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Dominic Pasqualino doesn’t think much of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s plan to cut the city’s 2012 municipal budget. At least not the part that says he wants to curb about $1.

Residents will get their first close-up look at Prince Arthur’s Landing on Dec. 16.

The city’s planning division now has guidelines that should help developers keep their sites in sync with the city’s urban design.

The search for a trapper missing in the Atikokan area has been suspended. The OPP’s emergency response team has been combing a chain of lakes and portages in the Miller Lake area since Nov. 21.

City council gave its directions for the 2012 budget, which could increase taxes by 1.5 per cent.

The estimated 2012 budget for the Thunder Bay District Social Services Administration Board could cost taxpayers an extra $1 million more than it did in 2011.

A 69-year-old man is in critical condition after a fire tore through a Robertson Street house Sunday evening. Fire crews and police responded to the fire around 9:30 p.m.

The owner of a dog alleged last to have mauled a neighbour’s Yorkshire Terrier puppy to death in the now faces some hefty fines in court. In addition, the suspect dog must be kept on a leash and muzzled at all times in public.

The future of Global Sticks may depend on how generous the province is feeling these days.

Outsiders are flooding into Attawapiskat a month after the First Nations community called a state of an emergency. Federal officials are at the small, remote James Bay community trying to figure out what went wrong.