News/Canada/Toronto (Page 38)

Toronto Rally held outside Toronto Jewish school after shootingA crowd of supporters, community members and politicians rallied in North York Monday to condemn hatred and antisemitism after shots were fired at a Jewish girls’ elementary school over the weekend. Speakers denounce hatred, division after shots fired at Bais Chaya MushkaContinue Reading

Decades after being punished in a residential school for speaking his own language, Sol Mamakwa will hold the powerful to account at Ontario’s legislature in the very same language past governments tried to bury. On Tuesday, Mamakwa, the only First Nation legislator at Queen’s Park, will rise in the legislativeContinue Reading

Toronto Shots fired at Toronto Jewish girls school, police investigatingToronto police say they’re looking for two suspects who allegedly shot a gun at a Jewish girls school in North York early Saturday morning. No injuries reported, but police say guns and gangs task force, hate crime unit are investigatingCBC NewsContinue Reading

Toronto Passenger involved in fatal 401 crash faces robbery chargesNewly-obtained Oshawa court records show Manpreet Gill is facing 12 criminal charges stemming from the day of the crash, including one count of allegedly robbing an LCBO. He has not been charged in relation to the collision. Manpreet Gill, 38, wasContinue Reading

Toronto Federal Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says she had “deep concerns” about the lack of limits Toronto put on its now-rejected pitch to decriminalize the possession of illegal drugs — and the city health agency’s refusal to make any changes. Toronto Public Health didn’t answer questions about minister’s description ofContinue Reading

Ontario is introducing sales of beer, wine and ready-made cocktails into corner stores and additional supermarkets 16 months ahead of schedule, a move that will see the province pay up to $225 million to The Beer Store. Retailers, including convenience stores and gas stations, will be able to start selling theContinue Reading

Toronto Woman gets citizenship back after IRCC revokes it over ‘error’An Ajax woman has officially become a Canadian citizen — for the second time — after the federal government cancelled her citizenship earlier this month. Arielle Townsend had her status taken away after 32 years in Canada Olivia Bowden ·Continue Reading

Toronto Bell Media could lose its bid to have former television personality Patricia Jaggernauth’s human rights case thrown out, after a Canadian Human Rights Commission report noting her complaint raises “serious human rights issues that are systemic in nature.” Patricia Jaggernauth’s complaint points to ‘pattern of discrimination in pay,’ saysContinue Reading

Toronto Crown drops charges against 4 accused in Indigo bookstore vandalismCharges have been dropped against four of the 11 people charged with mischief and criminal harassment, which police called “hate-motivated,” after an Indigo bookstore was vandalized last fall. Toronto police charged 11 people with ‘hate-motivated’ mischief in November 2023Jane GersterContinue Reading