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Salmonella Warning Over Fresh Greens
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A disabled Pickering boy had to have dental surgery after being violently robbed by two teens for his iPhone. Durham Police are still on the hunt for one of the two teens who allegedly attacked the 10-year-old as he walked home Monday.
Teens rough up disabled boy, steal iPhone
Students to take 22-minute CPR course
TORONTO - Some GTA high school students will be given innovative training this month to help a person who stops breathing during a medical emergency.City Councillor Mark Grimes and two Etobicoke women saved a woman about to leap off the Islington Ave. bridge and into traffic on the Gardiner Expressway during Friday night rush hour.
Councillor, two women save would-be suicide
Toronto Humane Society warns pets vulnerable at Halloween
TORONTO - Ghosts, goblins, ghouls and gore - regardless of being fake - could lead to growls from pets at Halloween, the Toronto Humane Society warned Tuesday. While humans can spot the difference between dressed-up candy-callers, THS executive director Garth Jerome said pets do not revel in the costumes, decorations, loud noises and a constant flow of people at front doors.
Get tougher on smoking
Anti-tobacco activists are calling for dramatic new measures, including smoking bans on bar and restaurant patios, licensing and limiting tobacco retailers, anti-smoking apartment leases, to butt out the dangerous habit. Ontario Health Promotion Minister Margarett Best says the province won't outlaw smoking in private apartment or condo units, but is prepared to look at the other recommendations made by the Tobacco Strategy Advisory Group in its report, Building On Our Gains, Taking Action Now: Ontario's Tobacco Control Strategy for 2011-2016. "We banned smoking in the common areas of all multi-unit housing.
Elderly driver causes $120K in damage
TORONTO - An elderly driver went on a 120-metre path of destruction in a Scarborough parking lot Thursday afternoon, causing $120,000 in damage to eight vehicles but miraculously harming no one.
Black widow spider in Mississauga
First Woodbridge, then Newmarket, and now, a black widow spider was spotted in Mississauga.Alleged Bedbug Infestation Leads To Eviction Notice
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Contraband common in Barton Street jail
Tobacco. Marijuana. Four balloons of what appeared to be drugs.September 30, 2010
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Deplorable Conditions At In Touch Retirement Living There are some shocking findings about living conditions for seniors in retirement homes in Ontario.
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Summer of the black widow
This may be the summer of the black widow spider as three wine makers have found them in grape crates shipped from California. The Toronto Sun first wrote about a Woodbridge man finding a black widow spider in a crate of grapes last week.TORONTO - Mike Colle is itching for a fight. With a bed bug infestation spreading across in North America, especially in urban centres, the Toronto MPP is hosting a summit Wednesday in a bid to battle the bitsy blood-suckers.