http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/-t1.htm Keep in touch with daily news and give us your perspective Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:29:19 GMT 10 http://i40.tinypic.com/igeq9j.gif http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/-t1.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/governor-general-calm-in-eye-of-storm-t692.htm lalaman Dec 03, 2008 04:30 AM MITCH POTTER EUROPE BUREAU Note: Governor General Michaëlle Jean briefly visited the Republic of Slovenia on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, prior to returning to Canada on the same day. She met with Dr. Danilo Türk, President of the Republic of Slovenia at Brdo Castle. PRAGUE–The eye of Canada's political hurricane passed through the Czech capital yesterday, as Governor General Michaëlle Jean broke her silence with the fate of the government in her hands. Speaking ... Current Events Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:29:19 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/governor-general-calm-in-eye-of-storm-t692.htm#1051 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/governor-general-calm-in-eye-of-storm-t692.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/raptors-fire-coach-sam-mitchell-triano-takes-over-t691.htm lalaman Dec 03, 2008 06:37 PM DOUG SMITH BASKETBALL REPORTER DENVER — Sam Mitchell is out as the head coach of the Raptors. Citing a series of blown double-digit leads and “mental breakdowns” in games this season, team president and general manager Bryan Colangelo fired the 45-year-old Mitchell today, a day after a horrendous 132-93 loss to the Denver Nuggets dropped Toronto to 8-9 on the season. “Some of the things that you were wanting to see out there were just not happening,” ... Current Events Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:24:04 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/raptors-fire-coach-sam-mitchell-triano-takes-over-t691.htm#1050 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/raptors-fire-coach-sam-mitchell-triano-takes-over-t691.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/injured-in-knife-attack-3-year-old-boy-dies-t690.htm lalaman Dec 03, 2008 03:06 PM SUNNY FREEMAN STAFF REPORTER A 3-year-old boy who was stabbed at an Oshawa birthday party Saturday died in hospital today. Nathan Kelly was critically wounded in the stabbing and died at the Hospital for Sick Children this morning, Durham police said. His family has decided to donate his organs to help other children. The family says his mother, Leslie Kelly, who was also stabbed to death during the attack, would have wanted it that way. On Saturday ... Current Events Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:22:08 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/injured-in-knife-attack-3-year-old-boy-dies-t690.htm#1049 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/injured-in-knife-attack-3-year-old-boy-dies-t690.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/etobicoke-man-found-stabbed-to-death-t689.htm lalaman Dec 03, 2008 02:03 PM SUNNY FREEMAN STAFF REPORTERS THANDIWE VELA A man in his 70s has died after a stabbing in Etobicoke. Police responded to the call just after noon at an apartment building on Coin St., in the Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Islington Ave. area. The man was unconscious and not breathing, said Toronto police Const. Tony Vella. Toronto EMS said the man was not taken to hospital. The homicide squad was immediately called in to investigate when evidence found ... Current Events Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:20:56 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/etobicoke-man-found-stabbed-to-death-t689.htm#1048 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/etobicoke-man-found-stabbed-to-death-t689.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/man-says-wife-was-accidentally-shot-during-sex-t688.htm jeffcffx http://www.wlwt.com/cnn-news/18196466/detail.html Man Says Gun Went Off Accidentally "SPRINGFIELD, Ohio -- A Tri-State woman is in critical condition Wednesday after police say her husband shot her while they were having sex. Timothy Havens, 38, told Springfield police he was reaching for something on the nightstand when the pistol went off, hitting his estranged wife Carolyn in the upper chest. Carolyn Havens, 42, is being treated at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. This ... Current Events Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:09:02 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/man-says-wife-was-accidentally-shot-during-sex-t688.htm#1046 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/man-says-wife-was-accidentally-shot-during-sex-t688.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/2-dead-at-birthday-party-t672.htm lalaman Oshawa man shot dead by police after he kills woman, stabs 2 children Nov 30, 2008 04:30 AM Jason Miller Iain Marlow Staff Reporters A birthday party in a south Oshawa townhouse erupted in violence last night leaving two adults dead and two children injured, one critically, police said. Another man was in critical condition. According to neighbours, a man who they say had a history of drug abuse stabbed a woman to death, then stabbed a man in the back of the head before ... Current Events Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:20:16 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/2-dead-at-birthday-party-t672.htm#994 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/2-dead-at-birthday-party-t672.