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Liberal member of Parliament Bob Rae announced Wednesday he is stepping down as an MP in order to focus on his work as a lawyer and mediator on First Nations issues. 15 3

Toronto police say three men suspected in the death of a 38-year-old father who was gunned down in his backyard drove by the man's house to make sure he was there in the moments before the killing. 2

A campaign that raised $200,000 dollars to purchase an alleged video appearing to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack was a "beautiful example" of the fundraising power of the Internet, says the website that hosted the controversial crusade.

Thousands of Ontario elementary schools are adding new security measures as the provincial government expands its locked-door program in response to a tragedy at a U.S. school.

TTC users on Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Street are set to become the first to ride Toronto’s new streetcars when they launch in 2014. 1

Women were targeted by a man in at least three armed robberies in Toronto's Cabbagetown area early Wednesday morning. 1

Three teenagers are safe after they were reported missing during a late-night canoe trip on Lake Simcoe. 1

Half of Canada's First Nations children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics that pegs the cost of easing the problem at $580-million a year. 17 1

Edwin Encarnacion had a home run and three RBIs to back pitcher Esmil Roger's strong outing against his former club and the Toronto Blue Jays won their seventh straight with a 8-3 interleague victory over the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night.

An Alberta collector who decided to start selling off his Wayne Gretzky memorabilia netted nearly $550,000 at an auction this week, including $356,000 for a jersey the Great One wore during the 1987 Stanley Cup finals. 2 1

Chrysler has agreed to recall 2.7 million older-model Jeeps in the U.S. and Canada that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. The recall affects approximately 180,000 vehicles in Canada, according to a Chrysler spokesperson, who said a voluntarily recall campaign with take place in both countries. 1

An anticipated financial recovery south of the border is likely to help economic growth in Canada, economists said Wednesday, although the U.S. is likely to outpace its neighbour for the first time in years. 1

Alice Munro has won this year's Ontario Trillium Book Award in English-language for "Dear Life: Stories," a collection of tales set in the countryside and towns around Lake Huron.

Toronto’s pothole-riddled Dufferin Street has been voted the worst road in Ontario for the second year in a row, the Canadian Automobile Association announced Tuesday. 14 4

Dalton McGuinty's former chief of staff is defending the move by top Liberals in the former premier's office to delete their emails on cancelled gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga. 18 2

Premier Kathleen Wynne says she won't trigger an Ontario election this year, but hints that voters in Windsor, London and Ottawa will be heading to the polls in byelections this summer. 3

A 27-year-old man found dead inside a North York apartment over the weekend was the victim of a homicide, Toronto police now say.

The Toronto Port Authority reported record net income of $19.7 million in 2012, up from $13.9 million the previous year, with the Billy Bishop City Airport division seeing the largest year-over-year increase.

Members of Toronto’s Somalian community are condemning the actions of police during a series of early-morning raids last week. 2

More than 200 mourners, paramedics, police and Ornge representatives gathered at a memorial service on Tuesday for two pilots and two paramedics killed late last month in an air ambulance crash. 2 2