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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford fires chief of staff - Toronto
A week after bombshell allegations that Toronto Mayor Rob ford was videotapes smoking crack, the mayor's chief of staff was fired and Ford is continuing to stonewall reporters.Read more1 hour 55 minutes agoMount Cashel abuse survivors win financial settlement - Nfld. & Labrador
Men who were abused by Christian Brothers at the Mount Cashel Orphanage and several schools in St. John's have reached a settlement with the Roman Catholic organization.Read more1 hour 56 minutes agoCanada Post campaigns against 'no flyers' mailbox signs - Nfld. & Labrador
Canada Post has been mailing more than 900,000 letters across the country to people to try to convince them to remove "no flyer" signs from their mailboxes.Read more
Grave of the Fireflies – review | Film
| 2 hours, 52 minutes ago
This animated Japanese masterpiece is a war story as wrenching as any live-action movieIf you thought Bambi or Up were as emotional as animation gets, you need to see this Japanese masterpiece. It's a war story as wrenching as any live-action...Read more2 hours 59 minutes agoObama limits U.S. drone strikes in shift from constant war footing
Armed drones to be used only when threat is imminentRead moreon Thu May 23 4:15 PMHow sweet it isn’t: Scientists learn how some roaches rapidly evolve to avoid poison
Findings illustrate the evolutionary prowess that has helped make cockroaches so hard to stamp outRead moreon Thu May 23 3:23 PMSecret files provide snapshot of Stalin, Churchill wartime relations
Leaders enjoyed an alcohol-fueled all-nighter in Moscow as the Second World War was in full swingRead moreon Thu May 23 3:14 PMCanada's privacy laws inadequate for digital age, watchdog says - Canada
Canadians' trust in the digital economy is at risk because our laws don't have enough teeth to compel companies to protect consumers' privacy, Canada's privacy commissioner says.Read more
Guantánamo detainee release to be restarted as part of Obama plan | World news
| on Thu, May 23, 3:00 PM
President outlines steps for transfer of detainees from controversial Cuban detention centre in national security speechBarack Obama on Thursday moved to restart the release of detainees from Guantánamo Bay in a move designed to defuse an ongoing...Read more
Noaa predicts wildly active hurricane season out of Atlantic and Caribbean | World news
| on Thu, May 23, 2:54 PM
Scientists say three to six major hurricanes will hit US, some in areas far beyond those typically associated with extreme stormsAmericans were warned on Thursday to brace for an extremely active hurricane season – less than a year after the...Read more
