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new Rob Ford: Councillors, media want answers on crack issue

Newspaper editorials and commentators are expressing frustration over Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's silence on allegations he was captured on video smoking what appears to be crack cocaine. 8:05 AM ET

new Via terror plot suspects due in court today

Two suspects charged in an alleged plot to bomb a Via Rail train are scheduled to appear in a Toronto court Thursday morning. 7:12 AM ET

updated 2nd suspect in Tim Bosma case now in court for murder charge

A second man arrested in the death of Tim Bosma, a Hamilton husband and father who disappeared after taking two men on a test drive of his pickup truck, has arrived in court to face a charge of first-degree murder. 9:22 AM ET video

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