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/york-strike-to-force-course-changes-t671.htm lalaman As York U. dispute hits 14-day mark, staff plan class adjustments Nov 20, 2008 04:30 AM Louise Brown Education Reporter All courses at York University – full-year or half-year – will have to be adjusted in some way now that the strike by teaching and research staff has lasted 14 days, the university has said. Under York's Senate policy, any disruption of classes that lasts 14 days means all classes will require "remediation, adjustments and/or modification," which ... Current Events Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:19:45 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/york-strike-to-force-course-changes-t671.htm#993 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/york-strike-to-force-course-changes-t671.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/shoppers-shoot-each-other-in-us-toy-store-t669.htm lalaman Nov 28, 2008 05:37 PM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM DESERT, Calif.–Two people were shot dead in a crowded toy store on Black Friday in a confrontation apparently involving rival groups, city officials said. Palm Desert Councillor Jim Ferguson said police told him two men with handguns shot and killed each other. Ferguson said he asked police whether the incident was a dispute over a toy or whether it was gang-related. He said police told him they were not going to release further ... Current Events Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:46:34 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/shoppers-shoot-each-other-in-us-toy-store-t669.htm#982 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/shoppers-shoot-each-other-in-us-toy-store-t669.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/wal-mart-worker-trampled-to-death-t668.htm lalaman Shoppers stampede as Long Island store opens Nov 28, 2008 02:27 PM COLLEEN LONG the Associated Press NEW YORK– A worker was killed in the crush today after a throng of shoppers eager for post-Thanksgiving bargains burst through the doors at a suburban Wal-Mart, authorities said. At least four other people were injured, and the store in Valley Stream on Long Island was closed. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in Bentonville, Ark., called the incident a ``tragic situation" ... Current Events Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:45:36 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/wal-mart-worker-trampled-to-death-t668.htm#981 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/wal-mart-worker-trampled-to-death-t668.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/montreal-doctor-one-of-two-canadians-killed-in-mumbai-t667.htm lalaman Nov 29, 2008 12:07 AM Kenyon Wallace Staff Reporters Andrew Chung Michael Moss, a Montreal doctor, has been killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks. He is one of two Canadians among the more than 150 people killed since gunmen first attacked 10 sites across India's financial capital on Wednesday. Foreign Affairs officials in Ottawa confirmed the second Canadian death Friday night. Dr. Ronald Ludman, medical director at the Cavendish Health and Social Services Centre ... Current Events Sat, 29 Nov 2008 05:44:56 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/montreal-doctor-one-of-two-canadians-killed-in-mumbai-t667.htm#980 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/montreal-doctor-one-of-two-canadians-killed-in-mumbai-t667.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/tories-predict-recession-offer-no-stimulus-package-t652.htm lalaman Nov 27, 2008 04:26 PM Les Whittington and Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA – Federal Conservatives delivered tough medicine for politicians and bureaucrats today, proposing to end federal funding of political parties, cap salary hikes and temporarily suspending the right to strike for federal workers. As Canadians confront the economic downturn, the annual economic and fiscal update delivered by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty this afternoon is a bid to show that ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:55:39 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/tories-predict-recession-offer-no-stimulus-package-t652.htm#955 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/tories-predict-recession-offer-no-stimulus-package-t652.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/ctv-cuts-105-jobs-in-toronto-t651.htm lalaman MuchMusic and MTV Canada are worst-hit parts of network Nov 27, 2008 03:22 PM David Friend THE CANADIAN PRESS CTV is cutting about 105 positions, including at least three on-air news personnel, as part of a previously announced plan to tighten its operations to cope with a slumping economy. The changes primarily affect the broadcaster's "music and youth" channels MuchMusic, MuchMoreMusic and MTV Canada, although the CTV news division would also lose some employees, ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:55:00 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/ctv-cuts-105-jobs-in-toronto-t651.htm#954 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/ctv-cuts-105-jobs-in-toronto-t651.