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Jun 9, 2011

THE TORONTO STAR News, Jun 09, 2011


NEWS | GTA

Updated: Photos: Picking up the pieces after storm rattles GTA

Helal Chowdhury gestures outside his home a day after a brief but violent windstorm felled a tree and hydro wires into their Park St. home.
A short but violent storm tore through Toronto June 8, downing trees, hyrdro wires, knocking out power, and putting on a show of rain and hail. (June...

SPORTS | NHL

Updated: The Canucks are reeling. What would you do?

Raffi Torres sits dejected on the bench next to teammates Alex Burrows, left, and Maxim Lapierre during Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final in Boston. The Bruins won the game 4-0 to even the best-of-seven series 2-2.
Outscored 12-1 in two losses in Boston, the Canucks need to rediscover their mojo quickly. What advice would you give the team for Game 5?(30)

NEWS | WORLD

Inspired by Toronto, SlutWalk makes it all the way to New Delhi

Umang Sabarwal is organizing India's first Slut Walk in New Delhi, inspired by Toronto's event.
‘Things are getting worse in Delhi for women and we haven’t been doing anything about it,’ says SlutWalk organizer Umang Sabar (16)

LIVING

The secret life of cats

A two-year study that painstakingly  tracked a group of house and feral cats  revealed unexpected patterns in their activities.
For his Master’s thesis, Jeff Horn strapped radio transmitters to 42 owned and unowned cats and tracked them for two years.

LIVING

First zombies, then monsters, now Jane Austen meets . . . lust

“She did hint at things,” says the erotic author of Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts. “But at the time she wrote, they were things she couldn’t say.”

HEALTHZONE | MIND & MOOD

Self-inflicted injuries send more than 17,400 Canadians to hospital each year

The rate of people committing suicide or going to hospital after deliberately harming themselves is higher than the rate of patients hospitalized for...

OPINION | EDITORIALOPINION

Why did she do it? Senate page explains throne speech protest

Senate page Brigette DePape, holding a sign reading "Stop Harper," is led from the Senate chamber during the reading of the throne speech last week. (June 3, 2011)
Senate page explains her throne speech protest against the Harper government. (374)

PHOTOS

Photos: A nest of Robins, from eggs to empty nest

Where's mother?
Our call for our photos of wildlife has taken a life of its own. Here's one family's story.

NEWS | GTA

City departments told to cut budgets by 10%

City departments that struggled to meet directives to slash five per cent of their annual budgets are now being ordered to double that, for a total cut equivalent to Toronto’s entire parks and recreation budget. (27)

NEWS | CANADA

Get your house in order, RCMP told. Again

The RCMP is struggling to clear backlogs in forensic tests and criminal record checks at the expense of combating organized crime and drug enforcement...

NEWS | CANADA

Anti-police march in Montreal turns ugly

Demonstrators solemnly marched past the site of a tragic shooting where two people — including an innocent bystander — were killed by... (3)

YOURHOME | REAL ESTATE

Mark Wahlberg buys $12M Yorkville penthouse

Actor Mark Wahlberg has uncorked one-of-a-kind luxury by purchasing an exclusive, 4,600-square-foot penthouse at 36Hazelton, which comes with a $12M...

MONEYVILLE | FEATURES

How the number 300 could kill your loan application

If you’re goal is to buy a home or car, rent an apartment, or ask for a loan from the bank, you need to know what your credit score is. (9)

MONEYVILLE | INVESTING

My annual return over 8 years? Half a percent

Our Money Mistakes series continues with a hard lesson on the difference between stock picking and investing. (1)

LIVING

Swimming in a cup of Earl Grey: The teeny tiny art that went viral

"Greta and her pals were at an age where they preferred the ride at the banana hills more than the pineapple fields."
The photographer who created the series credits a Toronto-based website for the popularity of his work.

NEWS | WORLD

India’s Picasso dies in self-imposed exile at age 95

M.F. Hussain, pictured in this June 7, 2007 file photo, had lived in Dubai since 2006 after receiving death threats from Hindu hard-liners in India for a nude painting of a woman shaped like India’s map. He died at aged 95 on Thursday.
CNN-IBN TV quoted a friend, Arun Vadehra, as saying that Hussain died at the Royal Brompton hospital in London.

NEWS | CANADA

'Devastated' family faces deportation over son's autism

A South Korean family living in New Brunswick is facing deportation because Citizenship and Immigration Canada has decided their autistic son will... (20)

ENTERTAINMENT

Google alert: Les Paul-themed doodle lets you play, record songs

Google has turned their home page into a miniature recording studio on honour of the jazz and country guitarist’s 92nd birthday. (0)

NEWS | GTA

Fed up with sidewalks being ripped up everywhere? So is the city

A stretch of Dundas St. W. that's been a construction zone for years was almost finished. Until Enbridge said it needs to rip it up again.(21)

BLOGS

Royals Watch: Kate's bank account hacked, says MP

Kate Middleton’s name has been drawn into the widening phone-hacking scandal in Britain.

NEWS | CANADA

Two die in underground accident at Sudbury mine

Greater Sudbury police and the Ontario Ministry of Labour are investigating after two workers were killed at the Stobie Mine on Wednesday night.

ENTERTAINMENT

Snoop Dogg, Colin Farrell coming to MMVAs

Show performers include Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Avril Lavigne and City and Colour.

WHEELS

Updated: Child in car on hot day: What was mom thinking?

On a blistering hot day, Lorraine Sommerfeld's sister found a little girl alone in a locked car at a Burlington Plaza.

NEWS | CANADA

Canadian stabbed to death in Mexican resort town

Leonard Francis Schell, a 62-year-old satellite TV installer, died May 30, local news outlet Noticias de Nayarit said. It quoted the state attorney...

ENTERTAINMENT

Photos: NKOTBSB take over the ACC

New Kids On The Block and the Backstreet Boys make their entrance during Wednesday night's concert at the Air Canada Centre.
Photos from Wednesday night's NKTOBSB concert. The New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys play a second show Thursday night at the ACC.
Australian abstract artist Aelita Andre is taking the international art world by storm — an impressive feat for any young artist, especially when you...
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