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Song lyrics website founder wins business award

A British Columbia student who runs MetroLyrics , the Internet's most popular song lyrics website, has won an international young entrepreneurs contest. Milun Tesovic, a 24-year-old who immigrated to Canada from Bosnia with his family at age nine, beat ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Simon Fraser,  Lady GaGa,  Rihanna

Oprah Winfrey's empire

A t the heart of Oprah Winfrey's media empire is her powerhouse television talk show, which will fade to black after 25 seasons on the air in 2011. But Ms. Winfrey's reach extends far wider than the afternoon airwaves: The wealthy entrepreneur is ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: James Frey,  Black Eyed Peas,  Mike Tyson,  Evander Holyfield,  Whitney Houston

City blames contractor for subway shutdown

T he city believes a private contractor failed to follow conditions around an emergency work permit while moving a gas line Wednesday afternoon, leading to the damage and closing of the city's busiest subway line during the evening rush hour, the city ...

From ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY, JILL MAHONEY AND JOSH WINGROVE, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Adam Giambrone

Officials investigate cause of Toronto subway shutdown

T he Toronto Transit Commission is investigating the cause of damage to one of its subway lines that resulted in commuter chaos yesterday. A construction accident by a third-party contractor working for Enbridge forced the TTC to close part of the Yonge ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Toronto subway back on track

T he entire Yonge subway line in Toronto is running normally this morning after a construction accident forced the TTC to close part of the route over the Wednesday evening rush hour, stranding thousands of commuters. The line was shut down between ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Toronto police suspect drug lab in tony area

T oronto Police are investigating a suspected drug lab in a house in a tony neighbourhood. The fire department was called to the home on Woburn Ave., just north of Lawrence Ave. W. and Avenue Rd., after neighbours reported a chemical smell early this ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Apology sought after U of T students cause uproar with blackface for Halloween

A University of Toronto student group is demanding public apologies from organizers of a Halloween party after participants wearing dark makeup were given a costume prize. Five students, who were dressed as members of the Jamaican bobsled team and ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  John Candy

Smitherman's intentions put heat on Tory

G eorge Smitherman's decision to jump into the Toronto mayor's race early is putting pressure on his main prospective rival, John Tory, to declare his own intentions. In a whirlwind day of interviews, Mr. Smitherman placed himself squarely in the same ...

From JENNIFER LEWINGTON, JILL MAHONEY AND ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY, Globe and Mail,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: John Tory,  eHealth, Inc.,  Warren Kinsella,  Michael Ignatieff,  George Smitherman

Dispute at Sushi restaurant ends in death

T he tables of a sushi restaurant in the Annex were still covered with unfinished food yesterday, hours after a dispute between two employees turned deadly. One man was stabbed to death in the kitchen of New Generation Sushi on Saturday night. Police ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  8 Nov 2009

About that mansion that burned down last week ...

I n a secluded heritage mansion called the Chedington, sparks danced in the walls and ceilings last week, setting off a massive fire. But no one was home. Nestled on a cul-de-sac in a wooded ravine at Bayview and Lawrence Avenue East, the three-storey, 1 ...

From JILL MAHONEY, Globe and Mail,  6 Nov 2009

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