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Thousands greet new year at Nathan Phillips Square
Thousands rang in the new year at Nathan Phillips Square.
Millions gather worldwide to ring in new year
Dazzling fireworks lit up Australia’s Sydney Harbor, communist Vietnam held a rare, Western-style countdown to the new year, and Japanese revelers released balloons carrying notes with people’s hopes and dreams as the world ushered in 2011.
CFL star dies after battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease
Tony Proudfoot, a former CFL all-star and college professor who rushed into a hail of bullets to save a student from a rampaging gunman, has died after a long battle with Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 61.
What’s open and closed in Toronto on New Year’s Day
How to get home cheaply and safely on New Year’s Eve, and what will be open and closed on New Year’s Day.
City council lists its new year’s resolutions
Members of Toronto city council were asked to list their new year’s resolutions by reporter Don Peat.
Mexican teen set to be deported on Saturday
An 18-year-old refugee claimant is set to be deported Saturday to Mexico, where supporters fear he faces homophobic violence, after an 11th-hour attempt to keep him in Canada failed Friday.
Toronto car tax hits the road
Licence plate renewal counters across Toronto will likely be a lot happier in the new year than they were on New Year’s Eve.
‘Majority’ want to dump bag tax
Call it a tempest in a shopping bag.
Weather delays NHL’s Winter Classic to Sat. evening
Faced with an ominous weather forecast that includes rain and warm temperatures, the NHL has pushed back the start of Saturday’s Winter Classic from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. ET.
Mexican teen faces deportation
Daniel Garcia fears he will be murdered by a homophobic mob when he is deported to Mexico today.
