New fines have been proposed for Toronto drivers who stop illegally on main streets during rush hours. However, these fines still await the support of council.

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Grenada’s Prime Minister Tillman Thomas says there will be a full investigation into the death of a Toronto man who was allegedly beaten by police. More >

TMX Group said on Wednesday that trading has resumed in all shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange after an unexplained glitch froze trading of companies whose symbols started with the letters M to Z.

The operator of Canada’s largest stock exchange said it was still investigating the cause of the technical failure, but it ruled out hacking.

The problem, one of the worst trading glitches to hit the TMX in recent years, affected high-volume stocks such as Research In Motion and Sun Life Financial.

The Occupy Toronto encampment appears to have come to a peaceful end with protesters vacating the last occupied tent in St. James Park after a negotiated settlement with police. More >

Occupy Toronto protesters camping in a downtown park said Wednesday they’re happy a judge has granted them a reprieve against a city-issued eviction order until a final decision is made Saturday.

On Tuesday, bylaw officers distributed eviction notices to people who have been camping in St. James Park since Oct. 15.

The protesters are part of the global Occupy movement focused on raising issues of economic inequality by staging similar encampments around the world.

Straying from his normally composed and collected delivery, U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry larded a 23-minute speech to New Hampshire conservatives with facial contortions, wisecracks and words like “dude” and “awesome” on Friday.

It was just the latest in a string of goof-ups, including a campaign appearance the same day where he tried to slag the burgeoning Occupy movement by quoting a Toronto activist mentioned in a Globe and Mail story.

Toronto staff is recommending selling $600 million worth of city assets – including a 10 per cent stake in Toronto Hydro – as a way to pay down Toronto’s ballooning capital debt. And Mayor Rob Ford told reporters Tuesday that he thought it would be a good move. More >

A Toronto printer and acclaimed classical pianist accused of a multimillion-dollar fraud stretching back six years was arrested Tuesday, with a court appearance set for next month.

Tzvi Erez, 44, faces 10 charges of fraud, one for each alleged victim, encompassing losses of around $9-million.

Mark Garfield Moore, an aspiring Toronto rapper who appears on a video flashing chunky jewellery and $100 bills, has now been charged with murdering four men in three separate drive-by shootings in crime-ridden parts of the city last year.

Mr. Moore was also charged in connection with a jewellery store robbery last summer where one of his musical associates, Kevin William, a rapper known by the stage name Mayhem Morearty, was also charged two weeks ago.