Report recommends Toronto create a year-round winter operations unit
Toronto’s response to winter snow clearing does not meet the standard expected, and the city needs to create a year-round winter operations unit. That is just one of the recommendations being made to improve the City’s winter maintenance operations during...
Toronto teen accused of pointing a gun at a group of people inside a GTA...
A teenager has been arrested and charged in connection with a months-long firearm investigation. According to the Durham Regional Police Service, a 17-year-old boy from Toronto is accused of pointing a gun at a group of males inside the Oshawa...
2 suspects wanted for arson after Burlington new development targeted for a second time
Two suspects are wanted for arson at a new development in Burlington that had been previously targeted last year. Halton police were called to the Branthaven Home development on Turnberry Road near Appleby Line at around 2 a.m. Friday morning....
2 teens charged, 13-year-old wanted in Muslim woman’s swarming in Oshawa
Two teenagers have been charged, and a 13-year-old boy is wanted, in the alleged attack of the owner of a Pizza Pizza in Oshawa after she tried to stop them from stealing cans of pop. An 11-year-old male has also...
Former justice minister David Lametti confirms start date as adviser to PM Carney
OTTAWA — Former Liberal justice minister David Lametti starts his new job in Mark Carney’s Prime Minister’s Office on Monday. Lametti posted on LinkedIn to confirm his start date as Carney’s principal secretary, a top political aide position. Carney’s new...
ICC believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are taking place now in Sudan’s Darfur...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The International Criminal Court believes war crimes and crimes against humanity are continuing to take place in Sudan’s vast western Darfur region where civil war has raged for more than two years, the tribunal’s deputy prosecutor...
Toronto Coldplay concerts offer lessons on GO Transit service, AI responses: observers
Public transportation advocates and experts say lessons can be learned for future concerts at Rogers Stadium in Downsview Park amid frustration expressed by some GO Transit riders over train service and customer responses that included at least one instance of...
Trump threatens 35 per cent tariffs on Canada on Aug. 1
U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports on Aug. 1. Trump posted a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on social media, saying if Canada works to stop the flow of fentanyl...
UN investigator and critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza tells AP she was shocked by...
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — An independent U.N. investigator and outspoken critic of Israel’s actions in Gaza said Thursday that “it was shocking” to learn that the Trump administration had imposed sanctions on her but defiantly stood by her view on...
Both Toronto Ornge air ambulances out of service this weekend
Ornge has confirmed both of their Toronto-based air ambulances will be temporarily out of service through the weekend.. In a statement, the critical care transportation service said one of their helicopters will be out of service due to maintenance for...