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/manslaughter-charge-in-father-s-death-t650.htm lalaman Nov 27, 2008 12:53 PM Carmen Chai Staff Reporter Charges against a 48-year-old man have been upgraded to manslaughter in connection with the death of his elderly father. On Nov. 23, police went to a home on Rathburn Rd. near the West Mall and Hwy. 427, where they found the body of Miksa Fischer, 83. He was the father of five adult children. His wife Carmen, 79, was taken to stay with family. Miksa "Max" Fischer is the city's 66th homicide of the year. His ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:54:03 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/manslaughter-charge-in-father-s-death-t650.htm#953 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/manslaughter-charge-in-father-s-death-t650.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/acid-rain-caused-long-term-damage-to-lakes-study-t649.htm lalaman Nov 27, 2008 04:01 PM Joseph Hall Health Reporter Acid rain, the environmental scourge of the 1980s,has left a bitter and surprising aftertaste in lakes across large parts of North America, a new paper released today by the journal Science suggests. While acidity levels in lakes have been declining over the past two decades, the Canadian led study says that acid rain has left a legacy of aquatic calcium depletions that scientists are terming an "osteoporosis" of the ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:53:43 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/acid-rain-caused-long-term-damage-to-lakes-study-t649.htm#952 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/acid-rain-caused-long-term-damage-to-lakes-study-t649.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/police-bug-missed-murder-order-trial-told-t648.htm lalaman Nov 27, 2008 12:31 PM Peter Edwards Staff Reporter A hidden police recording device didn't pick up the president of the Oshawa Hells Angels approving the murder of a fellow Hells Angel, a Whitby murder conspiracy trial heard. A jury heard audio today from a secret recording made on July 13, 2006 by Steven Gault, a Hells Angel-turned-police-agent, as he spoke on July 13, 2006 with Mark Cephes Stephenson, president of the Oshawa Hells Angels. The conversation took place at Stephenson's ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:53:15 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/police-bug-missed-murder-order-trial-told-t648.htm#951 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/police-bug-missed-murder-order-trial-told-t648.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/benny-krasniqi-found-guilty-of-murder-t647.htm lalaman Nov 27, 2008 03:55 PM Betsy Powell Courts Bureau Arber "Benny" Krasniqi had a history of brandishing a knife at the first sign of trouble. But even as he displayed his violent streak time and time again, police and Crown attorneys appeared to treat him with leniency and indifference, court records show. In the six years before he stabbed 24-year-old Jordan Ormonde to death in a Greek restaurant on the Danforth, police arrested Krasniqi for a spate of violent incidents ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:52:49 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/benny-krasniqi-found-guilty-of-murder-t647.htm#950 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/benny-krasniqi-found-guilty-of-murder-t647.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/physicist-stephen-hawking-accepts-post-at-waterloo-institute-t646.htm lalaman Nov 27, 2008 04:01 PM THE CANADIAN PRESS WATERLOO, Ont. – Canada's profile in the international physics community got a huge boost today as renowned "superstar" cosmologist Stephen Hawking accepted a research post at the country's "crown jewel" of theoretical physics study. Hawking will hold the title of distinguished research chair at the prestigious Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. The role will see him make regular visits to the southwestern ... Current Events Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:52:09 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/physicist-stephen-hawking-accepts-post-at-waterloo-institute-t646.htm#949 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/physicist-stephen-hawking-accepts-post-at-waterloo-institute-t646.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/news-source-t303.htm lalaman The Toronto Star]]> Current Events Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:30:12 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/news-source-t303.htm#491 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/news-source-t303.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/israel-jails-8-jewish-neo-nazis-t302.htm lalaman Nov 23, 2008 12:42 PM REUTERS TEL AVIV–An Israeli court jailed eight Jewish teenagers on Sunday for carrying out neo-Nazi attacks in a case that sparked revulsion in a state that was a haven for Jews after the Holocaust. Tel Aviv District Court Judge Zvi Gurfinkel sentenced the teenagers, aged 16 to 19, to between one and seven years in prison for a "shocking and horrifying" year-long spree of attacks that targeted foreign workers, ultra-Orthodox Jews and homeless men. The ... Current Events Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:27:55 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/israel-jails-8-jewish-neo-nazis-t302.htm#490 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/israel-jails-8-jewish-neo-nazis-t302.