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Last Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2010 | 1:24 PM ET

Beaten for being gay, Windsor director says

Beaten for being gay, Windsor director says
: A gay rights activist and director of a one-act play in Windsor about tolerance is recovering from a savage beating that he says exposes a hateful act of homophobia. more »

CBC fans donate food, cash to mission: Windsor's CBC Radio listeners and CBC Television viewers were out bright and early Friday morning to show their support for their local broadcasts, and for Windsor's Downtown Mission. more »
Brandon in Memorial Cup final with OT win: The Brandon Wheat Kings can play for the Memorial Cup title in their own building after beating the Calgary Hitmen in a 5-4 comeback victory on Friday night. more »

Chrysler adds 1,100 jobs in Detroit: Chrysler Group LLC announced Friday it would add nearly 1,100 workers at a Detroit factory because of expected demand for the redesigned Jeep Grand Cherokee sport utility vehicle. more »
Detroit girl dies waving from school bus: An 11-year-old Detroit girl is dead after her head hit a tree when she leaned out a school bus window to wave to a friend. more »
Canada, U.S. to toughen truck emission rules: Canada will impose new fuel consumption and emission standards for large rigs and work trucks, and these rules will be aligned with the United States, Environment Minister Jim Prentice says. more »
Ontario Chrysler plant awaits Fiat decision: Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne says the Italian automaker is still weighing whether to build Fiat cars at an Ontario Chrysler plant as it considers North American expansion. more »
Detroit murders 'demoralizing', says mayor: Detroit's mayor says a recent spate of slayings in Detroit has been "very demoralizing" and the city doesn't know how to stop it. more »
Sinkhole closes downtown Detroit street: A giant sink hole six metres wide and three metres deep engulfed part of downtown Detroit yesterday. more »
Former U of W president dies: Mervyn Franklin was president of the University of Windsor for six years in the early 1980s. more »

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Toronto Headlines »

Huntsville gears up for G8 summit: The Ontario community hosting the G8 economic summit in June is making final preparations and hosting an open house of its summit centre this weekend.
Wearing life-jackets should be mandatory: OPP: Ontario Provincial Police are calling for a federal law to require all boaters to wear life-jackets on vessels up to six metres long.
Beaten for being gay, Windsor director says: A gay rights activist and director of a one-act play in Windsor about tolerance is recovering from a savage beating that he says exposes a hateful act of homophobia.
Barrett, Toronto FC defeat Revolution: Despite missing some key players — including their leading scorer — the Toronto FC persevered to post a 1-0 home win against the New England Revolution and avenge an embarrassing 4-1 loss at the hands of the same club last month.
'Made in Canada' rules under review: Canadian consumer groups are urging the government not to alter its "product of Canada" and "made in Canada" food labelling rules as Ottawa considers exempting some ingredients.

Ottawa Headlines »

Disabled couple find home together at last: An Ottawa couple has finally spent the night together, almost nine months after they got married — overcoming an obstacle that many couples with disabilities face.
Wearing life-jackets should be mandatory: OPP: Ontario Provincial Police are calling for a federal law to require all boaters to wear life-jackets on vessels up to six metres long.
Fire rips through Old Ottawa South building: An early morning fire caused $275,000 to three apartments in Old Ottawa South and left a firefighter with minor injuries.
Top rope skippers seek Canadian title: Hundreds of athletes are in Ottawa this weekend, jumping at the chance to be crowned Canada's best rope skippers.
Internet blackmailer gets 8-year sentence: An Ottawa-area man was sentenced on Friday to eight years in prison for luring and blackmailing teenage girls into performing sex shows online.

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Disabled couple find home together at last: An Ottawa couple has finally spent the night together, almost nine months after they got married — overcoming an obstacle that many couples with disabilities face.
Woman shot dead at Edmonton LRT station: A 23-year-woman is dead after a shooting at Edmonton's Stadium LRT station Friday night.
Thousands without power in northern B.C.: Heavy snow Friday night has left thousands of BC Hydro customers in the northeastern part of the province without power.

