Portrait of Mayor Rob Ford selling for $5,555.55 (U.S.) on eBay
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This portrait of Rob Ford by local artist Stephanie Kervin is for sale on eBay.

A Toronto artist’s painting is listed on eBay at a price cheekily tagged to Ford’s opposition to the bag tax.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1131462

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When winter is more like spring, fauna and flora may suffer
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Plants in a downtown flower box are already poking their leaves to the sky, one of many signs of an unusually balmy winter.

Here’s how our absurdly warm winter may affect everything from geese to greenery.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1132161

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The Fixer: Stripped down shelters provide scant cover for TTC riders
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New transit shelters that have only a roof and one wall, like this one on Broadview Ave., just north of Queen St., are a source of complaints from readers who say they offer far less protection than the old shelters they replaced.

New accessibility rules require more room on sidewalks, which reduces the space available for full-sized shelters.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1131718

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Portrait of Mayor Rob Ford selling for $5,555.55 (U.S.) on eBay
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This portrait of Rob Ford by local artist Stephanie Kervin is for sale on eBay.

A Toronto artist’s painting is listed on eBay at a price cheekily tagged to Ford’s opposition to the bag tax.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1131462

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Rick Vaive not drunk during trip, former Leaf teammate tells trial
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Former Toronto Maple Leafs player Bill Derlago leaves Newmarket court, where the impaired driving trial of former teammate Rick Vaive continued Thursday. Derlago testified that Vaive was not drunk when he left drove home from a two-day golf tournament in Gravenhurst in July 2009.

The impaired driving trial of former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Rick Vaive continued in a Newmarket court Thursday, with a well-known former NHL star taking the stand in defense of his former teammate.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1132502

admin @ 12:24 pm
Toronto man charged with performing indignity to a dead body
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Toronto Police have charged a man with performing indignity to the dead body of a woman found rolled up in a carpet in a Junction laneway earlier this month.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1132523

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Paramedic blames inexperience for failure to treat dying patient
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James Hearst, 59, died in the lobby of his apartment building near Yonge and College Sts. on June 25, 2009, after collapsing and then waiting for more than half an hour for paramedics to arrive.

A paramedic said a strike by his union had no impact on his decision to refuse to attend to a man who was dying of a heart attack for more than 35 minutes while waiting for police backup.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1131708

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Student council vote at Western nullified by ‘Justin Bieber’ hackers
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The University of Western Ontario has scrapped two days of voting for its student president, a position worth $39,000, because of allegations of vote rigging.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1132162

admin @ 4:24 pm
Paramedic blames inexperience for failure to treat dying patient
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James Hearst, 59, died in the lobby of his apartment building near Yonge and College Sts. on June 25, 2009, after collapsing and then waiting for more than half an hour for paramedics to arrive.

A paramedic said a strike by his union had no impact on his decision to refuse to attend to a man who was dying of a heart attack for more than 35 minutes while waiting for police backup.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1131708

admin @ 8:24 am
When winter is more like spring, fauna and flora may suffer
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Plants in a downtown flower box are already poking their leaves to the sky, one of many signs of an unusually balmy winter.

Here’s how our absurdly warm winter may affect everything from geese to greenery.



http://www.thestar.com/article/1132161

admin @ 6:23 am