Power off for Hundreds After Toronto Vault Fire

It's the second underground fire in Toronto in a week, and the third in Canada this month after last week's power-cutting Vancouver fire. While this one wasn't nearly as serious, hundreds of people were left...

Teenager shot on Toronto subway

Update: March 28, 10:07 PSTThe Globe and Mail reports the victim was a female teenager who was shot in the leg."TORONTO — Toronto Police are investigating a shooting on a subway train at Spadina station...

Great Lake's levels sink - Record lows likely to hit shipping & recreaton

"Lake Superior water levels are headed toward record lows in early fall, a projection that is causing concern about an eventual trickle-down effect in the other Great Lakes as well as Lake St. Clair. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' June forecast -- looking ahead to...

Culture of corruption. A deal for Harry Reid?

"BULLHEAD CITY, ARIZ. — It's hard to buy undeveloped land in booming northern Arizona for $166 an acre. But now-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid effectively did just that when a longtime friend decided to sell property owned by the employee pension fund that he...

Five Alarm Fire Disrupts St. Clair Area

" November 6, 2006 A stubborn blaze at a meat-packing plant in the city's west end has escalated into a five-alarm fire. Emergency crews were initially called to the plant on St. Clair Ave. W., west of Keele St.,...

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