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Coming up on Toronto Today.

Rob Ford loses his seat as mayor. What

next?

Toronto celebrates the Argos Grey Cup

win with a parade.

Cairo protesters clash with the police.

Happy Tuesday everyone and welcome to

Toronto Today.

I'm Sarah Warren and I'm Maria Saf. Today

is quite a day for Toronto as mayor Rob

Ford was removed from office yesterday.

This has left many Torontonians

wondering what the future will hold for

the city.

And on a lighter note, the streets of

downtown are filled in celebration of

the Argos victory.

It's been over 24 hours since Toronto

found out that it is without a mayor

and many are still in shock. Even though

it's likely that

that he will soon be packing his bags.

Mayor Rob Ford was hard at work this

morning.

Dana Roberts is at city hall with more

on the impact that this will have on the

city.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford attended city

council's routine meeting early this

morning

even though he lost his seat as mayor.

Ford was found to have contravened the

municipal conflict of interest act

when he spoke and voted regarding his

own failure to reimburse over three

thousand dollars in donations to his

private football foundation.

Counselor Georgio Mameliti who resigned

from Ford's executive committee,

spoke in support of the mayor. I'm not

going to pin it just

on the mayor. I think politics has a huge

role to play in this and I think that

some people chose to take their fight

into the courtroom

and I think everyone's to blame. But what

exactly does this mean for the city of

Toronto?

Politics professor Neil Tomlinson speaks

about the significance of this story.

Well it's pretty big deal. It's not very

often that you see a mayor of a major

city in Canada

removed from office by a judge. The judge

I don't think

really had much choice in this matter.

The

case is very straightforward.

The judgment is very straightforward,

very, well written, very

clear. And he basically said you know

all he had to do was repay the $3100

in the first place. That would have been

the end of it. He didn't.

All he had to do was abstain from

voting. It would have passed anyway. The

motion.

He didn't do that either and

so therefore he's in trouble downtown.

Torontonians have mixed reactions.

He is guilty, yes agreed. But it's too

harsh.

I think it's about time. I think rob ford

has kind of

disgraced the city, I'm hoping that there

will be another by-election. I really

believe in

democracy and people's voice being heard.

Mayor Rob Ford has been given two weeks

to file his appeal.

If that appeal is not granted he will be

removed from office

on December 10th. Reporting from city

hall.

Dana Roberts, Toronto Today.

We've just learned that Ford's

application for stay of decision,

will be heard on December 5th and today

Mayor Ford will be holding a press

conference today at 3:30.

We'll have more on the Rob Ford

controversy and what's next for the city

later in the show.

And now for our other big story. Two days

after winning the Grey Cup, the Toronto

Argonauts celebrated with a full out

victory parade this morning.

Harlan Namarovsky has more on this story.

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The victory celebration has begun.

Football fans all around this great

nation have come to Toronto to cheer on

the Argonauts.

It's a, it's a great feeling man. It's my

hometown. I got all my boys, got my

teammates here, got my coaches with me. So

it couldn't be any better. Man it means

we're back! To be in the city of

champions you know what I mean. They came

out they supported us.

We put the product to the field. Maybe we

won this thing so keep supporting us.

Toronto we keep doing that and keep on

getting champions.

It's not just the players who are happy

about the win. The execs are happy too.

The CFL is called the Canadian, it could be

called a community football league. This

is about community and about family

and it's why our players are so

accessible to the community.

It's what makes us sets us apart from

the NHL and the NBA and Major League

Baseball.

It's been great. The local organizing

committee has done a phenomenal job.

You know there were people who came into

the city, but the excitement of the city.

I'm happy for the Argos and happy for

the people of Toronto. It's been a long

time coming for them

and it's great for football. It's

great for the CFL. The Grey Cup has

finally

come home here in Toronto and right

behind me here is the Grey Cup.

This parade will last all the way until

Nathan Philips Square.

It started here at Yonge and Wellington

and the parade continues.

