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RECENT NEWS IN AND AROUND TORONTO

Cross-border gun, drug ring busted
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:17:08 EST
Ontario police say they have smashed a sophisticated organized crime group that was smuggling illegal weapons and drugs into the province from the U.S.

Toronto doctor charged with sexual assault
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:12 EST
Toronto police have charged a North York General Hospital doctor with sexual assault alleged to have occurred between August 2007 and February 2010.

Strong economic growth predicted in Ontario
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:42:25 EST
Ontario's economy is expected to outpace the national average with 3.3 per cent growth this year and 4.1 per cent growth in 2011.

Conan comedy tour has 3 Canadian stops
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:42:46 EST
Conan O'Brien is following up his disappearing act on network TV with a standup tour that will take him to 33 cities, including three in Canada.

Pearson airport prepares for March madness
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:34:02 EST
Employees at Pearson International Airport are preparing for the two busiest days of the year in advance of the annual March school break.

Toronto man has to prove he's alive after tax mix-up
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:42:39 EST
Toronto elementary school teacher Michael Bednarski says he feels pretty good these days for a dead man.

HST a windfall for Ont. tax collectors
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:29:54 EST
Ontario tax collectors will get a six-month severance package worth as much as $45,000 as the province moves to harmonize sales taxes, even though they will not be losing their jobs.

Murder charge laid in deadly police shootout
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:32:53 EST
Ontario Provincial Police have charged former township leader Fred Preston with first-degree murder in death of a constable who was killed in a shootout on a rural road in southwestern Ontario.

Toronto property tax increases could be reduced
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:00:31 EST
Residential property tax increases in Toronto may be shaved from four to 2.9%, according to Mayor David Miller.

NDP keeps up pressure over development decision
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:41:48 EST
The New Democrats are demanding more answers about a land transfer they claim rewarded developers who paid $5,000 each to attend a private dinner with Premier Dalton McGuinty.

2 listeriosis cases investigated in Ont.
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:07:03 EST
Health officials in Ontario are investigating two cases of listeriosis that appear to be linked to salami recalled from stores in Ontario and Quebec about three months ago.

Aspers eye Canwest papers: report
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:22:45 EST
Winnipeg's Asper family is attempting to regain control of Canwest's newspaper assets, a report said Thursday.

Ontario child porn bust snares 35
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:58:29 EST
A co-ordinated investigation into child pornography in Ontario resulted in charges against 35 people across the province, police say.

Man shot near Milton
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:23:50 EST
A man is in hospital after being shot in the parking lot of Mohawk Inn in Campbellville, Ont., just west of Milton.

Haim a 'tormented soul': Corey Feldman
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:57:15 EST
Canadian actor Corey Haim, an actor who had struggled with drug addiction, died at age 38 early Wednesday in Los Angeles. Police say the exact cause is unknown.