Get ready for documentarymania! The Annex's century-old movie institution has been made over and is officially ready for its closeup. The docs come fast and furious starting March 12.
Canada's next cardinal is using Skype to reach out to some of his youngest fans.
Greater Toronto and Golden Horseshoe area media report on public transit issues today. Greater Toronto Area BlogTO post, New poll shows Toronto divided on subway plans , here . BlogTO post, Rob Ford's approval rating takes a dive after transit vote , here . CBC News Toronto report, Fords plan Save Our Subways' campaign , here . CP24 report, Group tries to rob TTC collector at gunpoint , here . Ford For Toronto post, Ford in decline: The populist mayor is unpopular , here . Globe and Mail column, Mayor Ford's sacred cars become his cash cow , here . Globe and Mail article, Doug Ford hatches public campaign to save Mayor's subway plan , here . InsideToronto.com article, Station design unveiled to York residents , here . National Post article, Save Our Subways': Fords hope public will sway transit decision , here . National Post article, Posted Toronto political panel: Rob Ford derailed by subway debate , here . National Post article, Information booth: Why are TTC escalators always out of service? , here . Newstalk 1010 report, Ford to send SOS' to Queen's Park , here . NOW article, Fords stuck on subways , here . NOW article, Time to shift gears for Rob Ford , here . Spacing Toronto post, An endless loop of playing politics with transit , here . Steve Munro 's post, Metrolinx Meeting Preview for February 2012 , here . Steve Munro 's post, Russell Carhouse Track Construction Plans , here . The Grid article, Showing Rob Ford up in Scarborough , here . Torontoist post, Poll Position: More Residents Disapprove than Approve of Rob Ford as Mayor , here . Toronto Life 's Daily Informer post, Rob Ford's beloved Sheppard subway wastes more experts' time , here . Toronto Star article, Mayor Ford's executive committee pushes ahead with subway expansion dream , here . Toronto Star column, Gordon Chong's subway debate comes too late , here . Toronto Star column, The Fixer: Broken TTC sign points to a lack of concern about appearances , here . Toronto Sun article, Ford continues subway fight , here . Toronto Sun column, We can easily afford subways , here . Town Crier article, Service cuts to TTC routes now in effect , here . Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe gokw.org post, GO train initial ridership numbers - 150 people per day ride the train from Kitchener and Guelph stations , here . Guelph Mercury post, Guelph bus driver alleged victim of spitting incident , here . Kitchener Post article, Council endorses private LRT operation , here . Kitchener Post editorial, The buck stops here , here . Kitchener Post column, Boring but effective , here . Orangeville.com article, Ridership increase for Orangeville Transit , here . TriTag.ca post, Regional updates , here .
Tony Parker scored 34 points and had 14 assists as the San Antonio Spurs extended their winning streak to nine games with a 113-106 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Jose Calderon had 16 points and 11 assists for Toronto (9-22), which lost its fourth game in a row.
Can Justin Trudeau recover his credibility after the separatist stumble? Michael Taube weighs in on that and more.
Look outside your province for a moment. Sun Media wants to know how we see those who live in the other corners of our nation.
Two defeated candidates in last September's Ward 5 by-election have been accused of not fully reporting their campaign expenses.
The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders have lost only once this season in varsity girls' hockey action, yet they still find themselves in a tight race for one of the final Peel high school tier I playoff spots.
