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Youths arrested in failed armed robbery

Four teenage boys have been arrested and taken to Toronto Police’s 55 Division after shots were fired in an East York apartment building Tuesday. The arrest took place in the Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street area, where the police’s emergency task force surrounded an apartment complex, taking the suspects into custody shortly after 3:00 p.m.



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Memorial marks suffering of the homeless

If the cold doesn’t kill Bruce Matinat, loneliness will. The 33-year-old has lived on the streets for over 20 years but now he feels the community around him crumbling. “I’m dying because I’m running out of brothers. They’re not looking after me,” he said.


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High school’s future questioned

“Parents, both past and present, and current students felt that the covenant made in the agreement with the Spiritan priests should be honoured,” Rayson said. “The atmosphere was charged and response from many was strong and passionate.”


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Police, MADD blitz Super Bowl Sunday drivers

Police fanned out across Toronto Sunday to conduct one the largest RIDE blitzes in the city’s history. Despite the show of force only seven cars where towed and three arrests made; last year nine persons were arrested for drunk driving.


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West Hill church to be expanded

With a growing membership of over 200 people, Grace Church Presbyterian is awaiting government approval to expand, said Rev. Evertt Briard, an interim moderator.


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Marginalized women find the ‘write’ stuff

Pens and pencils fly across the pages as the students concentrate on their work. The room is quiet until the teacher announces, “OK, let’s share.” It sounds like a typical classroom, but it is not. On this Tuesday morning, Lauren Kirshner leads 10 women through creative writing classes at the Sistering drop-in centre in the west-end neighbourhood of Parkdale.


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Opposition make gains but Liberals hold Toronto Centre

The only thing missing from Cathy Crowe’s victory party was the victory. In Thursday’s Toronto-Centre provincial by-election Crowe, a well known street nurse and star candidate for the NDP, earned 8,685 votes (31 per cent), nearly doubling the party’s previous performance in the riding but not enough to claim the Liberal stronghold.



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College strike deadline extended

The Ontario Labour Relations Board has voted in favour of allowing faculty members at Ontario’s 24 community colleges to vote on the colleges’ most recent offer on Feb. 10. This will extend the strike deadline, once more, from Feb. 11 to Feb. 17.