He will now have to serve a long suspension.

Follow-up: picked by punthe 2 years ago

Last night the Toronto District School Board set back any hopes of racial equality at least 40 years by voting 11 – 9 in favour of opening a publicly funded alternative Africentric school in 2009.

Edit: News version of this story picked by super 2 years ago

Toronto, Chicago and San Francisco will be joining NYC on the next MP3 mission. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Two Toronto professors won the right to smoke medical marijuana.

In an unrelated note, two Toronto professors claim their classes are full and are not admitting any more students....unless they bring some munchies. picked by icepigs 3 years ago

A high school student in Flesherton, about two hours north of Toronto, retrofitted a bug zapper into an electro-shock device -- a Taser, in other words. He found the instructions on the Internet. picked by Mitzuzake 2 years ago

An inflatable space tower tall enough to launch spacecraft has been proposed by Brendan Quine, Raj Seth and George Zhu at York University in Toronto, Canada, according to a New Scientist report. If the tower is built on a suitable mountain peak it could reach an altitude of about 20 kilometers. picked by kakana 5 months ago

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Sometimes it pays to have your own wheels.
Two teenage suspects in a convenience store robbery in Oakville, Ontario, near Toronto, may have made a clean escape had they thought to bring a getaway car along for the heist. picked by mutil8or 2 years ago

Canadian artist Tony Scherman, born in Toronto in 1950, received an M.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, England, in 1974. Since then he has exhibited his works in solo and group exhibitions in North America and Europe. He has also been a visiting critic and lecturer at universities, art colleges and art galleries in North America and Europe. picked by Chez 2 years ago

TORONTO -- Commercial director Joseph Kosinski is in final negotiations to develop and direct "Tron," described as "the next chapter" of Disney's 1982 cult classic. Sean Bailey is producing via the Live Planet banner, as is Steven Lisberger, who co-wrote and directed the original film. picked by gratheo 2 years ago

The reality is that the rate of post-traumatic stress disorder among Toronto transit drivers is approximately 4 times that of police officers. picked by super 2 years ago

The famous movie critic was NOT attacked by a viking, but by another movie critic at the Toronto Film Festival. picked by Wingnut 1 year ago

Meet Wayne Reuben, who hand draws the hundreds of price signs for a Toronto market. picked by suebe 8 months ago

Such is the insane belief of "reverend" Gretta Vospe and her "church" in Toronto. "There is no authoritative Big-Godism" is her description of the church. Hymns, such as Jesus Christ Has Risen Today – Hallelujah have Jesus' name stricken from the lyrics. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Toronto teens are having sex and they want to talk about it. Just not in the way adults want them to.

Instead of just focusing on the biology and dangers of sex, teens want to learn about basic things like healthy relationships: How do I tell a boy I like him? How do I know if I am ready to have sex? picked by bingo 6 months ago

A University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience. picked by stinkobinko 6 months ago

Ferguson, the father of current Toronto Maple Leafs GM John Ferguson Jr., went from being a tough guy on the ice to a powerful man in the executive chair. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Exploding stars that light the way for research on dark energy aren’t as powerful or bright, on average, as they once were, says a new study by University of Toronto astronomers. The study, which compared supernovae in nearby galaxies with those that exploded up to nine billion light years away in the distant universe, found the distant supernovae were an average of 12 per cent brighter. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Peter Cumming, an associate professor at York University in Toronto, presented a paper on children's sexuality at the 78th Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences defending the practice as a modern variation on "playing doctor or spin-the-bottle."
*PETER CUMMING?* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Video in comments. The explosion was HUGE. picked by latueofstiberty 1 year ago