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Hoops dreams

Basketballer Anthony Bennett makes history, becoming the first Canadian to be chosen first overall in the NBA draft. Full story at nowtoronto.com

Rob Ford crack conspiracies

Nisar Hashimi, one of two men charged in the murder of Anthony Smith (he of Rob Ford crack photo fame) pleads guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter. Did he roll? What does he know about the infamous crack video?

Native economic development

Ontario appoints retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Frank Iacobucci to lead negotiations with chiefs of the Matawa Tribal Council on development in the Ring of Fire.

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LRTs versus subways

It’s back to the future on transit again. Metrolinx is balking at council’s request that the provincial transit agency replace the Scarborough SRT with a subway instead of LRT. Seems a few political futures are riding on a subway.

Weird scenes on the high seas

DND issues a statement June 28 trumpeting HMCS Toronto’s role in intercepting 239 kilos of hashish and 10 kilos of heroin in the Red Sea. This is Canada’s contribution to the “war on terror”?

Head tax redress

The Head Tax Families Society of Canada marks another Canada Day – the seventh since the feds announced their compensation program in 2006 – by calling for redress for all victims of the Chinese head tax. The group says the government’s package covers only 1 per cent of the 82,000 families affected by the head tax.

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