Ontario municipalities push for frank talk with Ford government on who pays for what
Steep property tax increases being proposed across the province are partly the result of Ontario offloading various costs to local governments in the 1990s, municipalities say, and it’s time for a frank talk about who pays for what.
The province announced a “new deal” for Toronto late last year , in which it agreed to take over the cost of two Toronto highways to help ease the city’s financial pressures, and now other communities want similar support.
The Association of Municipalities of Ontario will be
23 lost skiers and snowboarders rescued in frigid temperatures in Killington, Vermont
KILLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Twenty-three skiers and snowboarders had to be rescued in frigid temperatures on Saturday after becoming lost in the backcountry in Killington, Vermont, police said.
After a call came in around 2:30 p.m., search and rescue crews hiked, snowshoed and used skis with skins to travel about 5 miles (8 kilometers) to bring a group of 21 lost skiers and riders back to safety, Killington police . Temperatures were .
The skiers and snowboarders warmed up
Young ski jumpers take flight at country’s oldest ski club in New Hampshire
MILAN, N.H. (AP) — Some of the Northeast’s best young ski jumpers took flight at the country’s oldest ski club on Sunday, continuing a comeback for the once-popular winter sport featuring speed, skill and sometimes spills.
The Eastern Ski Jumping Meet took place at the Nansen Ski Club in the shadow of one of the nation’s oldest jumps during Milan’s 102nd annual winter carnival in northern New Hampshire.
The club was formed by Norwegian immigrants in the
Iranian soldier kills 5 comrades in southeastern city where IS attack killed dozens, state TV says
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian soldier opened fire on fellow soldiers Sunday, killing five of them in the , where 94 people were killed in a bombing attack earlier this month, Iranian state TV reported.
State TV said the shooting happened when the soldier arrived at a barracks dormitory and opened fire on the resting soldiers. It said the motive wasn’t immediately clear and the suspect, who wasn’t identified, was at large. No other details were released.
The report said the attack took
Toronto police officer charged in landlord-tenant dispute
A 15-year veteran of the Toronto Police Service is facing several charges in connection with a landlord-tenant dispute.
Police say on Dec. 6, 2023, a man and a woman were involved in a dispute when the man unlawfully entered the dwelling and assaulted the woman. The man then stole property valued at more than $5,000 before leaving the premises.
On Jan. 21, 2024, police say 54-year-old Const. Edward
MPs who visited West Bank urge action against “constant humiliation” of Palestinians
MPs returning from a visit to the West Bank argue Canada needs to do more to prevent escalating tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, as they recount distressing scenes from the occupied territories.
“We can’t imagine what the people of Palestine are going through,” said Liberal MP Shafqat Ali. “What we witnessed with our own eyes, it’s basically constant humiliation, and constant mental torture.”
He’s among a group of three NDP and two Liberal MPs who spent last week meeting with Palestinian refugees in
MPs who visited West Bank urge action against “constant humiliation” of Palestinians
MPs returning from a visit to the West Bank argue Canada needs to do more to prevent escalating tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, as they recount distressing scenes from the occupied territories.
“We can’t imagine what the people of Palestine are going through,” said Liberal MP Shafqat Ali. “What we witnessed with our own eyes, it’s basically constant humiliation, and constant mental torture.”
He’s among a group of three NDP and two Liberal MPs who spent last week meeting with Palestinian refugees in
Police say 4 killed in suburban Chicago ‘domestic related’ shooting, suspect is in custody
TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — Four people were fatally shot in a community outside Chicago on Sunday in what suburban officials described as a “domestic-related shooting.”
A suspect was taken into custody Sunday, according to a Tinley Park Public Safety Department social media post. The village of roughly 55,000 people is about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southwest of Chicago.
Police officers were investigating at the scene of the shooting in a residential area Sunday afternoon, officials said.
Ron DeSantis ends struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump.
The timing of DeSantis’ announcement escalates the pressure on former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, as the only major candidate left in the Republican nomination fight, to win New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary on Tuesday. Trump’s foes in the GOP finally have the one-on-one contest
‘Burn, beetle, burn’: Hundreds of people torch an effigy of destructive bug in South Dakota town
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the on forest land in the Black Hills.
Custer firefighters prepared and lighted the torches for residents to carry in a march to the pyre Saturday night in the 11th fest, the Rapid City Journal .
People set the tall beetle effigy on fire amid drum beats and