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The most significant legislation from Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives since winning their third straight majority is a sweeping bill that Premier Doug Ford says will protect the economy from tariffs but which critics say will gut environmental protection.  Bill 5, also known as the Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act, isContinue Reading

Linda Mangalathu’s problems began with an issue many homeowners in Toronto are familiar with: a minor basement flood. Now, a little more than three weeks later, she’s had to move out of her Scarborough house, her front yard is a construction zone, and neither her contractor nor the city haveContinue Reading

Toronto Public Health Ontario says 173 more people have been infected with measles in the province over the past week, bringing the number of measles cases to 1,795 since Ontario’s outbreak began last October. Public Health Ontario says virus continues to spread primarily among non-immunized people Nicole Ireland · TheContinue Reading

Toronto Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city is facing a nearly $40 million shortfall in money needed to host six FIFA World Cup matches next year, after a new report revealed that a substantial amount of funding pledged by the province will be used up for various services. MayorContinue Reading

Toronto A man facing impaired driving charges in connection with a deadly Toronto crash that killed three children and sent three others to hospital briefly appeared in court Tuesday morning. Young men hard to reach about impaired driving risk, MADD says after collision kills siblings Sara Jabakhanji · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Toronto The Ford government says it wants to give police more powers to stop and search vehicles without a search warrant in a new effort to stop car thieves, but some criminal lawyers say the move could violate people’s rights and lead to racial profiling. Province proposing amending Highway Traffic ActContinue Reading

Toronto A 19-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving causing death after three children were killed in an overnight crash on Highway 401 in Etobicoke, police say.  Mother, children were stopped at red light when vehicle crashed into them, police say 3 children killed in Toronto crash, man facesContinue Reading

Toronto Peel Regional Police have identified a Brampton man who died in hospital after he was shot several times in a Mississauga parking lot this week in what investigators believe was a targeted shooting. Harjeet Dhadda was gunned down on Wednesday in shooting police say was targetedMuriel Draaisma · CBCContinue Reading