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A Toronto man pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a 2006 plot to supply Sri Lanka’s Tamil Tigers rebels, who were then fighting a civil war against government forces on the South Asian island. More >

Toronto Police are investigating after a body was found in a rear laneway, on Clendenan Avenue, near Maria Street in the city’s west end.The body was located just after noon on Wednesday. Very little is known about the female body found though Police say they are treating the death suspicious.

They are asking for witnesses who may have seen something to come forward to help identify the body, and to piece together the details leading up to the woman’s death.

Two Toronto high school students launched a Lego man more than two dozen kilometres above sea level — and they have the pictures to prove it. A few months ago, Mathew Ho approached his pal, Asad Muhammad, with a plan to use a weather balloon to to carry a camera high above the clouds. More >

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.