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Social networking site faces image problem

Facebook has an image problem. Instituted as of Fall 2007 the popular online social network has recently begun deleting personal photographs of mothers breast-feeding their infants claiming they contain “obscene content.” Meanwhile, breastfeeding activists have…


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Smokers required to butt-out in Toronto parks

While watching his brother make a snowman recently Canaan Alexander of Toronto enjoyed one of his last cigarettes in Thompson Memorial Park. As of Jan. 28, a no-smoking ban has been implemented in all areas…


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Scarborough: not all guns and violence

Guns, senseless violence and robberies. Those are issues typically associated with east Scarborough. But 2,000 people came out to celebrate the community’s spirit yesterday and took part in a classic community event. Katrina Rozal has…


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Cars not wanted on snow days

Sidestreet parking in the winter in Scarborough is “one of those laws that sound great but wouldn’t work nowadays,” Ward 40 councillor Norm Kelly says. He was responding to a proposed ban on street parking…



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Car chase ends on foot

A Toronto man faces 11 charges, including possession of a firearm, after a car and foot chase across Scarborough on Jan. 16. The chase began when police saw a car disobey a traffic sign. and…



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Pickering gives back to its citizens

With the Oscar nominations around the corner, awards season is certainly in. However, in some places, not all awards are given out to celebrities. Some are given out to normal citizens, who are doing far…


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York students storm Queen’s Park

A rally by York University students protesting the 12-week strike affecting their studies got some unexpected support from members of the provincial government.