As it's a big win for Toronto. I'm Harlan

Niemers reporting for Toronto Today.

And we'll have more on Grey Cup

celebrations later in sports.

A funeral will be held today for an

elementary school teacher

who was killed in a hit-and-run accident

last week. 35 year old Tom Sanson

was riding his bike when he was struck

by two vehicles on Lansdowne Avenue and

Davenport Road last Friday.

The driver of the first vehicle did not

remain at the scene of the accident.

Samson later died in hospital.  22 year

old Miguel Oliveira

is charged with failing to stop at the

scene of an accident causing death.

He was he was released on bail Monday.

Ontario's Special Investigation units is

being called to investigate an accident.

An eight-year-old boy was hit by a

police cruiser in Brampton.

The young boy was struck by a pilgrim

police cruiser on Monday.

He was later taken to Branson Civic

hospital to be treated for a broken leg.

Investigators are looking into the cause

of the accident.

Witnesses who were at the scene are

asked to contact investigators.

Charges won't be laid against a Durham

regional police officer

who shot a teenager holding an imitation

firearm in July.

The officer confronted the 17 year old

suspect when he arrived in response to

an

armed robbery call outside a veterinary

clinic.

The officer took fire when the teenager

pulled out a fake gun.

The boy shot was shot eight times. The

Special Investigations Unit says the

shooting was justified.

As there was no reason to believe the

gun was not real.

In international news, Gaza residents

gathered today to show their support for

Palestinian president

Mahmoud Abbas Bitsui recognized

as a U.N officer of server state.

Residents say that a vote in their favor

would help obtain rights for

Palestinians.

They say it is a positive thing for the

Palestinian benefit.

To get their rights all the Palestinian

people.

Young, old, children, and factions support

the president to get out

our rights back in Jerusalem. Religious

and political representatives for

Palestine also voiced their support.

They say the step to go to the United

Nations is to tell the whole world.

Friends, neutrals, or those against their

Palestinian rights

to tell them that they have to be

committed to have a Palestinian

state and with the freedom of the

Palestinian people who suffered a lot

due to the occupation. Israel and the

United States have objected the bid

over concerns that Palestine would be

admitted to the international criminal

court

where they would find complaints against

Israel.

The vote will take place on Thursday.

Former Palestinian leader Yasser

Arafat's body was dug up last night from

his concrete mausoleum

in Ramallah in the west bank. He was

reburied after murder investigators

collected samples

to see if he was poisoned. The samples

will be shipped overseas

to be tested for poisons in a process

that will take about nine months

Arafat died in 2004 at the age of 75.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility

for a failed attempt to assassinate

Pakistani

Hamid Mir. The high-profile news anchor

covered the Taliban shooting of the

15-year-old girl,

Malala Yusuf Zai. Yusuf Zai was shot in

the head for speaking out about girls

education.

Mir says the attempt was a message to

journalists

to keep them from speaking the truth but

Mir says

he will not deter. Protests continue in

Cairo today as demonstrators gather to

protest the decree

that increases the powers of Egyptian

president Muhammad Mercy.

370 people have been injured and one

person has died since the decree was

issued last Thursday.

The protests have been largely peaceful

but have escalated as demonstrators,

mostly young men, threw stones at

authorities today who responded with

tear gas.

Demonstrators has have also set fire to

a car outside of Terrar Square.

The ruling Islamist party tried to

defuse the situation yesterday.

With Merci supporting a compromise over

his extended powers,

they also cancelled their own protest

that was scheduled for today

but the moves could be too little too

late as the crisis has already exposed

the rift between the Islamists

and the liberal opposition. Now we return

home and join Becky Milden with sports.

Hi Becky. Thanks Sarah. With the NHL

lockout in full swing

and Toronto sports in a lul, the Argos

big win on Sunday has given the city

something to cheer about.

But are the new fans intruding on some

already developed territory?

Sydney Poulos has the report.

After playing in front of small crowds

all season, the Toronto Argonauts won the

Grey Cup on Sunday in front of a sold

out stadium.

