Ontario: The Toronto Police Service’s gun and gang task force says more than two dozen people were arrested this morning after 50 search warrants were executed in Toronto and across southern Ontario. Speaking at a news conference at 23 Division Thursday morning, Insp. Bryan Bott said that more than 700Read More

Toronto, Public sector workers in Canada enjoy about a 10 per cent wage premium on average when compared to workers doing the same job in the private sector, a Fraser Institute study has found. The study also found that even after factoring in higher rates of unionization in the publicRead More

Toronto : Mayor John Tory has acknowledged that carding “as carried out in the past” is “not acceptable” and is promising to overhaul the policy before a moratorium on the practice is lifted. Tory made the comment to reporters in the wake of a Wednesday morning news conference where aRead More

Ontario : The Ontario government has released official details about their move to keep non-criminal information collected by police private. The information gleaned from records of mental health interactions, witness statements or information gleaned through carding will no longer appear in background checks done by any police service in Ontario.Read More

OTTAWA — It’s day 25 of testimony at the trial of Sen. Mike Duffy in Ottawa. Duffy has pleaded not guilty to 31 charges of fraud, breach of trust and bribery in connection to his Senate office, living and travel claims. On Tuesday, court heard how Duffy was dispatched byRead More

OTTAWA — Censored versions of police reports on Michael Zehaf Bibeau’s attack on Parliament Hill last October are to be released today in Ottawa. Zehaf Bibeau shot Cpl. Nathan Cirillo at the National War Memorial on Oct. 22, then drove to Parliament Hill and burst into the Hill’s Centre BlockRead More

Toronto, Mayor John Tory says new data that raises concerns about the density along the three routes being considered for the Scarborough subway extension hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for the project. The data, which was compiled by University of Toronto human geography professor Andre Sorensen for the Toronto Star, revealsRead More

Microsoft has announced that it will open new data centres in Toronto and Quebec City but the company is not disclosing the exact locations of the centres or the number of jobs that they will create due to security concerns. Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner made the announcement atRead More

TORONTO — Ontario politicians are expected to pass legislation today that increases fines and penalties for drivers who text, email or use a handheld phone, to a maximum of $1,000 and three demerit points. Using handheld electronic devices while driving has been outlawed in Ontario since 2009, except for 911Read More

Eighteen people are in police custody after they executed 25 raids throughout the GTA, including ones in Etobicoke and Vaughan on Tuesday morning. The raids were meant to break up “several organized crime cells” that allegedly imported and sold drugs and firearms around the GTA, the RCMP said in aRead More