19 h. ago Former MLB prospect to be sentenced for random murder of woman in shopping mall

Marc-André Houle will also be sentenced for assaulting an 86-year-old woman and the theft of a truck.

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19 h. ago Former MLB prospect tells court he doesn't know why he randomly murdered woman in shopping mall

Marc-André Houle, already facing an automatic life sentence with a period of parole ineligibility set at 25 years, will also be sentenced for assaulting an 86-year-old woman and the theft of a truck.

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2 d. ago Ikea closing its small format store at Scarborough Town Centre

TORONTO — Ikea has announced it will close its small format store at the Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall in Toronto sometime early next year. The furniture retailer says shifting consumer behaviour toward online shopping and the limited range of products that could be offered at the smaller store resulted in weaker-than-expected performance. The small […]

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7 d. ago Calgary artist explores dreams, nightmares, doom and hope with In the Garden

Erik Olson’s 2021 oil on canvas Kreuzkerrenech (The Crossroads) is a scene of chaos. There is a screaming woman with a murder of crows swarming around her. Blurred German shepherds hover at the edges of the painting, overtaken by anxiety or menace of both. A small shadowy figure darkens a door and flames shoot out […]

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2 w. ago Another murder charge laid in woman's Southwestern Ontario slaying

Another person is charged with first-degree murder after a Milton woman was found dead in Chatham last year

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2 w. ago New murder charge laid in woman's Southwestern Ontario slaying

Another person is charged with first-degree murder after a Milton woman was found dead in Chatham last year

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2 w. ago Crown upgrades charge to murder in connection with death of woman found by Calgary pathway

Jelisa Maschki was found dead on a Nose Creek Pathway on Dec. 9

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2 w. ago Diplo impressed by Toronto Eaton Centre but then had embarrassing moment in mall

Famed DJ and music producer Diplo recently took a shopping trip to Toronto's Eaton Centre, and while he seemed pretty impressed by the iconic mall, the same can't exactly be said about his reception from shoppers.As Diplo strolled through the Eaton Centre, he took note of the "really nice mall," remarking that the 1977-opened shopping centre must be "new." Casually chatting with his photographer, the man behind the camera pointed out two seemingly random men sitting on a nearby bench and said, "Go back to them… autograph."Without a second thought,  Diplo walked over and signed a booklet that one of the men was reading, but the man quickly snapped it shut and shot him a quizzical look. Embarrassed, the humbled celebrity turned back to the camera, shrugged, and said, "No autograph." @diplo I will never recover from this #electronicmusic #edm ♬ original sound - DiploCalling it an experience "he will never r...

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2 w. ago Greece’s tax revolution harnesses big data and drones to shake off a legacy of crisis

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — With a pristine white exterior, the Greece tax authority’s new headquarters looks out of place on a clogged industrial artery outside Athens. A former shopping mall and ice rink, the building has been overhauled into an ultramodern digital center that has led the rescue of the nation’s ailing finance and tax […]

Economics

2 w. ago Two men charged with attempted murder of woman shot in Markham

The victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the January incident

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3 w. ago MANDEL: Teen killer Melissa Todorovic wins second chance at day parole

To the surprise of no one, teen killer Melissa Todorovic has been granted her second chance at parole. In a decision released Thursday — reserved since her hearing six days earlier — the parole board ruled the woman who orchestrated the 2008 murder of 14-year-old Stefanie Rengel will be released to a halfway house in […]

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4 w. ago MANDEL: Another chance at freedom for woman who ordered teen rival’s murder

Sentenced to life as a teen after convincing her boyfriend to kill a rival, her parole was yanked in 2019 for hiding a secret love triangle

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