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Sat, 24 Sep 2022 16:20:00 EDT
Hurricane Fiona: Military to be deployed to Nova Scotia to assist recovery; As storm hits Newfoundland, woman is rescued after being washed away; Damage in eastern Quebec
RCMP Cpl. Jolene Garland said police were also investigating reports that a second woman had been swept into the Gulf of St. Lawrence under similar circumstances, but the Mountie said the status of that woman had yet to be confirmed.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 07:35:00 EDT
Hurricane Fiona washes away homes, people in Newfoundland, wreaking havoc across Atlantic Canada: ‘You could hear the windows literally shaking’
Brian Button, the mayor of Port aux Basques, N.L., said some local homes are now gone amid high winds and surging water levels.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Foreign students face a wave of rental ripoffs — as landlords illegally demand up to six months’ rent upfront
‘They’re basically being extorted.’ Scams and illegal demands by agents and landlords are harming Toronto’s post-secondary institutions and the city’s reputation, critics say.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 10:00:00 EDT
Casa Loma gets its close-up in film about Toronto standing in for other places
Sir Henry Pellatt’s “rich man’s folly” gives focus to Dave Dyment’s documentary about how the city of Toronto has become a movie and TV stand-in for American locations.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 07:00:00 EDT
Summit Series Game 6: Ken Dryden alters style, Canada finds new life in Moscow
This story was originally published in the Star on Sept. 25, 1972 and is part of Summit Series At 50 — celebrating the 50th anniversary of the iconic eight-game hockey series between the Soviet Union and Canada.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 06:00:00 EDT
Hotel rates surge as revenue in hospitality sector expected to bounce back to pre-pandemic levels in 2023
Revenue per available room will reach $97 by the end of 2022, just shy of the national average in 2019, according to a new CBRE report.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 08:00:00 EDT
Canada’s animal-welfare push is gathering steam. Here’s what’s on the agenda
A parliamentary bill named after Jane Goodall is just the tip of the iceberg; activists have a lot of changes they’d like to see come to Canada, from an end to chickens in cages to a new home for Kiska, the orca at Marineland.

Sat, 24 Sep 2022 12:04:21 EDT
Jazz fans and musicians mourn death of pioneering saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, 81
Sanders’s record label, New York-based Luaka Bop, confirmed his death on Twitter on Saturday morning.



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