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Here's why maple syrup is very good for your health

In this 2007 file photo, a young guest catches a taste at the Bradley Museum Maple Syrup Festival in Mississauga.

JIM WILKES/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO

By Nicole Baute

2010/03/22 17:46:00

Good news for sweet tooths everywhere: that sticky syrup you love to pour on pancakes and waffles is not only bad for you — it might be good for you, too. (5)

Ex-MD kills 8 children in Chinese school

2010/03/23 10:39:00

A former doctor armed with a large knife rampaged outside an elementary school in eastern China, stabbing eight young...

Stimulus cash made little impact: Think tank

2010/03/23 09:12:00 (0)

A think tank says private investment and increased exports led the economic rebound not Ottawa's stimulus packages...

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Married couple on trial for sex assault

2010/03/23 04:30:00

A trial has heard that a man and a woman believe they were drugged and sexually assaulted by a couple they met in a...

Somali-Canadians caught in Alberta’s deadly drug trade

Mohamed Aden holds a photo of his son, Abas Abukar, who was killed in Edmonton on Halloween 2008.

2010/03/22 17:32:00

Somali-Canadians from Ontario are being gunned down at an alarming rate in Alberta. Police blame the drug trade.

Could your family last one year without anything new?

2010/03/22 16:42:00 (11)

Tired of being on the consumption treadmill, Jessica Gabriel’s family took on a challenge, for themselves and the environment: For one year they are...

Charges laid in attack on parking officer

2010/03/23 06:30:00

A man who allegedly punched a parking enforcement officer in Greektown turned himself in to police Monday evening.

China furious as Google leaves mainland for Hong Kong

2010/03/23 04:30:00 (21)

The Chinese government reacted with rage Monday after Internet giant Google announced it would shut down its mainland China search engine.

Warning gives U.S. shock jock Ann Coulter a lift

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter is seen in this 2003 file photo.

2010/03/23 08:09:11 (80)

Even before she opened her mouth for the first of three speeches this week on Canadian soil, American right-wing antagonist Ann Coulter had already...

Ontario should welcome mixed martial arts, says UFC head

UFC president Dana White looks on as welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre of Montreal, left, squares off with challenger Jon Fitch in this August, 2008 file photo.

2010/03/23 09:22:00

UFC president Dana White will visit the Eaton Centre today to remind officials of the popularity of mixed martial arts, which is currently not...

How I was humiliated by a grade-school chess prodigy

Chess champ Daniel Naroditsky, 14, played our reporter with his eyes closed. Guess who won?

2010/03/22 10:53:00

Champion chess player — and Grade 8 student — Daniel Naroditsky played with his eyes closed. I stooped to dirty tricks. It didn't matter.

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Daycare system near collapse, advocates say

2010/03/22 18:48:00 (13)

Subsidies will end, fees will rise and daycares will close if Ontario doesn’t fill a federal funding gap, advocates say.

Rob Ford's bid for mayor will tilt campaign to the right

Councillor Rob Ford is reflected in a mirror while speaking on his cellphone outside his Etobicoke Civic Centre office.

2010/03/22 20:33:00 (35)

Controversial Toronto councillor Rob Ford was called a 'workaholic' as he gears up to take a run at the mayor's chair.

Porter: What I learned at campaign boot camp

2010/03/23 04:30:00 (0)

I went to campaign boot camp this weekend. The aspiring candidates were a knockout. Almost all of them were women.

Cox: Leafs owners not meddling with Burke's team

2010/03/23 00:49:50 (9)

MLSE Chairman Larry Tanenbaum and president/CEO Richard Peddie were once viewed as meddling suits messing up the workings of the Leafs, but you hardly...

How many Home Depots do we need?

2010/03/23 04:30:00 (5)

Independent businesses important to their communities need more incentives to stay open, says a Your City My City blogger.

Cox: Leafs owners not meddling with Burke's team

DON'T KID YOURSELF, BOTTOM LINE IS STILL PROFIT Burk is autonomous but not eternal . He has spent on players but more importantly on the infra... 3RCRPET

Rob Ford's bid for mayor will tilt campaign to the right

Something to consider Within the borders of Toronto, there are no right-wing representatives in both the Ontario... D-guy

Free-speech warning gives U.S. shock jock Ann Coulter a lift

It's started... Texas rewrites history to exclude all non whites; creationism is now fact and bigotry is just fine... jleitch

Stimulus tracker

With the help of readers we're tracking publicly-funded stimulus projects in the GTA. The federal...

Paralympics 2010

All the latest news, views, photos and video about the Vancouver 2010 Winter Paralympics.

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Earth Hour

Energy-saving tips and stories about Earth Hour, a global project to turn out the lights for an hour...

Somali-Canadians caught in Alberta’s deadly drug trade

Somali-Canadians from Ontario are being gunned down at an alarming rate in Alberta. Police blame the drug trade.

Lessons for us in Obama's win

Barack Obama has done more than salvage his presidency by winning the vote for his hard-fought health care reform. He has also reminded Americans – and, by extension, Canadians – that leaders are...

Competition Bureau rips realtors' reform

The Canadian Real Estate Association has implemented new rules that could open up the real estate industry to greater competition. But the federal Competition Bureau says those rules don't go far...

Feschuk: Raptors nearly felled by lowly Timberwolves

Logic suggested that the Raptors should have been capable of slamming the figurative door on the lowly Minnesota Timberwolves last night. Alas, the Raptors turned what might have been a laugher into a...