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by Tim Harper

A financial lifeline for the staggering American auto industry will likely have to wait for the Barack Obama presidency after a Democratic bailout plan ran into stiff resistance here yesterday.

Ford cash burn hits $7.7B

Battered GM on the brink

Olive: Running out of options

News|Ontario 32,000 Ontario farm workers win right to unionize

by Tracey Tyler, Lesley Ciarula Taylor

Farm workers across the province are celebrating the fruits of a major legal victory after the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled they have the right to ...

HealthZone Bedbug battle cash urged

by Donovan Vincent

Toronto's public health department is urging the city to put up $75,000 in emergency funding to help vulnerable adults in the city get rid of bedbugs.

Don't let them bite: All about bedbugs (.pdf)

Bedbug battle cash urged

News|GTA Realtor lived life 'to the fullest,' mourners told

by Jim Wilkes

Susan Ryan loved yellow roses.

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Santa Claus Fund Guatemalan siblings hope for return of gift boxes

by Nick Aveling

Transita Gutierrez's children were skeptical when she told them Santa Claus was behind the boxes she pulled out from hiding last Christmas Eve. But ...

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News|World Muslim loses virginity case

A French appeals court yesterday reinstated the marriage of a Muslim man who had sought an annulment because his bride lied about being a virgin.

Business Internet shopping clicks with Canadians

by Dana Flavelle

Online shopping in Canada rose dramatically in the past two years, according to Statistics Canada, but at least one survey shows that trend could ...

News|GTA 8 Muslims settle skirt dispute with UPS

by Paola Loriggio

Eight Muslim women who filed a human rights complaint against the United Parcel Service (UPS) over a dress code dispute, settled with the company ...

HealthZone|Your health Asthma overdiagnosed, study suggests

by Sheryl Ubelacker

Almost a third of adult Canadians diagnosed with asthma and taking medications to treat their wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath may not ...

Sports|Hockey Vexing Toskala a concern for Leafs

by Mark Zwolinski

There's no goaltending controversy in Toronto.

Leafs vs. next opponent

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News|GTA Witness saw wounded Creba collapse

by Peter Small

Jane Creba was moaning, blood covering her face, as she crawled then collapsed as a wild gun battle broke out on Yonge St., a witness says.

News|World Pirates hijack oil supertanker

by Barbara Surk, Tarek El-Tablawy

Somali pirates hijacked a Saudi supertanker loaded with crude oil hundreds of kilometres off the coast of East Africa – defeating the security web of ...

entertainment Shows that might fill the void of post-Trailer Park comedy

by Rob Salem

With the recent announcement that the Trailer Park Boys are calling it quits at the end of this season, it has occurred to me that we are about to ...

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