World »

India hilltop plane crash kills 158: An Air India Express plane crashed and burned after overshooting a hilltop runway in southern India, killing 158 people. There were eight survivors.
Insurgents hit Kandahar Airfield: Insurgents were repelled after launching an attack on NATO's main military base in southern Afghanistan, home to the largest contingent of Canadian Forces personnel in the country, an official says.
Faster troop pullout urged by U.K. minister: The defence minister in Britain's new coalition government visited Afghanistan on Saturday with other senior officials after saying he hopes to speed the withdrawal of British troops from the country.

Health »

Statin side-effects found by British doctors: People taking cholesterol-lowering statins to treat heart disease may be at higher risk of liver, kidney and cataract problems, British researchers say.
Edmonton boy's facial surgery 'amazing': dad: Surgeons in New York City have removed a deformity from the face of a two-year-old Edmonton boy.
Early ovarian cancer screening shows promise: Researchers might finally be closing in on a way to screen healthy women for ovarian cancer, a disease that rarely shows symptoms until it's too late to cure.

Arts & Entertainment »

Teen prodigy plays with Iraqi orchestra: Llewellyn Kingman Sanchez Werner, a 13-year-old piano prodigy, performed in Baghdad with the Iraqi national symphony.
Another art heist in France: Five pictures, including a Picasso lithograph, were stolen from the home of an art collector in Marseille, France.
Writer Junot Diaz gets on Pulitzer board: Junot Diaz, whose book The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao captured the 2008 fiction Pulitzer, will join the 20-member prize board.

Technology & Science »

Fish may be smarter than we think: Fish are scared of their own reflection — a new finding that suggests their brains are more sophisticated than originally thought, say biologists.
Pakistan sticks by YouTube, Facebook bans: Pakistan has acknowledged the "suffering" caused by its bans on Facebook and YouTube but will only consider restoring the websites if they take down pages considered offensive to Islam, the Information Technology Ministry said Friday.
Google honours Pac-Man with playable logo: Productivity likely took a precipitous drop on Friday as office workers discovered an animated, playable version of Pac-Man in Google's logo on its home search page.

Money »

TSX, Dow end with solid gains: Stock markets shrugged off large early losses and ended higher on Friday.
Former RIM exec denies insider trading: A former executive at RIM is denying allegations by the Ontario Securities Commission that he made illicit profits by buying shares of a company RIM was about to take over.
Canada, U.S. to toughen truck emission rules: Canada will impose new fuel consumption and emission standards for large rigs and work trucks, and these rules will be aligned with the United States, Environment Minister Jim Prentice says.

Consumer Life »

Retail sales increased in March: Canadian retail sales increased 2.1 per cent to $37 billion in March, the fourth consecutive monthly gain.
'Made in Canada' rules under review: Canadian consumer groups are urging the government not to alter its "product of Canada" and "made in Canada" food labelling rules as Ottawa considers exempting some ingredients.
Wearing life-jackets should be mandatory: OPP: Ontario Provincial Police are calling for a federal law to require all boaters to wear life-jackets on vessels up to six metres long.

Sports »

Flyers in control in 3rd period: Claude Giroux beat Jaroslav Halak on a drive to the net 5:41 into the second, and Ville Leino scored on a breakaway late in the period to put Philadelphia up 2-0 in Game 4.
Winnipeg remains in NHL picture: The NHL, according to the Globe and Mail, has issued an ultimatum to the city of Glendale, Ariz.: find a buyer for the Phoenix Coyotes by Dec. 31 or we will sell the franchise to someone waiting to purchase and move it.
Inter Milan wins Champions League title: Inter Milan won Europe's title for the first time in 45 years, beating Bayern Munich 2-0 Saturday night on a pair of goals by Diego Milito in the first Champions League final played on a weekend.