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The initial price tag of Premier Doug Ford’s signature Ontario Line project left out key expenses, according to the head of the province’s transit planning agency, that would eventually double the cost of constructing and operating the transit line. The 15-kilometre transit line, announced by the Progressive Conservative government in …
Read More »What the jury didn’t hear at trial of man accused in the London, Ont., attack
From alternate attack targets and extreme views on many populations to a near-resignation from a defence lawyer, there was plenty jurors at the trial of Nathaniel Veltman were barred from hearing as they considered the case of the man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in what …
Read More »Doug Ford says he didn’t direct inclusion of land in urban boundary expansions
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 31, 2023 10:01 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he did not instruct staff to include specific developer-owned lands in expansions of urban boundaries that would have allowed building in those areas. The government announced …
Read More »Ford didn’t see or approve list of King’s counsel lawyers
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he did not see or approve names of lawyers his attorney general has designated King’s Counsel, an honorary title done away with decades ago due to patronage concerns. The government quietly issued a statement on the Friday afternoon before the Canada Day long weekend …
Read More »‘She didn’t hesitate’: The untold story behind a Black Canadian woman’s wartime portrait
Thousands of people have seen it over the past 70-plus years: a dramatic oil portrait from 1946 of a Black Canadian woman in a military uniform, standing behind a canteen counter. Her arms are crossed. Her face is stern. Decades later, the portrait still conveys an image of strength. It’s one of …
Read More »Medicine Hat ended homelessness a year ago, but it didn’t last long
Jan Leibel isn’t sure where she’s going to spend the night. She’s been camping out in Medicine Hat’s Riverside Veterans’ Memorial Park, along the South Saskatchewan River, the past few nights, but she was given a $50 ticket for illegal camping and will likely have to find a new spot. “Probably go …
Read More »Lucki, Blair tell Commons committee they didn’t meddle in N.S. shooting probe
RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki told a House of Commons committee Monday that the controversy over her alleged interference in Royal Canadian Mounted Police investigation into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia was the result of a miscommunication between Nova Scotia RCMP, herself and then-minister of Public Safety Bill Blair. “Let me begin, …
Read More »These Ontario residents didn’t receive a storm alert — and want to know why
Speaking from his home in Lakefield, Ont., Ed Paleczny is still visibly shaken from the terrifying moments he shared with his wife last weekend, as they watched a storm rip apart the timber-frame cottage they were sheltering inside. “Until you’re in a house with the roof being ripped off and …
Read More »Inquiry records shed light on why RCMP didn’t inform the public about N.S. mass shooting
Public inquiry documents are shedding light on the internal discussions RCMP officers had about what information they should share with the public about the unfolding active shooter situation in Nova Scotia in 2020. They also show that on April 19, amid the realization the gunman was at large and on …
Read More »A life ‘defined by something he didn’t do’: David Milgaard, wrongfully convicted of murder, dies at 69
David Milgaard, a man who spent 23 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit, died in a Calgary hospital this weekend, sources close to the family have confirmed. He died after a brief hospital stay from complications related to pneumonia. Milgaard, 69, who had been living in Cochrane, leaves …
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