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Tory leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier wants to shake up airline industry

Tory leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier wants to shake up airline industry

Canada August 3, 2016 at 6:02 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Conservative leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier is promising to bring his free-market ways to Canada’s airports and airlines if he becomes prime minister. The Quebec MP, who has made privatization and deregulation a central theme in his campaign to take over as Tory leader, says Canadian air travellers payRead More

Police search for witnesses after deadly Pickering crash

Police search for witnesses after deadly Pickering crash

Canada August 3, 2016 at 6:01 pm 0 comments

Toronto,Police are searching for witnesses after a deadly collision in Pickering Tuesday night. It happened on Bayly Street between Liverpool and Sandy Beach roads at around 5 p.m. Police say a 19-year-old woman was driving a gold Acura car when she pulled out onto Bayly Street and was struck byRead More

Gov’t officially launches inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women

Gov’t officially launches inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women

Canada August 3, 2016 at 5:59 pm 0 comments

GATINEAU, Que. — Family members wiped away tears Wednesday as the federal government outlined the terms of an inquiry into the phenomenon of missing and murdered aboriginal women — along with a price tag nearly $14 million higher than expected. Three cabinet ministers were on hand inside the Museum ofRead More

Taxi drivers frustrated with delays in enforcement of new bylaw

Taxi drivers frustrated with delays in enforcement of new bylaw

Canada August 3, 2016 at 5:56 pm 0 comments

Toronto,A representative for the taxi industry is expressing frustration with the fact that Uber has not yet been brought under the city’s regulatory framework, more than two weeks after a new bylaw took effect. A bylaw creating a separate licensing class for ridesharing services like Uber was officially put intoRead More

Bombardier gets $428M order for 125 additional GO Transit rail cars

Bombardier gets $428M order for 125 additional GO Transit rail cars

Canada August 2, 2016 at 1:19 pm 0 comments

TORONTO – Bombardier’s rail division says Ontario’s GO Transit system will be getting 125 additional two-level commuter rail cars to be produced over a two-year period at its factory in Thunder Bay, Ont. Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) valued the order at C$428 million (US$328 million). Production of the bilevel rail cars isRead More

Boy, 12, dies in hospital after dirt bike crash in Hamilton

Boy, 12, dies in hospital after dirt bike crash in Hamilton

Canada August 2, 2016 at 1:18 pm 0 comments

Hamilton,A 12-year-old boy has died in hospital following a dirt bike crash in Hamilton Monday. It happened at a rural property on Binbrook Road at around 6 p.m. The boy was riding with another family member when they became separated, investigators say.The family member, police say, later found the boy,Read More

Crews battle fire at farm equipment storage facility in Caledon

Crews battle fire at farm equipment storage facility in Caledon

Canada August 2, 2016 at 1:16 pm 0 comments

Ontario,Fire crews are on scene after a blaze broke out at a storage facility housing farm equipment in Caledon this morning. It happened at around 6:40 a.m. at a large building on Creditview Road. Police say the fire is contained to the storage building and no injuries were reported.“I believeRead More

Suspect in custody after stabbing in North Bendale

Suspect in custody after stabbing in North Bendale

Canada August 2, 2016 at 1:12 pm 0 comments

TORONTO,One suspect is in custody following a stabbing in North Bendale overnight. It happened on Bainhart Crescent, in the area of McCowan Road and Brimorton Drive, shortly before 9 p.m. Police say a male victim was taken to a trauma centre after suffering a stab wound to the head area.Read More

Vancouver’s new tax sparks concerns for Toronto’s real estate market

Vancouver’s new tax sparks concerns for Toronto’s real estate market

Canada August 2, 2016 at 1:00 pm 0 comments

Toronto,Toronto’s red-hot real estate market could get even hotter as foreign nationals looking to dodge a new 15 per cent tax on properties in Vancouver seek new places to invest, realtors say. The tax, which takes effect Tuesday, was introduced by the British Columbia government with the intent of improvingRead More

Gunshot victim walks into hospital after downtown shooting

Gunshot victim walks into hospital after downtown shooting

Canada August 1, 2016 at 1:35 pm 0 comments

Toronto,One man is in hospital with a gunshot wound to the torso following a shooting near Little Italy early this morning. It happened on Bathurst Street, between College and Nassau streets, at around 3:30 a.m. Police say more than 10 shell casings were found on the street and one manRead More