Victor Montagliani stood on a stage before soccer’s biggest decision-makers this spring and spoke about what it takes to be a good leader.

The head of the sport across North and Central America and the Caribbean talked about how broken the organization — known as CONCACAF — was when he took over as president a decade ago.

“We were bankrupt — morally, financially and especially in terms of football,” he told the 76th FIFA Congress in April.

“Rebuilding required accountability, transparency and people who believed

Economists expect inflation edged higher in July as consumers were getting whiplash at the gasoline pumps.

Statistics Canada is set to provide a look at the consumer price index for July on Monday.

A Reuters poll of economists expects annual inflation rose a tenth of a point to 2.9 per cent last month.

June’s progress toward peace between the United States and Iran led to a pullback in global oil prices and inflation cooled accordingly. But the tentative ceasefire buckled in July and renewed hostilities in the oil-producing region sent

Doug Ford’s PC government has secured a major victory in the ongoing saga related to bike lanes in downtown Toronto.

On Friday, the Ontario Court of Appeal ruled unanimously, 3-0, in favour of overturning a previous lower-court decision which found that the plan created an unconstitutional risk to cyclist safety.

For well over a year, the Ford government has been mulling a decision to rip out nearly 20 kilometres of protected bike lanes that stretch across Yonge Street, Bloor Street and University Avenue, but an

Toronto police are investigating a fatal collision in the city’s west end after a woman was struck by a vehicle in the driveway of a home Thursday evening.

Officers were called around 8:25 p.m. on Thursday to the Eglinton Avenue West and Dufferin Street area for reports of a pedestrian seriously injured on private property.

Police report that a 63‑year‑old woman was standing in front of a vehicle, guiding the driver up a temporary ramp, when the vehicle suddenly lurched forward.

According

Peel police have arrested and charged three teenagers in connection with “ongoing reckless driving of dirt bikes in Brampton.”

The arrests come after an enforcement initiative called Project Rogue that was prompted by numerous complaints from the community about the operation of off-road vehicles in residential neighbourhoods.

Officers saw the vehicles driving at high speeds, not stopping for stop signs and also being driven on sidewalks and park pathways.

During the course of the investigation, investigators identified three male youths.

A search warrant was executed on July 23 at