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Two dead in fire at Ontario retirement home that lacked sprinklers

Deaths on Friday night underscore the need to implement coroner’s inquest’s recommendation to beef up fire safety at seniors’ homes, fire chief says

Calming winds aid Northern Ontario firefighting efforts

Some 800 have been forced to flee cottages, campgrounds and camps in rural areas surrounding the city of 43,000 since the fires began on Sunday

extremes

Career highs, career lows

When does a restaurant critic need danger pay? Read on

evolution

Toronto food trends, by the decade

Forty years of flambés, fusion and franchises

looking ahead

Meet The Globe and Mail’s new restaurant critic

He will fearlessly roam the four corners of the city, munching every step of the way, and he will do it for you

swan song

Joanne Kates signs off after 38 years as the Globe's restaurant critic

Joanne Kates’s first review in the Globe appeared in 1974. In her last, she reflects on how we became a ‘city-state of foodies’

Health care sits top of mind as Ontario wrestles its deficit

McGuinty’s high-profile bid to rein in medical costs has thrust health care onto public radar as No. 1 provincial concern

Marcus Gee

Remarkable Bay Street bird brigade saving tiny lives

Over two decades, FLAP has retrieved 55,000 birds from 164 species, 22 of them listed as threatened. It donates the dead birds to ROM ornithologists

Environment

Bag levy means greenprovement, but councillors still aim to kill fee

It would benefit the community to know where the plastic bag fee is going, says professor, as there’s no consistency among retailers

Hundreds march in Toronto Slutwalk to combat sexual violence

The march began in response to a Toronto police officer telling York students that if they don't want to be raped they shouldn't 'dress like sluts'

worship

With departure of rabbi, Holy Blossom faces its own exodus

John Moscowitz's ouster from the synagogue has raised the ire of some of its high-profile congregants

TTC seeks to increase service this fall as ridership climbs

Report projects a $9-million fare surplus, so transit authority will seek approval to hire more drivers and mechanics

satire

How two property moguls overcame their differences and landed their dream tower

When your non-negotiables include super-fast elevators and auto-flush toilets, the skyscraper is the limit

The Insider

Wouldn’t It Be Nice to attend this Beach Boys’ Party?

Toronto writer Mark Dillon launches book that takes an in-depth look at 50 of the California band’s songs on their golden anniversary

The Hot Ticket

Cavalia’s got equestrians. We’ve got answers

Horse-happy spectacle at Lake Shore East and Parliament

events

The Lineup: May 26 – June 1

The week in events

Ontario gives OK to gay-straight alliances

Education minister says anti-bullying clubs can call themselves GSAs if that’s what they want

Ottawa pledges more than $140-million to establish national park in Rouge Valley

The federal government will spend more than $140-million over a decade to establish Rouge National Urban Park, located in the Greater Toronto Area

Raging wildfire leaves Timmins, Ont. in state of emergency

The city of 43,000 is under a state of emergency and officials are on high alert

Cautious Liberals likely to keep LHINs on life support

Health-care regionalization scheme may prove too controversial to make it through Ontario’s minority Legislature

Transit

A tiny perfect streetcar line is being laid along Cherry Street

Small stretch of track will provide transit to new West Don Lands neighbourhood and the Distillery District

Budgets

Provinces looking to alcohol sales to help budget shortfalls

Despite weak economy Canadians are drinking more, and opting for premium booze when they do

Kirkland Lake on high alert as forest fires threaten Northern Ontario

A forest fire that has been threatening the community of Kirkland Lake in northeastern Ontario appears to be almost out but dangerous hot spots continue to keep the town on high alert.

Ontario’s Court of Appeal bars mental health judges from forcing hospitals to take offenders

Judges had been rebelling against allowing mentally ill accused to end up in jails when hospitals were full

Taxi driver charged in skateboarder’s death released on $200,000 bail

Adib Ibrahimu cannot leave home unaccompanied and had to surrender his passport and driving privileges

Teens inspired by Jack Layton win national essay contest

‘When he published the farewell letter to Canadians, that’s when I fell absolutely in love with him,’ says Mary Faheim of Mississauga who took home the grand prize in A&E contest, although several others also wrote about the NDP leader

Perilous task ahead for sherpas trying to recover climber’s body

For sherpas trying to recover Shriya Shah-Klorfine’s body from Mount Everest, it will be a long, hard job, descending the mountain with her remains tied to a sled, in a controlled slide down steep, icy and snow-covered slopes.

Hélène Campbell vows to keep up advocacy after double lung transplant

Activist grateful to donor family for ‘miracle’ transplant

Inspection blitz of Gardiner Expressway under way

City putting more staff to work checking underside of structure after three incidents of falling concrete; crews will target pedestrian walkways first

Ornge suffering $14.5-million deficit this year, Tories claim

The Progressive Conservatives say new documents show Ontario’s troubled air ambulance service is running a $14.5-million deficit.

