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‘It’s messy’: Displaced residents visiting Parliament St. highrise report problems

Canada October 25, 2018 at 5:28 pm 0 comments

For a fourth straight day, tenants of a St. James Town highrise who were displaced by a fire are lining up outside the fenced-off building in hopes of re-entering their units to retrieve winter clothing. Some tenants, many of whom haven’t seen their homes in weeks, say they were shockedRead More

Residents to get direct rebates from carbon tax in provinces with no plan: Trudeau

Residents to get direct rebates from carbon tax in provinces with no plan: Trudeau

Breaking news, Canada October 24, 2018 at 4:37 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged more than $2 billion in annual carbon tax rebates Tuesday as his Liberal government tried to persuade Canadians that putting a price on pollution is the best way to halt climate change. Trudeau’s plan to slash Canada’s emissions was scoffed at by criticsRead More

Rotating Canada Post strikes targeting Toronto for second consecutive day

Rotating Canada Post strikes targeting Toronto for second consecutive day

Breaking news, Canada October 24, 2018 at 4:37 pm 0 comments

Toronto : Mail delivery and pickup will once again be disrupted in Toronto as a rotating strike by postal workers targets the city for a second consecutive day. Members of the Canadian Union of Postal Workers have been staging 24-hour rotating strikes in cities across the country, beginning with Victoria,Read More

Ford government freezes minimum wage at $14 until 2020

Ford government freezes minimum wage at $14 until 2020

Breaking news, Canada October 24, 2018 at 4:33 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Ontario will cap minimum wage at $14 an hour until fall 2020 as part of a rollback of labour reforms introduced by the previous Liberal regime, the Progressive Conservative government announced Tuesday, drawing praise from businesses and criticism from unions and anti-poverty advocates. The government said new rulesRead More

Air Canada jet damaged while on LaGuardia taxiway by another jet

Air Canada jet damaged while on LaGuardia taxiway by another jet

Breaking news, Canada October 24, 2018 at 4:32 pm 0 comments

NEW YORK – Airport officials in New York say an Air Canada flight that had just landed at the city’s LaGuardia Airport late Monday afternoon was damaged as it sat on the taxiway by another passing plane. Rudy King, spokesman for the Port Authority New York and New Jersey, saysRead More

Residents to get direct rebates from carbon tax in provinces with no plan: Trudeau

Residents to get direct rebates from carbon tax in provinces with no plan: Trudeau

Breaking news, Canada October 23, 2018 at 4:38 pm 0 comments

OTTAWA — The federal government will return 90 per cent of all the money it collects from a carbon price directly to the Canadians. But it has pushed back the start date of its new carbon tax another four months to allow the affected provinces to prepare. Prime Minister JustinRead More

Technical problems force many Ontario municipalities to extend voting

Technical problems force many Ontario municipalities to extend voting

Breaking news, Canada October 23, 2018 at 4:37 pm 0 comments

TORONTO — Many voters in Ontario will continue to cast ballots today after technical difficulties forced at least a dozen municipalities to extend voting in local elections. Dominion Voting Systems, a company that provides tabulation systems in Canada and the U.S., said in a statement that 51 municipalities were impactedRead More

Air Canada jet damaged while on LaGuardia taxiway by another jet

Air Canada jet damaged while on LaGuardia taxiway by another jet

Breaking news, Canada October 23, 2018 at 4:36 pm 0 comments

NEW YORK – Airport officials in New York say an Air Canada flight that had just landed at the city’s LaGuardia Airport late Monday afternoon was damaged as it sat on the taxiway by another passing plane. Rudy King, spokesman for the Port Authority New York and New Jersey, saysRead More

Toronto’s newly elected councillors under 25-ward system

Toronto’s newly elected councillors under 25-ward system

Canada October 23, 2018 at 4:35 pm 0 comments

Toronto: After a few rocky months on the campaign trail, Toronto city council now officially has 25 councillors. Voters filled out their ballots on Monday with polls closing at 8 p.m. Longtime politicians and new faces squared off after Premier Doug Ford pushed a bill to shrink the size ofRead More

Patrick Brown makes political comeback with win in Brampton mayoral race

Patrick Brown makes political comeback with win in Brampton mayoral race

Canada October 23, 2018 at 4:35 pm 0 comments

Brampton: Former Progressive Conservative leader Patrick Brown has made his political comeback – in Brampton. Brown was elected as the mayor of Brampton on Monday, defeating incumbent Linda Jeffrey. CP24 declared the close win for Brown just after 9 p.m. Brown appears to have secured about 44.4 per cent ofRead More