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Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'canadianpress'

July 12, 2007

"Honest Ed" Mirvish dies at 92. As the man himself would say: He may be gone, but his bargains sure aren't. Torontoist's obituary for him can be found here. Details on the funeral are here. Toronto police board still making up its mind about whether or not to approve Tasers. Insert bad joke about "shocking" here if you want to pretend that you are actually listening to Humble and Fred rather than reading Torontoist. New......

Continue Reading "RIP Honest Ed, City Versus OMB On Condos, And Wanna Cheap Xbox?"

March 29, 2005

Alonzo Mourning apologized to Raptor fans yesterday, saying he’s sorry if he got their hopes up following his inclusion in the deal that sent Vince Carter packing. Mourning, who came out of retirement following a 2003 kidney transplant, said he wanted to play for a championship-caliber team. His return to Miami, where he had his best years as a pro, may in-fact allow him to achieve his long awaited goal. Depsite the fact that the......

Continue Reading "The Canadian Press is All Confused"

March 8, 2005

Early this morning police arrested a man wielding two knives at the corner of Yonge and Wellesley. But the arrest was far from normal, police could not subdue the man and had to pin him to a bike rack using a police cruiser, here's the video. Bet they didn't teach you that at the academy. Bystanders were apparently calling for police to taser the man which raised questions about why Toronto police were not all......

Continue Reading "To Taser or not to Taser"

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