Top hospital to screen all patients for superbugs

Canada's largest research hospital is about to launch a massive screening program that will test every overnight patient for two virulent superbugs that kill thousands in their path.For the 30,000 people admitted annually at the University Health Network in Toronto - whether for a broken hip or brain surgery - the nation's most ambitious bug-fighting plan in history will subject their noses, underarms, groins and anuses to swab-wielding staff.

Can John Tory turn the GTA blue?

If Progressive Conservative Leader John Tory wants to storm Fortress Toronto on Oct. 10, he's going to have to win over the sorts of voters who live in quiet suburban enclaves such as Elma Street, which sits in the shadow of the Campbell Soup plant in southern Etobicoke.

Toronto debates a day off

The promise of a new February holiday landed with a thud in Toronto this week.Standing on the brow of a hill in West Riverdale Park, Jennifer Hicks wasn't sure she liked the idea of a new provincial Family Day. ''It doesn't make any sense. There's no purpose to it,'' said Ms. Hicks, a speech and language pathologist. ''A holiday usually commemorates something.''

A TIFF RATE

Americans who came to Toronto for the film festival in years past always expected a bargain on everything from designer shoes to steak dinners. But anyone approaching a checkout station at Pusateri's, Yorkville's pre-eminent destination for specialty foods, will notice a sign saying that U.S. money will be accepted on par with Canadian dollars.

Broken promises, $150-million spent, and who's complaining?

There are so many new recruits being inducted into the Toronto Police Service these days, each new tranche undergoing an elaborate ceremony amid weepy families and skirling pipes, that Nathan Phillips Square is beginning to resemble a wartime parade ground. (Globe Insider subscribers only)

Man faces sex charges in connection with girl

A 51-year-old man is facing several charges in a case involving a nine-year-old girl.Toronto police say the man committed several sexual offences against the girl in his home between February, 2005, and August, 2006.

Majority of Ontarians willing to pay more taxes for schools, survey says

The majority of Ontarians support increased funding for public schools, and many are prepared to shoulder a higher tax burden, according to a new opinion survey. The poll, which was developed by researchers at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, found 73 per cent of respondents supported higher spending on schools; 60 per cent said they were willing to pay more taxes for education.

Faith-based schools

John Barber (Tory's Proposal A Call To Arms For Secular Humanism - Sept. 6) is correct when he invokes the name of Egerton Ryerson as a reformer who defended ''public education as the essential common ground of a divided, pluralistic society.'' However, what Mr. Barber fails to mention is that Ryerson, like his Tory arch-nemesis John Strachan, the Anglican bishop of Toronto, was also unwavering in his belief that a far greater threat to the political and social stability of early 19th-century Upper Canada was radical secularism, that is, atheism. (Globe Insider subscribers only)

Built to suit downsizers

In a rural town about 40 kilometres northeast from Toronto, The Glens is a small enclave that is attractive to people looking to downsize to a maintenance-free residence without compromising too much on space.

Family convinced missing woman still alive

The family of a young Toronto woman who disappeared into the wilderness last month believes she is still alive and that someone knows what happened to her.''Someone out there knows something,'' said Karen Caguicla, whose niece Christina Calayca, 20, was last seen in Rainbow Falls Provincial Park on Aug. 6. ''Responsible people just do not vanish without a trace.''

Toronto Film Festival ?07: Day Three

Cronenberg, Penn and more... read more.

Pitt's "Jesse James" Premieres in Toronto

Love birds Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie showed up together for the Premiere of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". Direct.

Someone in Toronto Loves You

Group hugs, and potlucks, and all that shit. It doesn't really get better than that does it? All this other stuff is cool and all, but the community and the closeness and all that is what keeps my heart beating. I am in Toronto. ...

THE TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL '07: DAY TWO

TIFF rolls on and Russ rolls on with Argento, Ellen Page, Iraqui metal and more.

THE TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL '07: DAY THREE

Russ sees new Cronenberg, Greenaway and Maddin. It's a good day.

Al Cairns, the award-winning former Toronto Sun investigative ...

Al Cairns, the award-winning former Toronto Sun investigative reporter and author, has been concentrating on music since his departure from 333 King Street East. The big bass man is a member of a band called The Nagging Doubts, ...

TIFF: Flying into Toronto; Eastern Promises

At the press check-in at the Sutton Hotel, Toronto chum Martin Knelman offered me a ticket for the gala screening of David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. So I changed into a proper suit at my digs at the tres chic Hotel Le Germain, ...

Toronto Film Festival '07: Day Three

Festival vets Cronenberg and Greenaway, "good" quirky, and those pesky Mexican Mennonites...

Charlize Theron at the Battle in Seattle Premiere, Toronto (09/08/07)

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Scoreless streak intact, TFC regroup

For an eighth consecutive match, Toronto FC walked off the field Saturday night without a goal.

The problem with George....

I have only dined at George once and although I thought the food to be good, like many other high end establishments, the service bordered on being aloof and snotty. This is a rather unfortunate experience and the mangement should be ...

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt in Toronto (part two)

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