Crombie named as liaison in Caledonia land dispute

The federal government has appointed David Crombie to act as a go-between for the non-aboriginal community in the continuing native land dispute around Caledonia, in Southern Ontario.Mr. Crombie is a former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister and onetime mayor of Toronto.

Judges are constitutional guardians, not cheerleaders for the police

The legal community has been buzzing lately after declarations by several senior judges that the importance of eliminating gun crime outweighs minor police intrusions on constitutional rights. In one such case, a judge claimed that the destruction caused by guns was beyond the imagination of those who wrote the Charter of Rights. In another, a different judge said the reliability of a gun as evidence of guilt supported a decision to overlook the illegal detention of a young Toronto man. Both cases, involving young men in street encounters with the police, display a strong judicial concern for illegal gun use and an enthusiasm for eliminating it. The Globe and Mail agreed, declaring that this straight talk was needed to rescue the Charter from the ''ivory tower'' where defence counsel and remote academics had been holding it captive. (Globe Insider subscribers only)

Two scuba divers missing, feared dead

Two ''highly experienced'' scuba divers are missing and feared dead after a dive in the Welland River went tragically wrong yesterday. The divers, both from the Toronto area, were part of a group of five who went into the river yesterday morning a few kilometres from Niagara Falls, only to encounter powerful currents.

Drive-by shooting in Brampton investigated

Police in Brampton were investigating a brazen drive-by shooting yesterday.Peel Police said yesterday afternoon a man was shot outside a subdivision on Attmar Street, near Queen Street East and Highway 427, by an unknown gunman.

Tory vows to protect Toronto's pedigree

John Tory bled Conservative blue for his hometown yesterday, saying Toronto is in danger of losing its status as a world-class city.At a Board of Trade luncheon, he promised to arrest the city's decline with hundreds of millions for public transit and programs to relieve the burden of city-funded social services, and to revitalize poor neighbourhoods.

Leaders' schedules today

John Tory (Conservative)10 a.m. - Lakeridge Health Oshawa, Oshawa12:30 p.m. - Warsaw Fair1:30 p.m. - Barbecue with Peterborough PC candidate Bruce Fitzpatrick 3:45 p.m. - Port Hope Fall Fair

Chefs find slow and steady wins the taste

As slow food goes, it doesn't come much slower than the rainbow trout in chef Mark Cutrara's hand.It's dead, but was killed just 21/2 hours ago at a specialty hatchery in Grey County, then trucked straight to Mr. Cutrara's new restaurant, Cowbell, in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood.

What a swell Party this is

Now, here was a party to make you want to join the Party. That is, if you weren't already a die-hard affiliate of the tight-knit Tory team that assembled at the Royal Ontario Museum this week to honour former prime minister Brian Mulroney for the Toronto launch of his 1,100-page autobiography, Memoirs 1939-1993.

NFB'S LATE FRAGMENT

On a beach under scrub-covered cliffs, Theo is about to confront the man who abused him as a child. The setting is Scarborough, but it seems like something out of Wuthering Heights. This is a scene from Late Fragment, an innovative film that premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The first interactive feature of its kind in North America, it follows the lives of three strangers with traumatic pasts that intersect during ''restorative justice'' therapy sessions. Through a series of flashbacks, we learn how they got there. Unlike the usual linear film experience, however, Late Fragment allows the viewer to find out as much, or as little, about each character as he or she wants.

To turn squirrels into tree killers, just subtract water

Toronto's trees have had a tough go of it this summer. After three months plagued by drought, many are struggling to stay alive, and the sugar maples that grow among nearly 250 trees in Allan Gardens are no exception.

Startup Weekend - Toronto - We?re live

Well? almost. Here?s my post on the Toronto Startup Weekend blog.

Halifax to Toronto in five podcasts all about information

... and after enjoying a couple of weeks of beautiful weather and very bad surf, it took me about fifteen and a half hours from the time I dropped him and Seanna off at the Halifax airport to drive to our door in Toronto. ...

'07 Toronto Raptors Preview

2007 Toronto Raptors NBA Season Preview.

[PHOTOS] Jennifer Connelly & Mira Sorvino in Toronto

Jennifer Connelly, Mark Ruffalo, Paul and Mira Sorvino attend the Toronto International Film Festival to present "Reservation Road"...

London, New York, Toronto, Hong Kong, Dubai

I jest of course because EnQii which has come to life today has people and offices in London, New York, Toronto, Hong Kong and Dubai (whereas we merely have an office in Henley on Thame!!!). EnQii has come about via some signnificant ...

'Eastern Promises' Takes Audience Award At Toronto

TORONTO, Ontario, Canada (September 16, 2007) ? Canadian director David Cronenberg?s ?Eastern Promises? picked up the award for fan favorite during the Toronto International Film Festival?s closing award ceremonies Saturday. ...

Farewell Toronto.

Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida had best beware. There's a hurricane coming. (It was on the news...) I'll miss you Toronto; it's been an unforgettable year. Now for the great blue sky and the open road.

Headline list update

TSF's Top 10 Headlines list was at seven and holding until yesterday's Sunday Sun, where we found two more contenders on Page 26. Firefighters save farmer's ass - a headline for an AP story about Minnesota firefighters saving a donkey ...

At Toronto fest, 2 directors talk about their New York-based films

TORONTO -- New York, New York, it's a helluva town. Two films at the Toronto International Film Festival take two different bites of the Big Apple, but both show it to be a violent, seedy place....

What's the Future of Toronto's Trash?

After 2010, Toronto cannot dump trash in Michigan anymore - A new deal calls for waste shipments to be reduced by 20 per cent by the end of 2007, by 40 per cent by the end of 2008 and then fully eliminated by the end of 2010. ...

TIFF: Toronto Picks and Pans

Here are my picks for Toronto's: Best director: Joe Wright (Atonement) Best actress: Jodie Foster (The Brave One) Best actor: Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises) Best supporting actor: Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) ...

The (Short) Story of SW1 in Toronto - Part 1

A few colleagues and I were just at the talking stage about launching Innovation Toronto as a facilitator for innovation in the GTA. Our site wasn?t up, our building was supposed to be mothballed until at least next month if not ...