then police running the opposite ...
11 dead in 2 outbreaks of violence in troubled northwestern China - Toronto Star
An official at the Kashgar Public Security Bureau, who refused to give her name, said they had received no information about any incident Sunday afternoon. Phone calls to the Kashgar city government and Xinjiang regional government went unanswered. ...
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting along Caribbean Carnival parade route - Toronto Star
Just after 7 pm sounds of gunshots rang out and several hundred people suddenly fled from the area, said an Exhibition Place grounds worker who declined to give his name. “You could see a whole load of them running and then police running the opposite ...
Dirty little secret: Canada's slaughter industry under fire - Toronto Star
The Michigan-based “kill buyer” supplies the Richelaeu Meat plant in Massueville, Que., with up to three weekly deliveries of about 30 live horses each time, according to a plant employee interviewed by the Star who declined to give his name. ...
Shooting horses: Canada's slaughter industry under fire - Toronto Star
The Michigan-based “kill buyer” supplies the Richelaeu Meat plant in Massueville, Que., with up to three weekly deliveries of about 30 live horses each time, according to a plant employee interviewed by the Star who declined to give his name. ...