Toronto Stock Exchange CEO Eyes U.S. Deal

The Toronto Stock Exchange isn't looking overseas for a major deal to compete with bigger U.S. rivals. Instead, Chief Executive Richard Nesbitt said Friday the TSX hopes to become a North American financial powerhouse by acquiring an American futures exchange.

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Company to Bring WiFi Service to Toronto

Toronto Hydro Telecom Inc. announced plans Tuesday to blanket downtown Toronto with wireless WiFi coverage, allowing laptops to log onto the Internet anywhere within the zone, from park benches to cars and cafeterias.

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Leafs GM Ferguson has been busy

John Ferguson Jr. speaks often about having a plan that will take Toronto's storied NHL team to the cup finals for the first time in over a generation.

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'Islamophobia' fears cited

TORONTO -- Smashed mosque windows and workers losing their jobs because of their ethnic background are among the signs that anti-Arab sentiment is on the rise in Ontario, the Ontario Human Rights Commission said yesterday.

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CIC Canada | News Release 2006-05 - Celebrating Citizenship on Canada Day

Whilest I am still waiting for my PR card, I am filled with pride to celebrate Canada Day. I sincerely wish that I could attend the special citizenship ceremony as it will give me an incentive to keep heading towards my goal of becoming a Canadian Citizen.

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GameSetWatch - Super Mario Canstruction Menaces Toronto

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Hundreds of thousands turn out for Toronto's Pride Parade

Hundreds of thousands of people turned out Sunday for the largest, noisiest, most flamboyant and probably happiest Pride Parade in the country.

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Canadian Prime Minister Declines to Attend AIDS 2006

In August, the world’s largest AIDS conference will be held in Toronto, Canada. Some 20 thousand people are expected to attend, but Canada’s prime minister will not be one of them.

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Gay Pride: Part party, part protest

Leather-clad dancers and drag queens in full bloom will march to the beat of their own drum tomorrow — even if the federal Conservatives are trying to call the tune.

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Cellphone pic used to hunt suspect

Police are using a picture from a female passenger’s cellphone camera to track an alleged pervert on Toronto’s subway system.

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At least 5,000 homeless in Toronto

In a report released yesterday, the city estimates at least 5,052 people are without a home, instead living in shelters, on the street, in ravines and parks, health-care facilities or jail.

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Wake up Canada, Terrorism Inevitable

A British counterterrorism expert warned that lax public security in Canada's largest city makes this country easy prey for terrorists increasingly thwarted by the vigilance of other nations around the world.

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Spurs-Raptors Trade: Breaking Down the First Trade of the Offseason

SAN ANTONIO -- Late Wednesday the San Antonio Spurs announced that they had traded center Rasho Nesterovic to the Toronto Raptors in exchange for Matt Bonner, Eric Williams, and a 2009 second draft pick.

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Paris... She Shoots, She Scores!

Ouch. Not a good move on the goalie's part. I mean, he is already having a hard time to earn respect in the NHL. Way to go man! I already did like the way he acted in clubs in Montreal -- I guess people don't change that much.

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Website helps Ontario police solve Toronto cold case

One month after launching a website that includes photos of unidentified corpses, the Ontario Provincial Police have solved the first case by identifying the body of a Toronto teen who died three years ago.

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Environmental watchdog slams Ontario for evading nuclear review

The Ontario Liberals are guilty of an unprecedented violation of the public's right to comment on their new nuclear plan, according to the province's environmental watchdog.

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Couple enjoy astronomical anniversary gift

He studies stars. She investigates genes and disease. But the brainy union of two distinguished Toronto researchers -- John and Maire Percy -- has now been immortalized in space and in stone.

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Did Paris Hilton score with NHL goalie?

"Witnesses say Hilton, 25, chatted and held hands with Theodore, a 29-year-old native of Laval, Quebec, at the Courthouse in Toronto before leaving together. The pair showed up at the Ultra club and partied until the wee hours of the morning."

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CTV Toronto - T.O. third most polite city in the world: survey - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television

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Shaggy Shags On-23 Paycheck Posse in Tow, Shaggy gives the 411 on Hot tubs, Growing up in the Hood, and Canadian Women

One of my favourite interviews of all time was a really wacky exchange with dancehall reggae star Shaggy.

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Edmonton Oilers Rebound - Cup Final Now a One Game Affair

After trailing Carolina for the entire series (unless you count when they were 0-0), the Edmonton Oilers have fought their way to a Game 7 with the Hurricanes. This is big news for many Canadian hockey fans - except for those in Toronto, who seemed to strangely lose interest in  …

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Followup: Campaign For Not So Real Beauty

As it turns out, this campaign is actually a couple of years old. And while it was to sell product, Unilever (Dove's parent company) seems to have taken a novel and unusually honest approach to the issue:

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Nuclear plan skips key green review

TORONTO — The Ontario government has exempted itself from a law requiring a full environmental assessment for its plan to spend up to $83-billion on nuclear plants and fixing the province's aging electricity system.

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Suspects in terror plot claim they were tortured

Many of the 17 males accused of plotting a terrorist attack on Toronto claim they are being tortured at the provincial jail where they have been held since their arrest last weekend.

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Yahoo! Canada : Eight charged in connection with Boxing Day shooting death of Toronto teen

Eight people are facing charges, including second-degree murder, in the shooting death of an innocent teenage girl in Toronto on Boxing Day.

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Eight arrested in Toronto Boxing Day shooting death

Police have arrested eight people in connection with the shootings that killed 15-year-old Jane Creba and injured six others in downtown Toronto on Boxing Day 2005.

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Ontario to build reactors

The provincial government will announce tomorrow that Ontario is embracing more nuclear power plants, sources told the Toronto Star

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