From the windows of our crowded charter bus, Toronto seemed like any other non-descript North American city.
Two weeks ago, however, I traveled to the North American city that renders all of those statistics irrelevant.
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It is about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Sinuiju, the North Korean city at the country's busiest border crossing with China.
The north German city has also largely capitulated to foreign firms: its narrow streets host numerous international brands such as McDonald's and Body Shop.
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Analysts say Algerian-born Abou Zeid became one of AQIM's top three military commanders in 2012 and led jihadist forces into the north Malian city of Timbuktu.
City's sacking of Mancini came on the day United held a victory parade to mark their 20th league title and Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement, an event that drew thousands of fans on to the streets of the English north west city.
Gatland took his team for a training session at a local school and the squad undertook a traditional Maori experience on Hamilton's Waikato river in a bid to win some local support as Wales will play both Samoa and Fiji in the North Island city in next year's Rugby World Cup staged in New Zealand.
Somerville, Massachusetts, a small city north of Boston, announced that the city's supply of flu vaccine for the season had run out.
At the height of the storm, the National Weather Service issued a tornado emergency for a number of areas in and around Oklahoma's capital city, with tornadoes reported outside Moore, near the suburb of Bethany, north of Union City and outside Tinker Air Force Base.
Eventually there would have been three lines, serving the east, south and north of the city.
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Nelson McCausland talks optimistically about pulling Belfast's centre of gravity north from the city centre.
Organisers say the site, near Emerson's Green to the north of the city, will create 6, 000 jobs.
Conservative-led South Cambridgeshire District Council agreed the plots on greenbelt land north of the city should be authorised.
Federal agents arrested Mr. Savino in a lakefront home 30 miles north of the city, according to prosecutors.
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Soon after polls closed, he claimed victory and joined supporters celebrating in his stronghold, the north-eastern city of Lahore.
The killer was arrested last year in the north-eastern city of Mashhad, according to the main reformist newspaper Norouz.
North of the city of Mosul, Iraqi forces pulled back about 13 miles.
The stadium will hold 20, 000 people and is 15km north of Cabinda city.
Further North, Jersey City and Hoboken reported extensive flooding throughout their downtowns.
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They are attempting to secure the north-eastern city of Kidal, the militants' last stronghold, having captured the airport on Wednesday.
There was no message and no return address, though the parcel was reportedly sent from the north-western city of Nagano.
The magnitude-4.8 quake struck at a depth of 15.5km (9.6 miles) 35km north of the city of Lucca, officials said.
In May 2003 Mr Aghajari refused to attend the first day of his retrial, in the north-western city of Hamedan.
At previous hearings, Barrett denied shooting Mr Finucane at his home in the north of the city in February 1989.
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Meanwhile Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has closed the international airport at the north-western city of Peshawar for an indefinite period.
The Republicans also have hopes for the sixth congressional district (north of Kansas City), where the Democrat, Pat Danner, is retiring.
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