Fans came out in big numbers today to

cheer on the double blue at the victory

parade at Yonge and Wellington.

And the Argos couldn't be happier for

the support.

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The fans are great. I think now that we

brought the Grey Cup home to Toronto

we're going to have the best fans in the

CFL.

Sports fans are notorious for not

accepting bandwagoners

but Argos superfans like Tim O'brien are

a little different.

You know what there's always going to be

bandwagon people at the end of any

season for any sport

and you know what they're just as

welcome as the die hards. Might as well.

Sarah for everybody as a former

bandwagoner herself,

Allison James hopes the win will promote

higher attendance for next season. New

friends now have been created

because the last one is so amazing the

play and everything I think most people

who are skeptical probably not going to

be on board for sure.

There's no doubt about it, that the

Toronto Argonauts big win on Sunday

created a whole bunch of new fans.

Luckily for the new fans, the old fans

are welcoming them with open arms.

For those who want to continue to follow

Argonauts football, they can do so

in the spring. For Toronto Today, I'm

Sydney Poulos.

The Argos have earned as much as 10

million in profit as the host of this

year's Grey Cup.

What made this year different is that

the Argos and the CFL received 9.5

million dollars from the federal and

provincial governments.

The money was used to fund the Grey Cup

celebrations around the city.

Some experts say the money was well

spent bringing in tourists and revenue.

Previous hosts have earned between three

and four million dollars.

when the Argos last hosted the Grey Cup

in 2007 they received two hundred

thousand dollars from the province and

nothing from

from the federal government. More NHL

lockout news today.

The NHL and the NHL players association

have agreed to allow mediators to guide

future bargaining talks.

Neither side is forced to go along with

suggestions made by the mediators.

The league and the union will meet

separately with mediators tomorrow.

The two sides have managed to agree on a

50 50 split of revenues

but cannot agree on the amount of

additional payments the league will need

to make.

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons is

wasting no time

naming a coaching staff. Gibbons filled

five of the positions yesterday.

Pete Walker will serve as the pitching

coach, Louis Riviera will move to third

base and Dwayne Murphy will act as

the first base and outfield coach. The

two newcomers to the staff are Demarlo

Hale as bench coach and Chad Mathola as

hitting coach.

The Jays still need to find a bullpen

coach to replace Walker.

Tonight the Raptors match up against

against the Rockets in Houston.

Tonight will be Kyle Lowry's homecoming

to Houston after coming to Toronto.

The team is looking for a win tonight to

break their four-game losing streak.

The Raptors are in second last place

overall. More football action tonight at

the Rogers Centre.

Rob Ford is expected to coach the Don

Bosco Eagles in the school's

first metro bowl. The team will play the

Huron Heights Warriors from Newmarket.

The winner will be crowned the king of

high school football in the GTA.

That's it for sports, back to you Maria.--

Thanks.

And now back to Mayor Rob Ford. With the

possibility of an upcoming mayoral

change

the city has their opinions on what they

think should happen next.

While we don't know what's ahead for

Toronto, people are hoping for a

difference.

Jamie Webster has the story.

With mayor Rob Ford being removed from

office, people are weighing in on what

they want next.

I would probably look for someone

completely different than

mayor Ford. I never really supported him

in his career and his choices.

Especially with the whole football thing

and his own kind of agenda.

I didn't kind of appreciate what he was

doing so i'm definitely looking for

someone

more responsible who you know takes the

fun seriously of Toronto.

I guess I don't know. I didn't really

have much of an opinion of Rob Ford. I

just didn't really like him that much. I

felt like he didn't , I don't know,

didn't feel really taken care of

by him. I think someone that cares about

cyclists that can put in more bike lanes

in the city. Someone who cares about

people in lower income housing that

isn't going to sell off public housing

and someone who isn't Rob Ford.

I'm glad he's gone. The city is hoping

for someone who will focus their

attention on transit,

bike lanes, and other issues that Ford

seem to have neglected.

