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Numerous road closures planned for annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday

Numerous road closures planned for annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday

Canada November 19, 2017 at 9:27 am 0 comments

Drivers take note: Santa Claus is coming to town. The 113th annual Santa Claus Parade will take place on Sunday afternoon and numerous road closures are planned as a result. The parade gets underway at around 12:30 p.m. at Christie Pits Park and will run eastbound along Bloor Street, southboundRead More

‘Intoxicated’ mom with two small kids in car arrested after three-car crash

Canada November 19, 2017 at 9:26 am 0 comments

Toronto police have arrested a mom who was allegedly heavily intoxicated with her three-year-old and two-month old in the car when she was involved in a three-car crash in Scarborough on Saturday. Const. David Hopkinson said police were called to Kennedy Road and Pently Crescent, south of Sheppard Avenue East,Read More

Back-to-work legislation to end college strike passes second reading

Back-to-work legislation to end college strike passes second reading

Canada November 19, 2017 at 9:25 am 0 comments

TORONTO — A back-to-work bill that would end a strike by college faculty in Ontario appears on track to be pushed through the legislature on Sunday. The bill cleared another hurdle on Saturday while the Liberals and New Democrats pointed fingers at each other over how the legislation has beenRead More

Government had ‘no other options’ besides back-to-work legislation: Wynne

Government had ‘no other options’ besides back-to-work legislation: Wynne

Canada November 17, 2017 at 6:48 pm 0 comments

Ontario : Premier Kathleen Wynne says that her government had “no other options” other than to introduce back-to-work legislation to end a nearly five-week strike by college faculty. The back-to-work legislation will be tabled at Queen’s Park today, less than 24 hours after striking college faculty voted overwhelmingly in favourRead More

Attorney General seeking to revoke Forcillo’s bail

Canada November 17, 2017 at 6:44 pm 0 comments

The Attorney General is seeking to revoke the bail of Const. James Forcillo in the wake of his arrest for allegedly breaching his bail conditions earlier this week. Yasir Naqvi’s office confirmed the move to CP24 on Friday morning. Forcillo was taken into custody on Wednesday morning after he wasRead More

Senator from Ontario dies on Colombia trip

Senator from Ontario dies on Colombia trip

Canada November 17, 2017 at 6:43 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA – Conservatives on Parliament Hill are flooding social media with condolences on the death of Tobias Enverga Jr., the first Filipino-Canadian to sit in the Senate. Senators were told this morning that Enverga died last night, although a formal announcement has not yet been made. Conservative senators Linda FrumRead More

Numerous road closures planned for annual Santa Claus Parade on Sunday

Canada November 17, 2017 at 6:43 pm 0 comments

Drivers take note: Santa Claus is coming to town. The 113th annual Santa Claus Parade will take place on Sunday afternoon and numerous road closures are planned as a result. The parade gets underway at around 12:30 p.m. at Christie Pits Park and will run eastbound along Bloor Street, southboundRead More

Small business tax cut never promised to offset minimum wage hike: Wynne

Small business tax cut never promised to offset minimum wage hike: Wynne

Canada November 16, 2017 at 5:31 am 0 comments

TORONTO — A tax cut for Ontario’s small businesses will not fully offset the impact of an increasing minimum wage, the premier said Wednesday as business groups criticized the provincial government for not providing enough support to deal with the hike. While the province had said for months that helpRead More

Cop convicted in Sammy Yatim case arrested after allegedly being found at new home

Cop convicted in Sammy Yatim case arrested after allegedly being found at new home

Canada November 16, 2017 at 5:30 am 0 comments

Toronto:  The officer convicted of attempted murder in the 2013 shooting death of 18-year-old Sammy Yatim is back in custody after he was allegedly found at a new address in violation of his bail conditions. Constable James Forcillo was arrested by Toronto police at around 7:30 a.m. this morning andRead More

Markham mayor slams proposed changes to holiday shopping bylaw in York Region

Markham mayor slams proposed changes to holiday shopping bylaw in York Region

Canada November 16, 2017 at 5:29 am 0 comments

Ontario: Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti says that York Regional Council should not push ahead with a plan to allow stores to open on all statutory holidays with the exception of Christmas Day, despite the fact that dozens of business have been granted exemptions to operate on various holidays in theRead More