'Greed is a wonderful thing when you do what I do'

He said his name was Scott. And when customers rolled up to his rented Toronto-area warehouse, which was liable to happen at any time of the day or night, none was turned away.

Offbeat building sites get a second look from developers

As we wind down our state of the 905 condominium market series, it would be fair to say that the suburban belt around Toronto is rapidly coming to terms with the fact that condominium suites are for more than just single professionals.

Arrests made in mail bombings

Police have made two arrests in connection with two letter bombs delivered to Toronto addresses in recent weeks.Officers started closing off streets in the Thorncliffe Park Drive and Overlea Boulevard area just after 10 p.m. before raiding a home and taking two men into custody, Staff Sergeant Paul Theriault of 53 Division said last night. No names were released last night.

McGuinty plans ban on pesticides

Ontario would be following Toronto and many other municipalities in the province that have enacted such bans

Truscott's acquittal a great relief to author inspired by his case

''I don't ever remember a time not knowing about it.''Ann-Marie MacDonald is on her cellphone from rural New Brunswick, where she's on a fishing holiday from her home in Toronto. The award-winning novelist and playwright is talking about the 1959 murder in Southern Ontario of 12-year-old Lynne Harper and the conviction of a schoolmate, 14-year-old Steven Truscott, for the crime.

MUSIC: INDIE POP STARS GET FUNKY

Just as you need to step outside the city to view the sparkly sky, you'll need to leave Toronto on Tuesday to see Stars, the Montreal-based indie band that plays a small, snug club up the road in Waterloo. There - at the Starlight Lounge, appropriately enough - fans get a special sneak preview of the much-anticipated In Our Bedroom After the War, the band's fourth (and possibly breakthrough) album, out Sept. 25.

GM to axe 1,000 Oshawa jobs

General Motors of Canada Ltd. will eliminate about 1,000 jobs at a truck plant in Oshawa, in January in the face of slumping pickup sales caused in part by the slide in the U.S. housing market.

Suspicious-parcel calls keeping police busy

Opening the mail has become an anxious experience ever since police warned the public about a pair of firebomb packages delivered to Toronto addresses. Police in Toronto and Halton Region say they've had an explosion in the number of calls for suspicious parcels in recent weeks, including a Toronto office building that was evacuated because a former employee sent company materials back by courier, and a Georgetown woman who went to the local police station with a suspicious box that, upon examination, turned out to be a teapot.

Teen gang operated like a 'wolf pack', police say

Sixteen-year-old Julian Beckles and three friends were looking to take an evening dip in a west-end public pool when they came across about nine members of the Grown Men Business, a group that terrorized downtown Toronto parks with ''wolf-pack style'' muggings this summer, police say.

Search for Toronto man intensifies after car found

Former Bay Street lawyer and fund manager was last seen at his sister's Toronto home on June 26

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by Tim Sposit.

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