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‘I had zero sales’: Filipino food vendor faces harsh reality many small businesses are expriencing
Chef Larra Libo-on called it one of the most discouraging days of her life. After spending hours preparing over 500 pieces of her signature dumplings and other products for a recent pop-up event, the Filipino mobile food vendor came face-to-face with one of the harsh realities many small businesses are experiencing across the city.
“I think that’s the first time that for three hours, I had zero sales,” Libo-on tells OMNI News.
Despite the disappointment, Libo-
Toronto Caribbean Carnival junior parade postponed one day due to weather
Weather has forced a one-day delay to this weekend’s Toronto Caribbean Carnival Junior Carnival Parade.
Organizers announced late Friday that due to forecasted rain and high winds, the parade will take place on Sunday, July 19, instead of Saturday.
CityNews meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai says there is a risk of severe storms on Saturday afternoon and evening across the GTA, with torrential downpours and wind gusts of over 90 km/h possible in some areas.
Smoke from wildfires in northern Ontario will continue to linger across the
Police identify 17-year-old brothers as suspects in fatal Brampton shooting
Police in Peel Region have identified two 17-year-olds as suspects in the fatal shooting of a man in Brampton earlier this month.
Investigators say that just after 3:30 p.m. on July 5, an altercation between several people in the area of Edenbrook Hill Drive and Earlsbridge Boulevard resulted in shots being fired. When police arrived, they found a man in his 20s suffering from a gunshot wound. He was taken to a trauma centre, where he was later pronounced dead.
Ajax man charged with sexual assault in Whitby
A 33-year-old Ajax man is facing several charges after a woman claims she was sexually assaulted in Whitby.
Police in Durham Region say that just after 10 p.m. on July 13, the woman was leaving Iroquois Beach Park and was walking along the sand path that runs north-west toward Gordon Street when she was forced off the path into a tree line by an unknown man, who allegedly threatened her before sexually assaulting her.
“Following an extensive investigation by members of the Special