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Toronto Public Health fall flu shot clinics begin today

Toronto Public Health fall flu shot clinics begin today

Canada October 27, 2017 at 6:03 pm 0 comments

Toronto: Residents will have plenty of opportunities to get their flu shot over the next month, starting today with a free clinic at the Toronto Reference Library. The clinic, taking place between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., is one of five free flu vaccine clinics that will be offered byRead More

Bill Morneau to sit down with federal ethics watchdog

Bill Morneau to sit down with federal ethics watchdog

Canada October 26, 2017 at 4:16 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau will sit down with the federal ethics watch dog to see what more he can to do reassure Canadians he will not let his personal fortune get in the way of his job. “The rules work, but what we will consider in my situationRead More

OPP charge three transport truck drivers in connection with fatal crashes

OPP charge three transport truck drivers in connection with fatal crashes

Canada October 26, 2017 at 4:16 pm 0 comments

Ontario: Ontario Provincial Police have laid charges against three transport truck drivers in connection with a trio of deadly highway crashes that occurred over the span of a week this past summer. The collisions occurred on Highway 48 in the Town of Georgina on July 27, Highway 401 near Chatham-Kent onRead More

‘We burned a girl and threw her in the lake,’ witness recalls Smich saying

‘We burned a girl and threw her in the lake,’ witness recalls Smich saying

Canada October 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — An Ontario man accused of murdering a young Toronto woman whose body has never been found confessed to burning “a girl” and tossing her in a lake, a witness told court on Wednesday. Desi Liberatore said he was smoking weed and drinking peach schnapps with Mark Smich andRead More

City won’t close Gardiner for weekend maintenance, opting for overnight closures

Canada October 26, 2017 at 4:14 pm 0 comments

The city will close the Gardiner Expressway for four nights in November in order to conduct annual maintenance work rather than shutting it down for a whole weekend, as has been the practice in the past. Mayor John Tory made the announcement following a meeting with the city’s road closureRead More

Judge dismisses case against 2 Ont. Liberals accused of bribery

Judge dismisses case against 2 Ont. Liberals accused of bribery

Canada October 25, 2017 at 2:15 pm 0 comments

Ont: A judge has tossed a case against Ontario Liberals Patricia Sorbara and Gerry Lougheed Jr., accused of violating the Elections Act in the lead up to the 2015 byelection in Sudbury. Justice Howard Borenstein granted a directed verdict application requested by the defence that called for the charges toRead More

Census: Home ownership rates take historic dip as more Canadians opt to rent

Census: Home ownership rates take historic dip as more Canadians opt to rent

Canada October 25, 2017 at 2:15 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Not everyone wants to own a home these days, Evan Siddall concedes — not even his own millennial-age son. For the head of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp., that’s really saying something. But Siddall’s experience is far from uncommon, the latest census figures show: 30-year-old Canadians areRead More

Federal deficit $8.5B less than expected, prompting Liberals to spend

Federal deficit $8.5B less than expected, prompting Liberals to spend

Canada October 25, 2017 at 2:14 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is dedicating about a third of the windfall it’s expecting from Canada’s surprisingly strong economy towards investments, tax relief and new spending on social programs to support children and the working poor. Finance Minister Bill Morneau released a fall economic statement Tuesday that promises $14.9Read More

Laura Babcock’s murder trial to hear testimony about her financial records

Laura Babcock’s murder trial to hear testimony about her financial records

Canada October 25, 2017 at 2:13 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — A banking specialist will continue testifying today at the trial of two men accused of killing a 23-year-old Toronto woman and disposing of her body in an incinerator. The Crown alleges that Dellen Millard, 32, of Toronto, and Mark Smich, 30, of Oakville, Ont., murdered Laura Babcock becauseRead More

Judge expected to rule today on application to toss case against 2 Ont. Liberals

Judge expected to rule today on application to toss case against 2 Ont. Liberals

Breaking news, Canada October 24, 2017 at 5:23 pm 0 comments

SUDBURY, Ont. – A judge is expected to rule today on an application for a directed verdict in the trial of two Ontario Liberals facing bribery charges under the Election Act. Lawyers for Pat Sorbara, who was Premier Kathleen Wynne’s deputy chief of staff and Liberal campaign director, and localRead More