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Ontario considers more changes to how gender is displayed on ID

Ontario considers more changes to how gender is displayed on ID

Canada August 14, 2016 at 8:37 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Ontario is considering more changes to the collection and display of gender information on government documents, not long after announcing gender-neutral driver’s licences and health cards. Public consultations launched earlier this month look at how gender information is treated on government forms and identification documents, including birth andRead More

Ontario doctors vote today on four-year deal, new fee agreement

Ontario doctors vote today on four-year deal, new fee agreement

Canada August 14, 2016 at 8:37 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Doctors vote today on a new fee agreement reached by the Ontario Medical Association and the government, with some urging their colleagues to reject it. The four-year deal would increase Ontario’s $11.5-billion physician services budget by 2.5 per cent a year, to $12.9 billion by 2020, and allowsRead More

One taken to trauma centre after motorcycle, car collide in Etobicoke

One taken to trauma centre after motorcycle, car collide in Etobicoke

Canada August 14, 2016 at 8:36 pm 0 comments

One person is in hospital this morning with serious injuries after a motorcycle collided with a car in Etobicoke. It happened near Lake Shore Boulevard and 35th Street overnight. Police say the motorcyclist was thrown from the bike and paramedics confirm one person was taken to a trauma centre followingRead More

West Toronto Railpath to be extended south

West Toronto Railpath to be extended south

Canada August 12, 2016 at 4:46 pm 0 comments

Toronto:- The province has announced plans to extend the West Toronto Railpath trail south to King Street. The recreational trail currently runs alongside the Kitchener GO line tracks from Dupont Street to Dundas Street but will now be extended to just east of the Dufferin Street Bridge, which will inRead More

Frontline TTC workers didn’t receive vigilance notice: union

Frontline TTC workers didn’t receive vigilance notice: union

Canada August 12, 2016 at 4:45 pm 0 comments

The head of a union that represents TTC workers says his members did not receive a warning to be on alert prior to a terrorism suspect being killed in a police takedown in Strathroy. TTC Spokesperson Brad Ross previously said that the transit agency had issued a “See something, sayRead More

Hydro One profit rose 16 per cent in second quarter but revenue was flat

Hydro One profit rose 16 per cent in second quarter but revenue was flat

Canada August 12, 2016 at 4:43 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. (TSX:H) is reporting a higher second-quarter profit and flat revenue. The Toronto-based company — which was wholly owned by the Ontario government until last year — says its net income was $152 million, up 16 per cent from the second quarter of 2015. Revenue barelyRead More

One person in custody following reports of male armed with gun aboard GO bus

One person in custody following reports of male armed with gun aboard GO bus

Canada August 12, 2016 at 4:42 pm 0 comments

One person is currently in custody following reports that a passenger traveling on a GO bus late Thursday afternoon was armed with a gun, York Regional Police have confirmed. According to Metrolinx spokesperson Anne Marie Aikins, the bus left from Yorkdale, travelled north and was heading to Newmarket via MajorRead More

Canadian police ‘kill suspect in anti-terror op’

Canadian police ‘kill suspect in anti-terror op’

Canada August 11, 2016 at 6:51 pm 0 comments

Vancouver, August 11 : The Canadian police killed a man on Wednesday, national television news channels reported, after the police said they had identified a suspect after receiving “credible information of a potential terrorist threat”. The suspect was killed during a police raid in a small Ontario town, CTV NewsRead More

Feds will reimburse public servants affected by pay system glitches

Feds will reimburse public servants affected by pay system glitches

Canada August 11, 2016 at 6:49 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — The federal government plans to cover out-of-pocket expenses its workers have incurred as a result of problems linked to the troubled Phoenix payroll system. Thousands of workers who haven’t been paid in months have been forced to borrow money or max out their credit cards to pay theirRead More

Rob Ford crack tape released after extortion charges withdrawn against Lisi

Rob Ford crack tape released after extortion charges withdrawn against Lisi

Canada August 11, 2016 at 6:48 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — A notorious video featuring late Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine has been made public. The decision came today during a court proceeding in a case involving Ford’s friend and driver Alexander (Sandro) Lisi. Lisi had faced an extortion charge in relation to efforts made to retrieveRead More