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ARCHITECTURE REVIEW

Dec 4, 2008 9:28 AM CST

Toronto Opens Gehry's Sober Masterpiece

Art Gallery of Ontario eschews wild curves for spare, light-filled spaces

(Newser) - Frank Gehry has lived in Los Angeles for decades, but the celebrity architect was born and raised in Toronto. On the eve of his 80th birthday, his hometown has opened its first Gehry building: the new Art Gallery of Ontario, in Toronto's Chinatown. Gehry's renovated museum, which displays a...

Splitting Bills With Toronto Key to Revitalized Buffalo

OPINION

Nov 17, 2008 2:12 PM CST

Splitting Bills With Toronto Key to Revitalized Buffalo

Sharing of football team could give boost to both cities

(Newser) - The Bills’ loss in the 1967 AFL championship game began the downfall of the football team and the city of Buffalo itself, native Gregg Easterbrook writes in the Atlantic, and he suggests looking north to turn everything around. Adding affluent Toronto (100 miles away) as a second “home” city...

Canada Terror Camp
Video Surfaces

Sep 20, 2008 5:38 AM CDT

Canada Terror Camp Video Surfaces

Footage shows masked men receiving weapons training in snowy rural Ontario

(Newser) - A video of an alleged terrorist training camp linked to 11 suspects accused of plotting terror attacks in Canada has surfaced online days before a verdict against one of them is due, the Toronto Star reports. A lawyer for the men complained that the video—which features men in a...

Oasis Star Attacked on Stage

Sep 9, 2008 4:00 AM CDT

Oasis Star Attacked on Stage

Man storms the stage at Toronto gig, shoves Gallagher brother into speakers

(Newser) - A rogue fan attacked Oasis star Noel Gallagher during a concert in Toronto, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The man raced onto the stage and violently pushed the guitarist down into speakers as the band played What's the Story, Morning Glory? Gallagher's brother Liam and the band's bodyguards rushed the...

A-Rod's
Ex-Agent
Plays Peacemaker

Jul 14, 2008 11:11 AM CDT

A-Rod's Ex-Agent Plays Peacemaker

Couple meets in Toronto as Cynthia brings daughter to see Yankees star

(Newser) - Scott Boras, fired by Alex Rodriguez over the winter, is trying to play peacemaker between the Yankees star and his estranged wife, the New York Daily News reports. Boras met with the couple over the weekend in Toronto, where Cynthia Rodriguez had brought daughter Natasha, 3, to visit her father....

Death, Illness on Canada Train Not Related

UPDATED

May 9, 2008 4:39 PM CDT

Death, Illness on Canada Train Not Related

Woman who died on Via Rail not infectious; quarantine to be lifted

(Newser) - Canadian authorities are set to lift the quarantine on a train en route from Vancouver to Toronto after determining that the 60-year-old passenger who died aboard earlier today "most likely did not have an infectious disease," CTV reports. Ten other passengers came down with flu-like symptoms; "we...

Spice Girls Cut Short Tour

Feb 5, 2008 7:18 AM CST

Spice Girls Cut Short Tour

Concerts kaput in four countries

(Newser) - Cape Town, Buenos Aires, Beijing, and Sydney will be spared the Spice Girls' reunion concert tour. The brief reunion of the all-girl group will really really end in Toronto February 26. The Spice Girls cited family commitments as the reason, but previous reports suggested lack of interest in some cities...

Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

Dec 24, 2007 2:10 PM CST

Oscar Peterson Dies at 82

Jazz virtuoso known for quickness at the keyboard

(Newser) - Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died last night at his home near Toronto from kidney failure, CBC News reports. He was 82. The Canadian musician made hundreds of recordings, won seven Grammys, and played alongside greats like Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald. "The world has lost the...