Multiple customers of a defunct GTA contracting company seek refunds and justice
They were strangers just a few months ago but now a long list of people from across the GTA have formed quite a bond, though it’s not one they had set out to create. The circumstances bringing them all together have brought pain, frustration, and a loss of tens of thousands of dollars.
“Everyone feels like we’ve been ripped off to a really large degree,” said Zubair Khan.
Khan owns a home in Etobicoke and back in September, he hired TRT Masonry and General Contracting,
Jack Burke Jr., Hall of Famer who was the oldest living Masters champion, has died at age 100
Jack Burke Jr. loved to play golf as much as he enjoyed teaching it.
In a golfing life that spanned just over a century, he delivered the largest comeback in Masters history, built the fabled Champions Golf Club in Houston and left everyone he met with homespun wisdom on golf and life.
“Leisure time is dangerous. You might wind up inside a bottle of bourbon,” Burke once said about retirement. “You were put on this earth to produce, so get with it.”
Burke, who was
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out.
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CLAIM: A deadly contagion known as Disease X is emerging and under discussion at the World Economic Forum’s 2024 annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
THE FACTS: Disease X is not real. It is the name given to a hypothetical pathogen that is being used to help
Maine’s top election official appeals the ruling that delayed a decision on Trump’s ballot status
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s secretary of state is appealing a judge’s ruling that put on hold her decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on .
Shenna Bellows concluded last month that Trump didn’t meet ballot qualifications under the insurrection clause in the U.S. Constitution, citing his role in on the U.S. Capitol. That made her the first election official to ban the Republican ex-president from the ballot
Banking regulator increasing focus on money laundering as risks rise: Routledge
TORONTO — The head of Canada’s banking regulator says he’s ramping up scrutiny of money laundering in the financial sector as risks increase.
Peter Routledge, who leads the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions, said regulators and banks are having to play catch-up on how criminals are trying to move funds.
“The sophistication of money laundering techniques in a world of artificial intelligence and deep fakes and all that, has run out ahead a little bit of, certainly regulators, and financial institutions,” he
Jesse Eisenberg had to throw out his playbook to direct Kieran Culkin in ‘A Real Pain’
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — when he was writing his new film “A Real Pain.” But his sister Hallie Eisenberg knew from years of watching Roman Roy that .
The film, which premieres at on Saturday, follows two very mismatched cousins, one anxiety ridden and rule following and the other a more spontaneous spirit, on a trip to Poland. They’re reuniting to see where their late grandmother was from and also explore some Holocaust locations.
Eisenberg had wanted to play the spontaneous one, which was
Thin ice: Ottawa’s Rideau Canal still isn’t open for skating, despite cold weather
Ottawa is looking at another weekend without skating on the Rideau Canal, even with below-normal winter temperatures on the horizon for the weekend.
The National Capital Commission, which manages the famous skateway, says it is reassessing the conditions of the ice now that cold enough weather has finally descended on the city over the past week.
Spokesperson Sofia Benjelloun said Friday the NCC hopes to have an update soon.
“We’ve been making the most of the cold temperatures, which have given our Skateway preparations a boost, and
Human head and hands found in Colorado freezer during cleanup of recently sold house
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — People who were cleaning out a recently sold home in western Colorado found a human head and hands in a freezer, authorities said.
The remains were found in a home in Grand Junction, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) west of Denver, on Jan. 12, and an autopsy this week confirmed they are human, the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.
Investigators have been in contact with the home’s previous owners, sheriff
Toronto Public Library gradually recovering from cyberattack
The Toronto Public Library (TPL) says more of its services are gradually being restored after an October cyberattack that brought down its website and likely exposed sensitive employee information.
TPL customers will be able to see a familiar version of its website by the end of the month that will include more information on services and programs and easier access to digital resources, but it will not allow access to catalogue and search features and customer accounts.
A library spokesperson says materials, both physical and digital, continue to circulate, with over 8
Analysis: Simmering conflicts reach a boil as the Mideast remains unsettled by Israel’s war on Hamas
JERUSALEM (AP) — in the Gaza Strip has raised the temperature on tensions across the Middle East, increasing the risk that other conflicts in the region could spin out of control.
Whether it is assaults on shipping vessels by or tit-for-tat , a line can be drawn back to the war that was started when Hamas , killing some 1,200 people and taking about 250 hostage.
Since then, Israel has killed and displaced nearly 2 million others from their homes, arousing anger throughout