John Shields believes that the new mayor

needs a change in attitude.

And be more willing to communicate with

the city.

Well first of all I think the new mayor

needs to be able to

listen to people and

take good advice and follow

procedures.

And rules I mean. I think the problem

with the

current mayor is that he's got the

attitude that

only he has the right answers. I think

leadership over the next 10 years is

going to be very critical

in terms of the future of the city

especially around issues of transit.

Regardless of who the new mayor is one

thinks for certain he or she is going to

have to start listening to the people

but for now

the public is simply asking for a Ford

free future.

For Toronto Today, I'm Jamie Webster.

He's the Grinch who stole two million

dollars worth of donated toys.

A man was charged on Monday after

Salvation Army warehouses in North York

and Brampton

were raided by police and found toys

missing. Christina Dunn has more.

The discovery of more than two million

dollars worth of stolen toys

has led to an arrest former Salvation

Army executive

director. Mr David Rennie, 51 years of age

of Toronto,

has been charged with theft possession

and breach of trust related offenses.

Despite the incident the organization is

planning to move forward.

The ministry of this particular facility

has gone

uninhibited since the

investigation took place. It's business

as usual for the Salvation Army.

Anyone in need this Christmas will be

helped by the Salvation Army.

Further arrests are anticipated in this

ongoing investigation.

For Toronto Today, I'm Christina Dunn.

a united nations report has revealed

that thawing permafrost covering

almost a quarter of the northern

hemisphere could speed up the rate of

global warming.

Permafrost contains large stores of

frozen organic matter

which is if thought and the release and

released into the atmosphere will

amplify

current global warming causing higher

temperatures.

Around the world this discovery comes in

the second day of negotiations with a

focus on the Kyoto protocol

which expires this year. Officials say

that a 20 year old beauty queen is one

of the confirmed killed in a gun

shootout that took place in northern

Mexico.

The gun battle took place between

soldiers an alleged gang of drug

traffickers. Over the weekend

the body of Maria Susanna Flores-Gomez

was found at the scene Saturday.

Officials say she was traveling with the

drug traffickers but know if she had any

involvement in the shootout.

According to a report from an economic

think tank, Europe's debt crisis

is the biggest threat to the global

economy.

The Paris-based organization warns that

if the current financial situation

escalates,

Europe and the US could be thrown into

a deep recession

spanning to the next two years. To

prevent this from happening, the report

urged

Eurozone and US policymakers to make

tackling their fiscal crisis a top

priority.

Now amidst all the news on Ford and the

Argos there has been an unusual headline

about the world's sexiest man.

Reporter Jen Che has more.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was

named sexiest man alive

by the Onion. I'm pretty sure anyone

reading this

had to do a double take as I did. The

Onion described

29 year old Kim as a heartthrob who was

every woman's dream come true. According

to the Onion,

the hunk has a rare ability to be

completely adorable

and macho at the same time. Not only does

he have

impeccable fashion sense with a chic

haircut,

The leader is apparently masking an

unmistakable

cute and cuddly side. Of course this was

meant to be funny.

It showed up on the onion two weeks ago

so

how did it end up on my newsfeed this

morning?

Apparently the people's daily in China

thought it was real. It ran a 55

page commemorating Kim's new title with

photos.

They even cited the Onions flattering

quotes.

The mere fact that people's daily China

ran such a spread

pretty much boggles my mind. I mean I

understand that sexy can be very

relative

but did these reporters seriously

believe Kim could beat out Ryan Gosling.

To be fair my Korean grandmother

describes Kim's plump physique

as having much fortune so for those who

are still in that ancient Asian culture

mindset

we should cut them some slack. Otherwise

the closest resemblance to a sexy

celebrity figure I could see

none other than dancing devi Psy who

could pass as not too far off from Ryan

Gosling.

The Onion calls itself America's finest

news source.

Probably not after north Koreans learn

about satire.

All in all, this incident is a great

example

of how internationally transferred news

can get a little lost in translation.