Toronto Port Lands revitalization report put off until fall

Deputy city manager dismisses any suggestion the possibility of a casino development was a factor in the delay

Ontario cardiologists warn of mass exit unless fee cuts halted

Health Minister open to talking with heart specialists about at least one of the government’s proposed 37 fee schedule changes

Catholic school board defers naming Ontario’s first ombudsman

TCDSB trustee says move could help repair board’s previous poor image in public accountability

31 Toronto police officers face G20 disciplinary hearings

Some officers are facing more than one hearing

Marcus Gee

Councillor on thin ice over proposed road hockey rules

Could Josh Matlow’s push to remove a ban that’s never enforced have anything to do with political optics?

Elections Canada gambit in robo-calls probe fails

Elections Canada investigators tried, but failed, in a bid to use allegations levelled by Conservative insiders as a means of coaxing more evidence from a former Tory staffer thrust in the spotlight over the Guelph robo-calls scandal.

OUTSOURCING

Liberal budget offloads services in Ontario to private sector

The Ontario government plans to outsource major services to the private sector, including the delivery of birth certificates and driver’s licences

GLOBE EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court is right to hear life-support case

In agreeing to hear the case of a patient on life support, the Supreme Court of Canada can provide much-needed guidance on end-of-life treatment

Man faces second sex charge for not disclosing he’s HIV-positive, police say

Dwane Robert Koltchigin charged with aggravated sexual assault; police fear there are more victims

Ontario First Nations group searches for answers in teen deaths

An Ontario First Nations group has asked the province’s chief coroner for a joint inquest into the deaths of seven aboriginal teens who left their reserves to get an education.

Family of boy killed by TTC bus blames understaffing, poor police planning

Family of Alex Gillespie, who was hit by a TTC bus on August 20, 2010, is suing the TTC and Toronto police for $2-million

Newlywed Liberals, NDP bicker over stalled Ontario budget bill

There appears to be a misunderstanding between the parties over the exact nature of their verbal accord that helped the province dodge a snap election

Canadians killed in Atlantic City stabbing identified as mother and daughter

Ontario residents Po Lin Wan, 80, and Alice Mei See Leung, 47, were stabbed repeatedly in Atlantic City in what appears to be a random attack

Protest unlikely to save unique Schoolhouse shelter

‘Wet’ facility housed in dilapidated 1886 school building is one of a few in the city that allow alcohol consumption on site

Family sues TTC, police in 2010 death of teen

Son was hit by a bus leaving a party on Woodbine Beach

Royal Visit

Torontonians pack in for close encounter with royal couple

Visit is in marked contrast to 2009, when lukewarm reception greeted Charles, Camilla

Lillian McGregor helped natives survive in the city

Aboriginal activist served as University of Toronto’s elder-in-residence

HEALTH CARE FUNDING

Ontario refuses to pay for blind boy's treatment in U.S.

Health review board said equivalent procedure to save two-year-old’s eyes is available in Ontario, but family argues the specialized doctor is not

More concrete falls from Gardiner Expressway

Third time this month the debris has crashed to ground, no one injured

Carroll accuses mayor of not showing up at the office

‘He doesn’t meet with people that want to kill him politically,’ Doug Ford says

'Save me,' Canadian climber told sherpas after being urged to turn back

Personal goals, delays, fatigue, altitude and high winds factor into Toronto woman’s death on world’s highest mountain

Pride grant in limbo as Queers Against Israeli Apartheid plan to march

City council members have discussed withholding Toronto Pride Week’s funding if Queers Against Israeli Apartheid is allowed to march in this year’s parade.

Woman charged with killing Canadian tourists laughed during hearing

Accused woman’s family say she has long suffered from schizophrenia and had been homeless since January

Mayor Ford cancels another weigh-in

Feel-good contest marred by event cancellations, weight gain

Enthusiastic crowds greet royal couple in Toronto

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla attended the Diamond Jubilee Medal ceremony at the Ontario legislature before heading to the Moss Park Armoury and Ryerson University

Prince Charles, Camilla draw a crowd at Toronto park

The royal couple watched a Victoria Day fireworks show in the city’s east end

Neighbours ‘going to war’ over plans for University of Toronto residence

Confidentiality agreement school inked with private developer has put wedge of silence between U of T and community

Soccer extravaganza in limbo as lease holder tussles with council

Owner of Boardwalk Pub believes city’s rejection of event stems from their acrimonious relationship

Man survives 50-metre plunge over Niagara Falls

Witnesses tell police they saw the man, believed to be in his 40s, climbing over a railing at 10:20 a.m. “and deliberately jump.”

Hundreds told to evacuate homes, cottages as forest fire rages in northeastern Ontario

Natural Resources officials say the fire broke out Sunday morning and by Monday had consumed more than 20 square kilometres of forest

Three years later, a Duchess wows the Canadian crowd

Three years after her first royal visit to Canada failed to stir up much excitement, Camilla proves to be a crowd-pleaser this time around

McGuinty’s penchant for consultation raises questions

Premier’s predilection for calling in the experts has turned into a borderline fetish

300-unit YWCA residence opening for low-income women

$80-million building, largest of its kind in a decade, allows low-income and aboriginal women, as well as those suffering from mental health issues to feel like they’re part of a community

Natural history

Bringing national parks to the people

Attendance is down at national parks across the country. And budget cuts threaten to roll back years of ecological development. But the government has a plan: If people are not going to the parks, bring the parks to the people

Man accused of swallowing stolen diamond passes real gem in Windsor, Ont.