HOUSTON - Kevin McHale had a talk with Kevin Martin late Tuesday night after he went scoreless for the first time in six years and was relegated to the bench for most of the second half of a loss to Memphis. It looks as though the Houston Rockets' first-year coach got through to his star. Martin tied a season high with 32 points, including the winning free throws with 23.6 seconds remaining, to lead the Rockets to a 96-95 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. Before the game McHale recounted the discussion they had Tuesday night. We've got to do a better job of trying to get you going, but you've got to do a good job of getting yourself going, too, McHale said he told Martin. I did it for a lot of years and it's incumbent on you to go out there and get yourself going. Martin took his advice to heart. When it comes to NBA basketball, we're both pretty smart, (but) he might be a little smarter than me, Martin said. So I was listening a little bit more and it was just a great conversation especially after the last week has gone. It was a conversation we needed to have. Kevin Durant missed three shots in the last 16 seconds and Houston finally grabbed the rebound on the last miss to secure the win. Goran Dragic missed a pair of free throws for Houston after that, but the Thunder didn't have time to get down the court for another shot. I got where I wanted to get, I just missed the shots, Durant said. That's what happens. Guys can't expect you to make every shot at the end or you're setting yourself up for failure. Martin didn't score in the fourth quarter until his free throws for the win. It's not even about points, he said. Yesterday, we got beat and I was over there sitting and that wasn't pleasant. So tonight it was good to be out there and it was a total team effort. Thunder coach Scott Brooks was disappointed with his team's 21 turnovers and its work on defending Martin. We did not have a handle on him all game, Brooks said. He was aggressive, attacking our defenders and we didn't do a good job on Kevin. Durant led the Western Conference-leading Thunder with 33 points and Russell Westbrook added 26 points. Houston got 15 points from Luis Scola and 14 from Chandler Parsons. Kyle Lowry, who finished with 11 points, cut the lead to 95-94 with a putback layup with about a minute left. Durant missed a jump shot on the other end to give Houston the ball back and set up Martin's free throws. Houston led by five points before Oklahoma City scored seven straight - capped by a monster dunk by Durant to take an 89-87 lead with six minutes left. He had another dunk soon after that before his alley-oop layup had Oklahoma City up 93-92 about two minutes later. Durant has scored 25 points or more 13 times against the Rockets in his career. James Harden, who had 17 points, scored Oklahoma City's first seven points of the fourth quarter and the teams were tied at 80 after his layup with about nine minutes remaining. The teams exchanged the lead several times in the third quarter before Houston made it 73-70 with a three-point play by Martin, who had 15 points in the quarter. He banked on off-balance shot while being fouled by Durant and hit the free throw. Courtney Lee sank two free throws after that, but Durant found a wide-open Reggie Jackson for a three-pointer at the end of the quarter to cut Houston's lead to 75-73 entering the fourth quarter. Players from both teams got technical fouls in the third quarter. Kendrick Perkins got one when he linked his arm in Scola's to try and slow his path to the basket with about five minutes left in the quarter. Lowry got one about 1 1/2 minutes later when he got tangled up with Serge Ibaka while trying to get a rebound. Martin cooled down in the second quarter after his hot shooting first quarter and the Thunder finally got their offence going. The Rockets were up by 18 points early in the second quarter before Oklahoma City went on an 8-0 run to close the gap to 31-21 less than 10 minutes before halftime. Oklahoma City went on a 10-2 run capped by a three-pointer by Durant after that to get within 35-31 about five minutes later. The Thunder tied it at 42-42 when Samuel Dalembert was called for goaltending on a shot by Durant with a minute left in the first half. Martin then scored his only points of the second quarter with a three-pointer seconds later to put Houston back on top 45-42. Martin got going early in this one, with his first basket coming on a jump shot with nine minutes left in the first quarter that made it 6-0. A pair of three-pointers later in the quarter gave him 10 points, pushed Houston's lead to 18-6 and had a rowdy group of fans chanting his name. Parsons hit a three-pointer with about three seconds left in the first quarter to leave the Rockets up 29-13 entering the second period. Martin scored 28 points against Golden State on Sunday, but has struggled in his three other recent games. His 12 first-quarter points were double what he'd scored in those three outings. Notes: Thunder G Thabo Sefolosha missed his 10th straight game with a sore right foot. Daequan Cook started in his place for the eighth straight time. ... Houston went 3-3 on the six-game road trip that ended Monday. ... Oklahoma City is 2-1 against Houston this season.
After a mostly dreadful performance in Calgary on Monday that lengthened a season-high losing streak to four games, the Leafs bounced back with a great start and a better finish Wednesday night at Rexall Place
Tony Parker scored 34 points and had 14 assists as the San Antonio Spurs extended their winning streak to nine games with a 113-106 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday. Jose Calderon had 16 points and 11 assists for Toronto (9-22), which lost its fourth game in a row.
A memorial service was held Wednesday evening for nine agricultural workers from Peru who were killed last week in a horrific crash in southwestern Ontario.
One of the paramedics who waited in his ambulance while a Toronto man lay dying of a heart attack testified that fear for his safety, not a civic workers’ strike, delayed his response
Residents in the riding of Toronto-Danforth have been receiving cards in the mail from Bob Rae stating, “We want the Liberals, We want you back, Elect Grant Gordon.” A recent Forum poll suggests otherwise
The wood oven has made a major splash in Toronto with the rise of traditional Neapolitan pizza joints and authentic barbecue establishments. But, naturally, the smokey char imparted by such a cooking method suits more than just pizza and ribs. Proof of this can be found at this restaurant, one of the city's most consistently popular since it opened in 2010. Read my review of Woodlot in the restaurants section.
The forecast for the next few days strays little from the forecasts that have been delivered in the past few weeks: a little snow, a little warmth and zero snowbanks of any note along downtown Toronto streets
In response to a U.S. report blaming CN for a deadly 2009 train derailment, Canada's largest railway operator says it has already implemented changes to prevent such accidents from happening again.
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