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Lawrence Avenue Homicide
A male victim in his twenties was fatally shot at Lawrence Avenue and Overture Road.
Man accused of killing OPP officer dies in hospital
The man accused of killing an Ontario Provincial Police officer in a shootout has died in hospital from injuries he sustained in the incident.
Ont. tax collectors to get severance — but keep jobs
More than 1,200 tax collectors will receive severance packages of up to $45,000 each when the harmonized sales tax takes effect on July 1. But instead of losing their jobs, they’ll become federal employees.
Muslim child brides on rise
Federal immigration officials say there’s little they can do to stop “child brides” from being sponsored into Canada by much older husbands who wed them in arranged marriages abroad.
Hockey dad bilked his pals: Cops
A hockey dad is accused of bilking friends out of hundreds of thousands of dollars through a bogus investment scheme.
They never had a chance
Jennifer Waites wept this week over a lifetime of her late mother’s photos. The images show a dark-haired little girl, a slender teen, a young mom and then the final pictures as a grandmother. They reveal a Cynthia “Cindy” Dougherty smiling at the world that an out-of-control motorist tore her from in 2007.
2 families, 1 tragedy
Loved ones still grieving three years after two best friends died in a highway pileup police compared to a war zone are clinging to the hope that killer driver Steven Machado will be jailed Friday.
Annual March exodus on way
The mad dash to get out of the city for March break has begun, but the rainy weather might dampen people’s moods.
Tory deficit projections too rosy: budget watchdog
The office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page says it disagrees with the economic outlook presented in the Conservative government’s 2010 budget, and Ottawa will need to take additional fiscal steps to eliminate the deficit.
Warm, dry winter may bring summer problems
Balmy temperatures and snow-free sidewalks may have brought smiles to the faces of Canadians coast to coast over the past few months, but the record-setting winter conditions are causing consternation and anxiety for one senior Environment Canada climatologist.
