Hopes for US-Iran diplomacy still alive as fighting intensifies over the Strait of Hormuz
Doug Ford reduces staff, cuts $1 million in spending in Ontario premier’s office
Ontario Premier Doug Ford insists all financial, crew resources being used for wildfires
‘Unacceptable’: Ford says about some Toronto-area ministers billing for hotel stays in the city
Premier Doug Ford says it is “unacceptable” that some Toronto-area cabinet ministers billed taxpayers thousands of dollars for hotel stays in the city.
The premier’s comments comes a day after government house leader Steve Clark wrote to the Speaker on Wednesday, informing her he intends to eliminate the rule that let members who live within 50 kilometres of Queen’s Park expense Toronto hotel stays in extenuating circumstances.
“Totally unacceptable. I’ve told them you’re paying back every single penny,” Ford said
Weekend need-to-know: Bloordale goes car-free
Big on Bloor is back to shut down a stretch of Bloor Street this weekend. Here’s what’s happening this weekend in Toronto.
Bloor is going car-free. Or at least a portion of it is this weekend for the annual Big on Bloor Festival . Celebrating all the small business that make up Bloordale, the festival is one of Toronto’s leading community-based art festivals and draws more than 180,000 visitors each year.
To celebrate its 20th anniversary there
Toronto pilot project working to get youth abuse victims help after testifying
One of the most heinous crimes in society, abuse of children and youth, often leads to young victims having to face their alleged abusers in court.
However, when they are done testifying, they often have nowhere to turn for help to deal with the trauma. One woman, Alison Albright, a social worker with Victim Services Toronto, is trying to change that.
“The cases are profound child abuse cases, incest cases/torture cases, human trafficking, internet child exploitation … I don’t think I’
Corus to centralize Calgary, Edmonton productions of Global News, some jobs to be cut
Female youth allegedly choked and assaulted in Vaughan abandoned building; male suspect wanted
Canadian in ICE custody after being charged with hitting American youth
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says a Canadian woman was charged after allegedly assaulting a teenager in “pro-Trump memorabilia” over the Independence Day long weekend in a New Jersey borough.
In a post to social media Wednesday, the department said Kaitlyn Tracey allegedly struck a teenage girl on a boardwalk in Point Pleasant Beach on July 3.
Local police alleged Tracey began yelling at the teenager over “patriotic coloured sweatpants with political wording.” A news release on the police department’s social media account alleged