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TTC GM Gary Webster fired

TORONTO, Ont. - TTC chief general manager Gary Webster was fired "without just cause" after a closed door meeting at City Hall, Tuesday.

The motion to fire Webster was passed by a vote of 5-4 during a special transit meeting.

Gary Webster's statement to TTC employees

Local 22 Feb, 2012 3

Ontario's horse racing industry urging Liberals not to kill revenue-sharing deal

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Toronto police search for two missing teenage boys

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National 22 Feb, 2012 0

Nunavut forecasts budget surplus, but says billions needed for infrastructure

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The government of Nunavut says it will reverse two years of deficit budgets to post a small surplus in the coming fiscal year. But Finance Minister Keith Peterson says the eastern Arctic still needs billions of dollars of investment to bring houses, schools and public facilities

National 22 Feb, 2012 0

Mountie who had affair with superior officer wants new hearing ordered:lawyer

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The lawyer for a Mountie who had a sexual relationship with her superior officer wants a panel's decision stayed and a new hearing ordered. Larry McGonigal told the three-member RCMP panel that because it heard evidence against Const. Susan Gastaldo when she wasn't present she

National 22 Feb, 2012 0

Halifax mayor won't seek re-election amid controversy surrounding friend's will

HALIFAX - Halifax's mayor says he won't seek re-election amid questions about his handling of a friend's will. Peter Kelly made the unexpected announcement Wednesday, acknowledging there were "stumbles" in how he handled his duties as executor to the estate of Mary Thibeault. "I am not making any ex

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World 22 Feb, 2012 0

Feds charge US mine boss with fraud, highest-ranking to face prosecution in deadly blast

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where an explosion killed 29 men was charged Wednesday with conspiracy to defraud the federal government, becoming the highest-ranking employee to face criminal prosecution in an investigation that appeared to be moving steadily u

World 22 Feb, 2012 0

Santorum to be on hot seat in Republican debate, the first in almost a month

WASHINGTON - It's been almost a month since the last Republican presidential debate, and once again the race for the party's nomination is vastly different than it was when Mitt Romney efficiently put the boots to his biggest threat, Newt Gingrich, during a Florida faceoff. Romney's no longer the fr

World 22 Feb, 2012 0

Greek Finance Minister: New loan deal 'binds Greece to euro' and shields country from default

ATHENS, Greece - Greece's finance minister says a new €130 billion ($172 billion) bailout deal "binds Greece to euro" and will shield the country from default. Evangelos Venizelos made the remarks Wednesday after the government conceded that a new round of austerity measures will deepen the recessio

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End of an era? No sign of captain Jason Varitek at Red Sox camp, as Ortiz arrives

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Kelly Shoppach's preparation for his first season as a catcher with the Boston Red Sox includes more than just getting to know the pitching staff. He practically has to learn a different language. He has to learn how to speak Varitek. For 15 years, Jason Varitek was the voice in t

Sports 22 Feb, 2012 0

Toronto Argonauts sign veteran quarterback and former B.C. Lion Jarious Jackson

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The Toronto Argonauts have signed veteran CFL quarterback Jarious Jackson. The 34-year-old spent the past seven seasons with the B.C. Lions before being released Feb. 1. Jackson captured two Grey Cups with B.C., in 2006 and 2011, and had 22 starts in 108 regular-season appearance

Sports 22 Feb, 2012 2

Sentencing hearing told coach Graham James groomed Theo Fleury for planned abuse

WINNIPEG - A sentencing hearing has begun for Graham James with the Crown outlining how the former junior hockey coach groomed his victims for the sexual abuse to come. Attorney Colleen McDuff told the hearing in Winnipeg that James kept Theo Fleury close to him in the early days of their coach-play

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Business 22 Feb, 2012 0

Concerns about Chinese manufacturing, European debt halt oil's 4-day rise

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A four-day rise in oil prices stalled Wednesday amid a weak report on Chinese manufacturing and lingering concerns about Greece's bailout. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude, the benchmark for oils produced in the United States, fell 46 cents to US$105.79 a barrel. WTI had c

Business 22 Feb, 2012 0

Loonie down, greenback advances amid weak European data, Fitch Greek downgrade

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar edged lower Wednesday as the greenback advanced against other currencies amid data showing soft readings on European and Chinese manufacturing. The loonie was down 0.29 of a cent to 100.05 cents US. The eurozone composite purchasing managers index fell to 49.7 during Fe

Business 22 Feb, 2012 0

TSX slightly higher amid negative Chinese/European economic data, mixed earnings

TORONTO - The Toronto stock market was modestly higher at midday Wednesday as commodity prices shook off early losses amid weak European and Chinese economic data. Gains in tech and telecom stocks helped take the S&P/TSX composite index up 37.92 points to 12,661.28 and the TSX Venture Exchange slipp

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Entertainment 22 Feb, 2012 0

Judge tells Lindsay Lohan she seems to be getting life back on track, probation nearing end

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Lindsay Lohan drew praise Wednesday from a judge who said the actress was one court hearing away from putting a long-running drunken driving case behind her. "Ms. Lohan, you're in the home stretch," Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner told the actress. "The probation officer

Entertainment 22 Feb, 2012 0

Barney Rosset, publisher of underground classics such as 'Tropic of Cancer,' dies at age 89

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Barney Rosset was not an author and never completed the memoir of his brave and wild life. But few over the past 60 years had so profound an impact on the way we read today. Rosset, the fiery and fearless publisher who introduced the country to countless political and avant-garde wr

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'Monsieur Lazhar' creator says she never considered being a teacher like him

MONTREAL - Evelyne de la Cheneliere laughs when asked if she ever considered becoming a teacher like one of her best known creations, Bashir Lazhar. "No!" she says with a broad smile over a cappuccino in a trendy Montreal cafe. "My God, I would cry all day, every day." She's kidding, the playwright