Brampton mayor calling on province, feds for help with rise in extortion-related crimes
Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown is calling on the province and the federal government for help as his city and the surrounding Peel region continue to struggle with a disturbing rise in extortion-related crimes. Last week, Caledon resident, Ranbir Mand, shared...
Imprisoned Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks release, citing ‘new evidence’
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend and longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell asked a federal judge on Wednesday to set aside her sex trafficking conviction and free her from a 20-year prison sentence, saying “substantial new evidence” has emerged...
City council approves luxury land transfer tax hike
City Council has approved a motion by Toronto mayor Olivia Chow to increase the land transfer tax on the sale of luxury homes over $3 million. Tax from the luxury home market is projected to add $14 million in 2026 to...
Toronto city council adopts cooling room bylaw for apartment buildings
Toronto City Council has approved a new bylaw requiring apartment buildings without air conditioning to provide access to a cooled amenity space during the summer months. Council voted to repeal and replace the city’s existing heating bylaw with a new...
Trump orders blockade of ‘sanctioned oil tankers’ into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on Maduro
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday he is ordering a blockade of all “sanctioned oil tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up pressure on the country’s authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro in a move that seemed designed to put a tighter...
Muslim family forced to move burial after being denied at Thorold cemetery
The father of a Brock University student killed in a collision on Highway 406 says his grief worsened after learning his daughter could not be buried at a nearby cemetery, even after a burial plot had already been prepared. Thorold...
Grief, tears and anger as funerals for people slain in Australian antisemitic mass shooting begin
SYDNEY (AP) — With harrowing expressions of grief and declarations of faith, hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney on Wednesday to begin funerals for the victims of an antisemitic mass shooting in which gunmen targeted Jews celebrating Hanukkah. The two...
4 males flee after North York restaurant shooting: police
Toronto police say four male suspects were involved in a restaurant shooting in North York Tuesday night. The shooting occurred in the Jane Street and Finch Avenue West area just after 9:20 p.m., according to officers. In social media post,...
Driver flees after collision in Long Branch
Toronto police say a male has been taken to a hospital after he was involved in a two-vehicle collision on Tuesday night. The incident occurred in the Lake Shore Boulevard West and Forty First Street area just after 8:45 p.m.,...
Prosecutors will charge Rob Reiner’s son Nick with 2 counts of murder in killing of...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rob Reiner’s son Nick Reiner will be charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the killing of his parents, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday. Nick Reiner, 32, will be charged in the death of the 78-year-old actor and...
