Toronto’s hidden network of rooming houses: In pictures

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Toronto’s hidden network of rooming houses: In pictures

1.1 million people rely on Toronto’s thousands of housing associations to find a home. Twenty thousand live in rooming houses, two per cent of them above four beds. Previously, this massive reliance on the…

Meters: Rhythm Devils review – a Philly-style LPs lives

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Meters: Rhythm Devils review – a Philly-style LPs lives

In 1968, The Meters were the house band at Philadelphia’s Dingwerks nightclub, and had just been introduced to New York by the Rolling Stones, who’d played the room the previous evening. They’d branched out…

We wear masks and we wear masks - Comedy week

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We wear masks and we wear masks – Comedy week

In 1995 the actor Scott Bays, playing wheelchair-bound Gene Wilder in a stage production of The Producers, was gravely ill after complications from AIDS. As part of a campaign to raise funds for charitable…

Moron by Alan Johnson - review

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Moron by Alan Johnson – review

Some visitors arrive in this village dressed in coloured clothing and carrying a cane. (I know this because they’re not real, of course.) Some of the people who live in this village dress in…

Rotterdam police fire warning shots in anti-lockdown protest

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Rotterdam police fire warning shots in anti-lockdown protest

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Riot police protect a building from fire during the protests Dutch police have fired warning shots to clear anti-lockdown protesters from a residential street in the capital, Rotterdam….

Flu season arrives: Flu shots in 'excellent' shape

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Flu season arrives: Flu shots in ‘excellent’ shape

Written by Staff Writer Vigorous flu vaccination programs have helped the Dominican Republic prevent the widespread spread of the highly contagious virus. Now that the season has begun, the World Health Organization reports that…

Business deal may be closing off the cobalt market

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Business deal may be closing off the cobalt market

Written by by Kevin Meagher, CNN Hunter Biden is best known as the son of former Vice President Joe Biden. Now, however, he’s facing some offensiveness of his own. Hunter Biden is the vice…

Two American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released

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Two American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released

Two American missionaries have been released from Haiti, where they were abducted Monday afternoon by armed men, according to missionary groups and media reports. Christians Persecuted For Their Faith: Violent Death of Jonathan Daniels…

Lessons from a tough year for DC’s police

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Lessons from a tough year for DC’s police

“This ain’t your daddy’s police department.” That’s how Sgt. Lavelle Cook, a 31-year veteran of the department, began a conversation with James V. McCoy, the head of the department’s Critical Incident Response team, about…