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/arrest-made-after-body-found-in-etobicoke-t301.htm lalaman Nov 23, 2008 01:48 PM Stacey Askew STAFF REPORTER Police have made an arrest at the scene where a man was found dead this morning. The body was found around 10:30 a.m. in the area of Rathburn Rd. and the West Mall. Police would not disclose how the man died, but said they are treating the case as a homicide. Police would not say whether a chase was involved in the suspect's capture. It is the city's 66th homicide. Current Events Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:27:20 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/arrest-made-after-body-found-in-etobicoke-t301.htm#489 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/arrest-made-after-body-found-in-etobicoke-t301.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-reconstruction-t298.htm lalaman Fans' nostalgia for band's heyday weighs heavy on new album – heavier, even, than Axl Rose's perfectionism Nov 23, 2008 04:30 AM Ben Rayner Pop Music Critic No matter how well Chinese Democracy ultimately fares upon release today, one thing seems almost certain: W. Axl Rose will not be satisfied. It's common sport right now to speculate on the mental state of the Guns N' Roses frontman who dithered so long on his latest record that most of us had assumed years ago we'd ... Current Events Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:44:22 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-reconstruction-t298.htm#476 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/guns-n-roses-appetite-for-reconstruction-t298.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/boy-15-charged-with-beating-toddler-to-death-t179.htm lalaman Nov 22, 2008 02:44 PM The Associated press SYRACUSE–A Syracuse teenager is charged with murder after authorities say he beat a toddler to death because she had a potty-training accident. Detectives say 15-year-old Anthony Weakfall Jr. spent nearly an hour beating 20-month-old Imani Jennings with a metal rod, a cable cord, bedsprings and his fists before leaving for school on Friday. They say the girl's mother, 18-year-old Cherron Patterson, came home around 3 p.m. and found the ... Current Events Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:53:40 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/boy-15-charged-with-beating-toddler-to-death-t179.htm#270 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/boy-15-charged-with-beating-toddler-to-death-t179.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/child-3-given-to-cas-after-grow-op-busted-t178.htm lalaman Nov 22, 2008 12:01 PM Jesse McLean Staff reporter A three-year-old child has been turned over to children's aid after police seized more than $450,000 worth of marijuana and growing equipment from an Oakville home. The Halton police drug unit received a tip Friday that a house on Sandmere Place, near Rebecca St. and Third Line, was stealing power from a nearby hydro pole. When police arrived at the house later that day, they discovered 747 marijuana plants in the ... Current Events Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:50:14 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/child-3-given-to-cas-after-grow-op-busted-t178.htm#268 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/child-3-given-to-cas-after-grow-op-busted-t178.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/retailers-slashing-prices-early-t177.htm lalaman Consumers 'big winners' as holiday merchandise goes on sale and deals offered on big-ticket items Nov 22, 2008 04:30 AM Dana Flavelle Ann Perry Business Reporters Everything Bessie Stelatos has bought in the last 24 hours was marked down, with the best deal a 70 per cent discount on a pair of suede shoes at Browns Shoes in The Bay store in downtown Toronto. Even though she has a relatively secure job, the school principal from Belleville says she's watching what ... Current Events Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:48:53 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/retailers-slashing-prices-early-t177.htm#267 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/retailers-slashing-prices-early-t177.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/nurse-loses-licence-over-sex-with-patient-t98.htm lalaman Nurse loses licence over sex with patient Nov 18, 2008 12:45 PM PAOLA LORIGGIO STAFF REPORTER 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 this morning. The nurse admitted that "she sexually abused the patient by engaging in sexual intercourse... among other things" during the man's inpatient and outpatient treatment, according ... Current Events Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:58:46 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/nurse-loses-licence-over-sex-with-patient-t98.htm#113 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/nurse-loses-licence-over-sex-with-patient-t98.htm http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/pregnant-man-pregnant-again-t97.htm lalaman Pregnant Man Pregnant - AGAIN?? (JOEL) Hey all... By now you must be living under a rock to not have heard about this pregnant "man." Thomas Beatie was born female but has always thought of himself as a man trapped in a woman's body. With that said, "he" began taking hormones, began to grow facial hair, and had "his" breasts removed - which "he" says was the most "freeing day of my life." Thoughts? He is legally a man now. ... Current Events Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:58:08 GMT http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/pregnant-man-pregnant-again-t97.htm#112 http://lalamanforums.forummotion.com/current-events-f49/pregnant-man-pregnant-again-t97.htm