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Should police officers who fatally shot a mentally ill man in crisis have their names shielded from the public? That’s the question facing Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice as a hearing gets underway Tuesday in a lawsuit by the family of Ejaz Choudry, a father of four with schizophrenia shotContinue Reading

Toronto Annual autism job fair aims to help seekers, employers connectMonday marks the 8th annual Spectrum Works autism job fair. Organizers and participants say the fair helps fill labour shortages with an underutilized and underestimated part of the population. Over 40 employers, nearly 1,500 job seekers registered for virtual event,Continue Reading

A couple in an affluent midtown Toronto neighbourhood is asking the city to remove the heritage designation from their century home because they say the original owner was racist.  The two-and-a-half storey, 9,000-square foot house in the Yonge and St. Clair area, was built in 1906 for Stapleton Pitt Caldecott, a formerContinue Reading

Toronto Ford Motor Co. is delaying the start of electric vehicle production at its plant in Oakville, Ont., by two years. The U.S. automaker had planned to start production at the plant, which employs 2,700 workers, in 2025 and is pushing that back to 2027. Spokesperson says layoffs will beContinue Reading

Toronto Cancer can’t keep this Brampton teen from his hockey dreamBrampton’s Eli Craig says nothing can keep him from his dream of playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs — not even radiation and chemotherapy for a rare form of cancer. Eli Craig, 13, plays for Brampton 45s U14 and hasContinue Reading

Toronto Ford doubles down on refusal to allow fourplexes provincewidePremier Doug Ford doubled down Wednesday on his refusal to force municipalities to allow fourplexes on residential land, a move that could jeopardize Ontario’s access to billions of dollars in federal housing funds. Allowing fourplexes ‘as of right’ is a conditionContinue Reading

Toronto York Regional Public Health says it has confirmed a fourth case of measles in Ontario, this time in a man in his 30s who has not travelled recently or been in contact with anyone ill. Man in his 30s had not travelled recently or been in contact with anyoneContinue Reading

Toronto Two Toronto police officers have admitted to misconduct related to their role in the arrest of a young Black university student who was stopped, Tasered and kneed in the neck in what turned out to be a case of “mistaken identity.” Const. Seth Rietkoetter, Sgt. Rachel Saliba pleaded guilty to using unnecessaryContinue Reading

Toronto For a Toronto community once notorious for crime and the influence of organized gangs, two shootings this month targeting innocent victims at the same spot, less than 24 hours apart, were more than just a chilling outbreak of indiscriminate violence. Gun violence in Jane and Finch area ‘at aContinue Reading