Red curb pilot project to improve traffic flow: Ford
The City of Toronto is now painting select sidewalk curbs red to show motorists where parking is prohibited, Mayor Rob Ford says. “These red curbs will help drivers by making it crystal clear where...
View ArticleCanada’s Olympic red-mittens craze spreads south of the border
The U.S. Olympic Committee is taking a page from the red-mittens craze Canada sparked at the 2010 Vancouver Games. The USOC will start selling its own blue mittens — with the words “Go USA” embroidered...
View ArticleRed tape the final barrier for two Canadians released from Egyptian prison
A relative of one of the two Canadians freed from an Egyptian prison cell says the pair are waiting for paperwork to be cleared up before they can return home. John Greyson’s sister Cecilia says he and...
View Article2 rescued, 5 dead in plane crash at Red Lake in northwest Ontario
A man who survived a plane crash that killed five others in northwestern Ontario managed to pull a woman to safety before flames engulfed the aircraft, provincial police said. The Bearskin Airlines...
View ArticleCanadian Red Cross opens field hospital in Philippines
Gwen Eamer, a Canadian Red Cross worker, said their first patient was a three-month-old baby boy.
View ArticleRed Cross personal support workers to strike Wednesday
More than 4,500 unionized personal support workers, including about 900 in the GTA, are walking off the job on Wednesday morning. Many of them will march from Toronto’s City Hall to Queen’s Park after...
View ArticleNHL dreaming ‘Big’ for Winter Classic
Long before you ever get to work on staging an event this big, you have to be dreaming big. And the NHL has never dreamed quite like this before. Wednesday’s Winter Classic at the University of...
View ArticleLegislation aimed at removing red tape for business coming Wednesday
New legislation aimed at removing outdated regulations that hobble businesses — what Prime Minister Stephen Harper once called “a silent killer of jobs” — will be introduced Wednesday by the federal...
View ArticleRed carpet rolled out for 86th annual Academy Awards
The biggest sign that the entertainment industry’s biggest night isn’t far off is the roll-out of the red carpet for the 86th annual Academy Awards. Shortly after dusk on Tuesday, crews unfurled the...
View ArticleMars One cuts leaves 54 Canadians hoping for one-way mission to the red planet
The number of Canadians in the running for a planned one-way trip to the red planet has been reduced to 54 as Mars One pared down its list of potential worldwide candidates on Monday. The Dutch-based...
View Article‘Revenge of the redheads’: Ginger-haired Montrealers gather in celebration
A crimson tide engulfed a patch of Montreal Saturday at the city’s first-ever gathering of the redheads. The event was organized on Facebook by a ginger-headed Montrealer who wanted to foster a greater...
View ArticleOduya, Kruger help Blackhawks top Wings in opener
Maybe it was the extra rest, or another raucous crowd at the United Center. Maybe it was just the resumption of one of the NHL’s biggest rivalries. Whatever it was, the Chicago Blackhawks finally found...
View ArticleRed Wings beat Blackhawks to take 2-1 series lead
The young Detroit Red Wings have made the mighty Chicago Blackhawks look vulnerable, beating them two straight times to gain an advantage in their last playoff matchup as Western Conference rivals....
View ArticleBlackhawks rally back in third to even Detroit series
Corey Crawford watched a fluttering puck get past his glove — a soft goal if there ever was one — and the Chicago Blackhawks looked as if they were in trouble against the Detroit Red Wings. “I pretty...
View ArticleVideo: Red curbs in Toronto aimed at reducing congestion
Curbs at nine Toronto locations are being painted red as part of a pilot project aimed at warning drivers not to park in those zones and to improve traffic flow.
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