SIU probing man’s fatal fall at Square One mall in Mississauga
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an 18-year-old man at Square One Shopping Centre in Mississauga on Wednesday. Peel Regional Police officers were called about a man in distress who was heading...
‘Land grab’: NDP claims Ford is trying to seize control of Exhibition Place
Some politicians claim the Ford government is looking to gain control over City-owned land at Exhibition Place in what the NDP describe as an “unconscionable land grab.” New legislation introduced by the PC government earlier this month as part of...
Westons, Thomsons to team up for $18M bid on Hudson’s Bay charter: court docs
TORONTO — Two of Canada’s wealthiest families have agreed to team up to open the bidding at $18 million for the royal charter that formed Hudson’s Bay. New court documents filed late Friday say holding companies belonging to the Thomson...
At Trump’s urging, Bondi says US will investigate Epstein’s ties to Clinton and other political...
NEW YORK (AP) — Acceding to President Donald Trump’s demands, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Friday that she has ordered a top federal prosecutor to investigate sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Trump political foes, including former President Bill...
FAA takes first steps to restore flights after shutdown strain, but some limits remain
The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday halved the number of flights that U.S. airlines must cut from their schedules at 40 airports as the country’s aviation system recovers from a shortage of air traffic controllers during the record government shutdown....
B.C. lawyers receiving extortion threats, legal regulator warns
VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for “substantial sums of money.” The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its members that says lawyers have been targeted...
Motion to clear encampments near schools, playgrounds and daycares, ‘watered down’ says disappointed Coun. Bradford
A motion put forward by Beaches-East York councillor Brad Bradford to quickly clear encampments near schools, parks and daycares passed a vote at city council late Thursday night. That doesn’t mean Bradford, who’s running for mayor in the next election,...
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of 3 white men in 2020 killing of...
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed the running Black man with...
Governor General Simon released from hospital, recovering from illness
OTTAWA — Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was released from hospital Friday and is now recovering at home. The 78-year-old representative of King Charles missed the annual Remembrance Day service in Ottawa on Tuesday after being hospitalized with...
Ottawa to return $623 million to small businesses in rebate payments
OTTAWA — More than 600,000 small businesses will share $623 million in carbon price rebate payments before the end of the year, the final payment they will receive following the end of the consumer carbon price last spring. The payments...
