Subscriber Winter Vacation Restart Promotion
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(1) Agreement: These rules, (the %26quot;Contest Rules%26quot;), govern the Toronto Star Subscriber Winter Vacation Restart Promotion (the %26quot;Contest%26quot;). Before entering the Contest, each entrant must review and be subject to the Contest Rules. No purchase is necessary to enter the Contest. The act of entering the Contest constitutes acceptance of the [...]
16-year-old gunned down in doorway of his home
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Keyon Campbell was playing video games with friends when his mom asked him to warm up the car for her.It was late, about –10C and she wanted to drive the boys home.
Seconds later, the 16-year-old was gunned down in his doorway, car keys in hand.
Campbell stumbled back inside and collapsed in the hallway around 1:20 [...]
Rios trade talk is a sign of the baseball times
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A few years back, J.P. Ricciardi was yakking with some baseball writers and tossed out a hypothetical: Would you trade Vernon Wells for Mark Prior?Don’t misunderstand. Ricciardi wasn’t working on that mega-deal, or even considering it. His comment was off-hand, in a Ginger-or-Mary Anne kind of way, about the theory of such a star-for-starter trade.A [...]
Holiday Shopping | Five-star game choices
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CRYSIS (EA)Exclusively on: Windows PCEntertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) rating: Mature (17+); blood, strong language, violence.For the hardcore PC gamer, buy Crysis. Period. The game single-handedly proves three key points about the games industry:One, the world really does need another sci-fi, shooter extravaganza, but only if everything about it is top-shelf – graphically super-sumptuous, wickedly [...]
On: Holiday Events
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This Week
Music The Andy Kim Christmas Show3 is a classic variety entertainment show with guests like Barenaked Ladies, Raine Maida, Ron Sexsmith, Sean Cullen, Gowan and others. Wed. 7 p.m., 19+ ($25 at 416-870-8000). Mod Club, 722 College St.Bishop Strachan School celebrates it 140th anniversary at its annual Festival of Carols concert Mon. 7:30 p.m. [...]
entertainment What& 39;s On: Clubs
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Alleycatz (2409 Yonge St. 416-481-6865): Groove Matrix tonight; DLD Band Fri.; Prime Time Band Sat.; open stage jam with the Enzo Band every Sun.; Whitney Smith %26#38; C Berardinucci Quintet every Tues.; Jasmin Bailey %26#38; Co. every Wed.Artful Dodger (10 Isabella St. 416-964-9511): [...]
entertainment What Holiday Events
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This Week
Music The Canadian Tenors (Victor Micallef, Remigio Pereira, Fraser Walters and Jamie McKnight) perform their Christmas show with guests actor Yvan Pedneault and Italian soprano Giorgia Fumanti. Fri. 8 p.m. ($65-$125 at 416-872-1111). Winter Garden Theatre, 189 Yonge St.Cantores Celestes Women’s Choir presents !ESPiRITU!, an evening of seasonal music and song in the Latin [...]
Sports Blue Jays mailbag
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Baseball columnist Richard Griffin answers your Blue Jays questions every Wednesday. This week: trading for pitching, catcher questions and, uh, trading for pitching. Q: Richard, Considering the Jays outstanding drafting of the past 4-5 years (yes this is sarcasm) why aren’t they thinking of taking some of the money they’re banking from the loonie’s rise [...]
Voices: Lou Marsh Trophy
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We asked you for your thoughts on who deserves this year’s Lou Marsh
Trophy awarded to Canada’s top athlete of the year. Here’s a look at
some of your responses sent it before Sidney Crosby was named Canada’s
top athlete.I choose John Grant Jr., the lacrosse player. He currently holds the championship titles in both lacrosse leagues (MLL [...]
Acts of Kindness Please, sit down
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Small things can often mean a great deal. If you’d like to tell us
your story, please use the form on the right side of this page.
In March 2007, I traveled to Toronto by GO train to take my 3-year-old daughter to an appointment at The Hospital for Sick Children.
While waiting for our train [home] at [...]