Richard Matthews is alleged to have switched a diamond at Precision Jewellers and swallowed the real one

Councillor wants Expo 2025 in Toronto

Kristyn Wong-Tam wants council to vote in June to study the feasibility of making a bid

Miss Universe

No crown for transgendered Miss Universe Canada contestant

The first-ever transgendered contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title.

satire

Putting the Victorian back in the Victoria Day weekend

Attention citizens of Old York! Seeing as you live in the most righteously WASPish city in the only country in the world to celebrate the birth of Queen Victoria – shouldn’t the Victoria Day weekend be commemorated with a little more, well, Victorian behaviour? Here’s how:

traffic

A better long weekend, starting behind the wheel

Don’t hate the smug people who have attained a stress-free cottage commute – become one

At last the whistle's been blown on the G20 carnival of police excess

This week’s scathing report by Ontario’s independent police watchdog concluded that the police used excessive force during the G20 protests, that the mass arrests were unlawful and that there were numerous breaches of constitutional rights. And, indeed, the G20 was a weekend of excess in every way

Italian senator accused of embezzlement built palatial Toronto villa

Luigi Lusi and his Canadian-born wife sent cash to Ontario company administered be her brother to pay for Toronto mansion

Green Spaces

Mike Holmes to rebuild High Park playground’s wooden castle

Reconstruction of structure set ablaze two months ago will be filmed as part of TV series

MARCUS GEE

Lawn chemicals ban means Toronto’s public spaces are going to seed

The grass in city parks is losing the battle as weeds move in

Globe Editorial

Plastic-bag levy raises awareness

More retailers should direct the revenues to good causes

centennial

Meet the man who shaped 20th-century Toronto

A bold, forward-thinking public-works official, he was responsible for some of our most iconic structures

film; cinema; movies; toronto

360 Screenings are so much bigger than surround sound

Unique locations and costumed actors contribute to a completely immersive cinematic experience new to Toronto

The Insider

Twist an arm for charity

No wrist, no reward

events

The Lineup: May 19 – 25

The week in events

art

Illustrator finds beauty in Toronto’s back alleys

Michael Cho’s sketches of sun-dappled or snow-dusted corners of the city reveal memorable images in forgotten places

Residents receive automated calls after judge throws out election results

Parties are already preparing for a possible federal by-election in an Ontario riding after a defeated Liberal MP successfully challenged Elections Canada’s handling of local balloting during last year’s federal vote.

Toronto police chief vows to pursue charges against G20 officers

Blair also commits to incorporate lessons learned at G20 into procedures, training and future responses

Our Time to Lead

A Canada of 100 million: Better served, better defended

We need to recognize the fact that Canada does not have enough people, given our dispersed geography, to form the cultural, educational and political institutions necessary to have a leading role in the world

TTC bus driver charged with careless driving

Police say the bus driver braked suddenly and people fell to the floor; nine people sent to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries

Father, stepmom face upgraded 1st-degree murder charges in Brampton boy’s death

Ten-year-old Shakeil Boothe was found without vital signs at a Brampton home last year and was declared dead a short time later

Lawyers for terror suspects slam federal move to skip preliminary hearings

Federal prosecutors unexpectedly decided that Misbahuddin Ahmed, Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh and Khurram Syed Sher will go directly to trial in Ontario Superior Court

Ford cheered for surprise appearance at anti-homophobia event

Mayor makes first public demonstration of support for Toronto’s gay community

The site of GTA casino down to four possibilities

OLG eying downtown Toronto, Mississauga, Markham or Richmond Hill for new gambling facility that would bring a new source of revenue for province

Diamond in the rough: Windsor police wait for suspected thief to pass swallowed jewel

It’s been nearly a week since Richard Mackenzie Matthews is alleged to have switched a diamond and swallowed the real one

Bruce Anderson

Mulcair’s oil-sands musing risks halting NDP momentum

Decrying Alberta’s resource as what’s wrong with Canada’s economy is not a winning strategy

Mean streets: Motorists boil over ‘in the age of rage’

Why do some drivers lose their cool when they’re behind the wheel?

Ontario electronics recycler chose price over performance, critics say

Organization in charge of electronics recycling put cost-cutting in favour of performance

Friends hold vigil for slain skateboarder

Ralph Bissonnette described a generous, gentle person

Independent Police Report

Report critical of G20 tactics, Chief Blair defensive

Toronto’s top cop admitted ‘things could have been done differently and therefore better’

Predators

Invasive snakehead fish found in B.C. park lagoon

Voracious predator could be big threat to native aquatic populations

Breaking barriers

Canada’s only registered male midwife knew his calling all along

Canada’s only registered male midwife was present for the birth of his baby brother, helped cut the cord, and found his vocation, at four years old