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Some Windsor police workers knew about internal sex assault allegations before service claimed it did: docs

WARNING: This story contains disturbing details of sexual assault allegations, and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual assault or know someone impacted by it.  Several Windsor, Ont., police employees — including a staff sergeant and superintendent — witnessed or were told about allegations of internal sexual assault years before the service said …

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Police sought to intercept packages sent by Kenneth Law after learning of alleged poison seller, docs show

Investigators urgently sought to “track and intercept” packages – believed to contain suicide kits – shipped around the world by a Toronto-area man in the days before his May 2023 arrest, according to a police affidavit obtained by CBC News. The document provides a glimpse into the frantic, early efforts …

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B.C. Housing warned about project issues but kept quiet: FOI docs

Two years before CBC News revealed that dozens of people had allegedly abused a B.C. Housing affordable homeownership program in Victoria, the agency’s leaders were warned there was a “high risk” the situation could become public. According to documents obtained through a freedom of information (FOI) request, B.C. Housing’s executive committee …

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Hot Docs says it’s reopening theatre on a limited basis, searching for new leader – Toronto

By Alex Nino Gheciu The Canadian Press Posted September 19, 2024 6:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The beleaguered Hot Docs Film Festival says it will reopen its flagship Toronto theatre on a limited basis as it embarks on a search for a new leader …

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Docs about Vice Media, Ontario Place, Indigenous artifacts head to TIFF 2024 – Toronto

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 8, 2024 10:57 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Documentaries about the rise and fall of Vice Media and efforts to return cultural artifacts to Indigenous nations are among the projects heading to the Toronto International Film Festival. Organizers …

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Hot Docs president leaving beleaguered film festival as it looks to forge ‘new path’

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 10, 2024 10:38 am Updated July 10, 2024 10:39 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The beleaguered Hot Docs Film Festival says its president Marie Nelson is leaving her position after just one year. Hot Docs says …

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Beleaguered Hot Docs film fest announces layoffs, closure of flagship theatre

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 22, 2024 11:37 am Updated May 22, 2024 11:40 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The beleaguered Hot Docs Film Festival says it’s closing its flagship Toronto theatre for about three months and laying off staff amid financial difficulties. …

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Raccoons ‘aggressively’ seized from ‘squalid’ Ontario sanctuary, competing court docs claim

Content warning: This story contains graphic descriptions that some readers may find disturbing. The Ontario government and a raccoon sanctuary it raided are trading accusations over the future care of the animals and the conditions they were living in. Court documents submitted by Mally’s Third Chance Raccoon Sanctuary and the …

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Ford government considered Ontario Science Centre move as early as 2021: docs

The Ford government was already considering relocating the Ontario Science Centre before civil servants were asked to write a business case that endorsed the decision, new documents unearthed by the Ontario NDP suggest. A briefing note prepared for the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport in August 2021 includes talking …

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Sarah Jama’s censure an ‘abuse of power,’ NDP tried to muzzle her: legal docs

Hamilton Centre Independent MPP Sarah Jama says the motion that effectively censured her at Queen’s Park is an “abuse of power” by the province and alleges that her then-party, the Ontario NDP, failed to support her right to free speech, forbade her from further comment and even accused her of …

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