A new test to detect breast cancer is

causing controversy across the country.

The diagnostic test is called

thermography.

It uses a heat sensitive camera to take

pictures of the body.

A CBC news investigation has discovered

that dozens of medical clinics across

the country

are offering the tests that experts are

calling useless.

The Canadian cancer society says that

the test

fails to test breast cancer and can

generate false positives.

Health Canada says that it's up to

provinces to take action against clinics

making misleading claims. The makers of

Banana Boat sunscreen have announced

that they are recalling more products.

This new recall includes two continuous

spray sunscreens,

both of which have been recalled because

they pose a fire risk according to

Health Canada.

The sunscreen can catch on fire and

ignite a user's skin if not properly

dried.

A new statement from the department says

that consumers should check their

sunscreen products to see if they are

affected by the recall.

A new study from the Canadian medical

association

journal reveals that combining common

drugs and grapefruit

could cause overdose. The fruit has been

found to suppress

an important enzyme which reduces the

absorption of the medication in the

bloodstream.

There's currently a list of 44 different

commonly prescribed drugs

that could cause kidney failure,

respiratory failure,

and even death when mixed with grape

juice.

A new study suggests that more money for

early childhood development education

could help the economy. The analysis

released by TD economics

say that for every dollar invested

educating kids there would be more

there would be three times the return.

The increase in government spending

would benefit

children and allow parents to return to

work between parental leave and their

child starting kindergarten.

However the report also notes that the

investment probably won't happen anytime

soon as most governments are struggling

to balance their budgets.

In entertainment news, there seems to be

more controversy surrounding the hit

show

Two and a Half Men and no it doesn't

involve

Charlie Sheen. 19 year old Angus T. Jones

who plays

Jake on the CBS comedy is featured in a

video posted by a Christian church.

Slamming the show in the video jones

calls the show

filth and urges people not to watch it.

Two and a Half Men. If you're

watching man please stop watching

tonight man.

I'm on to Two and Half men and I don't want to be

knowing it please stop watching it.

Can you stop filling your head with filth.

Jones has been on the show since he was

10 years old

and all the stars have have contracts

that run

through the end of the season. It seems

there's still a lot of Twitter chatter

about Justin Bieber

after he attended two events in the span

of three days this past weekend.

Bieber was first slammed for his rather

sloppy ensemble when meeting the prime

minister

to receive a diamond jubilee medal and

it only gets worse for the biebs.

Football fans booed the singer's

performance during the 100th Grey Cup

halftime show on Sunday.

Many people angrily took to twitter

accusing him of lip-syncing.

It seems that these days Canada is full

of non-believers.

And everyone seems to be a fan of Psy's

hit single Gangnam style

these days - even the most unsuspecting. A

group of

inmates in a Bangkok prison busted a

move to a hit behind

barbed wire and bars today. 70

inmates put on a show for the media and

corrections department executives

after after competing in a gangnam style

dance contest last week.

This is yet another party of the popular

song

which became the most watched youtube

video ever.

This month Psy will perform in Thailand

tomorrow night.

Now that the holiday season is in full

swing we take a look at the tension

between the commercial

and fantastical elements of Christmas. At

the middle of it all

is the main man of both retailers and

children at this time of year,

Santa Claus. Is Saint Nick just a way to

sell to frantic shoppers

or is Santa an essential part of the

magical holiday spirit?

Nicole Brockbank has more with the story.

The appearance of the Bay's Christmas

window display is a sure sign that the

holidays are underway in Toronto.

Even though they're revealed in early

November.

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The commercialization of Christmas is

nothing new dating back at least as far

as Toronto's first Santa Claus parade in

1905.

That was run by Eaton's downtown

department store.

Now over a hundred years later the

tradition carries on sponsored by other

corporations with floats bearing their

names.

The parade may have changed but the

anchor remains the same.

Since his first trip up Yonge street,

Santa Claus has been the icon of gift

giving for Christmas.

