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City scores a win in tax war
John Spears  
A decision that sliced hundreds of millions of dollars from the property tax assessments of Toronto's biggest office towers can be appealed, a court has ruled.
Jane and Dundas fires suspicious, police say
Adrian Morrow  
Police are investigating a series of suspicious fires in the area of Jane and Dundas streets overnight, culminating in a blaze that destroyed a garage and caused $125,000 in damage.
30 years later, $215,000 for officer's sex assault
Betsy Powell  
The Toronto Police Services Board has been ordered to pay Marian Evans $215,000 – plus her legal costs – after she sued for an "outrageous and despicable sexual assault" committed by ...
On the front lines with the ETF
Michele Henry  
With lights flashing and sirens blaring, Toronto's Emergency Task Force takes on the city's most perilous missions.
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Suspect in fatal hit-run gets bail
Jim Wilkes  
A Brampton taxi driver has been released on $51,000 bail after his arrest in the weekend hit-and-run death of Mandeep Bhagtana.

Muslim beauty queen tells of racism, survival
Stuart Laidlaw  
Asli Bayram knows the urge to hide, fearful of those outside who might hurt her, and too afraid to do anything that might get her noticed.

A caution about calls that don't add up
Joe Fiorito  
My pal Frank tucked into a plate of penne in the staff room. He is a math teacher at a very good west-end high school and the penne came with some zucchini frittata and a cold crisp salad.

Czech minister blasted by Roma
Lesley Taylor  
Flanked by diplomats and aides, the Czech minister for human rights sat in a King St. and Jameson Ave. community centre last night and tried to learn how Canadian multiculturalism works.

Nurse loses licence over affair with patient
Paola Loriggio  
A nurse formerly employed at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health will lose her licence after she admitted to having sex with a patient while she worked there, a disciplinary panel ruled yesterday.

Mother, son hit crossing road
Precious Yutangco  
A mother and her 9-year-old son remain in critical condition after they were struck by two vehicles last night.

DNA from 2 other men was on gun, court told
Peter Small  
DNA on the grip of a firearm carried by a young man accused of murdering Jane Creba matches that of two other men, but not the accused, his trial was told yesterday.

Teen charged in boy's kidnapping
Precious Yutangco  
An 18-year-old from Everett, Ont., faces charges of kidnapping, sexual assault and threatening to kill a 9-year-old Brampton boy who was abducted on his way to school.

Festival features movies made for cellphones
Nick Aveling  
Tonight's Mobifest aims to elevate cellphone video to the level of art.

Scramble relay sparks canine confusion
Jack Lakey  
A lot of people in downtown Toronto seem to be barking mad, but that's no reason to order them to walk like a dog.

Students flood food bank
Kenyon Wallace  
Ashley Mathew scans the shelves at Ryerson University's community food room and reaches for a Tetra-pak of orange juice.

Irate retailers protest loss of parking spaces
Vanessa Lu  
Angry Islington Ave. retailers yelled at city councillors yesterday after they refused to reopen a debate over parking in their strip malls.