But why is it that Santa stayed with us

despite his obvious commercialization.

Ryerson marketing professor Helene Moore

explains the Santa phenomenon.

Santa the symbol for pleasure indulge

like, have your your glass of wine in

this case it's a glass of milk.

But we represent like this is as an

image for us as

as consumers to to represent

the indulgent you know side of

life. Really related to what people

do and like to do during the holidays.

He's a big representation of that. I

think.

Radio Television Arts student Will Nowak

is counting on that association.

He's taking pictures of St. Nick to

raise money for a children's tv show

pilot.

Novak isn't shy about the intention

behind what he calls operation ho.

We heard this was a very successful

marketing approach in the past.

Honestly plus we think it's fun to dress

up. Look at this - we we love doing this

sort of thing. We love dressing up. A chance

to act and you know be you - know take

take a couple hours and you know not be

too serious and just you know just have

a good time.

Change your Facebook profile picture

with Santa.

Merry Christmas.  I think we're right up

there with Eaton Centre.

If not better but Nowak isn't the only

one playing Santa this early.

Santa has to sit in malls for months now

to take pictures. I was in Miami last

weekend.

He was there mid-November sitting in the

mall.

Though the modern Santa with his

reindeer and elves,

might drive sales, it's Santa's like

Dennis Cheele that turn a shallow

strategy into a genuine experience.

As far as I'm concerned if you're going

to portray Santa,

do it right from head to toe.

Do it right - hello.

[Music]

Have a good everybody!

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When a child looks at Santa

they're very unforgiving

because they first see Santa

and then they see the suit.

the person what you're saying

How you're saying it and then the suit

again,

so if all the things don't properly mesh

you're not Santa and children will let

you know.

And the last thing you want to do is

destroy someone's dream

of Santa? Does he eat all the cookies

left out for Saint Nick. I think that

Christmas ,the holiday period, is a period

when people likes to

you know, disconnect from the reality and

Santa Claus is a magic man.

So it all, everybody's happy to integrate

that as part of their

holiday season and you know selling

that to the kid and the dreaming factor

and the fact that we need to disconnect

from this crazy world

nowadays that we keep him alive.

For Chill Santa's not just for kids last

year he visited a senior's home

where his presence made a difference.

There was one gentleman that

just kind of that attitude. I said George

church, church sit down, sit down.

And the staff kind of went when I

touched him he sat down and said

started talking. If you heard me doing

how are things going. What are you

looking at for Christmas?

Staff kind of looked like, oh what's

going on and then he started talking

and a couple of the staff were like

okay what do you want for Christmas? Well

I don't really know

because... okay well I'll try to bring you

something nice.

But we'll have a present for you - don't

you worry.

The nurse was like, this which

meant nap time.

So George, where you go I know you have

to go to your room. You've got things to

do thank you very much for talking with

me.

And he says bye-bye Santa. Haven't saw in

a long time.

and all the nurses were just wide-eyed.

I found out later that I was the first

person that he had spoken to

in several years and the main reason

was you're not talking to a person

talking to an idea,

a concept a spirit,

that he could remember when he was

younger that brought him things and did

something worthwhile.

I had to sit down after they told me

that.

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As long as retailers use Santa as a

marketing tool, people will continue to

connect him with a commercial Christmas.

However this tool only works because of

individuals like Dennis Cheele who allow

all of us to forget the man and remember

the magic at this time of year.

For Toronto Today, I'm Nicole Brockbank,

happy holidays.

The New York Times released its book

list for

the 100 most notable books of the 2012.

Today its non-fiction picks for this

year

indicate a fascination with America's

first family

with a biography of president Barack

Obama

nnd two books on the first lady the list.

Includes both fiction and non-fiction

titles

and comes out just in time for the

holiday season.

And that's it for Toronto Today. I'm

Sarah Warren and I'm Maria Asaf and

thanks for tuning in for our very last

newscast of the semester.

We hope you enjoyed it. Take care and

happy holidays.

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