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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada ended severe thunderstorm watches and warnings for a large swathe of southern Ontario on Tuesday evening. The agency issued the warning and watches to an area that stretched from Windsor to Quebec and along the shores of Lake Huron and …
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada has issued a thunderstorm watch for a large portion of Ontario on Thursday, saying severe thunderstorms are possible. The weather agency issued the watch at around 11 a.m., saying the thunderstorms may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large …
Read More »Toronto election: Mitzie Hunter’s voice was forged around a large family dinner table – Toronto
From boardrooms, to the cabinet table, to mayoral debates, Mitzie Hunter has long fought to ensure her ideas are heard — a mission she says began as a young girl growing up with three brothers. “I absolutely know I have a voice because it started at home around that dinner …
Read More »Shots fired at a civilian in the RM of Macdonald, suspect at large: RCMP – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Shots were fired at a civilian near a business on Laverendye Road, in the RM of Macdonald, Man., and the suspect is at large, RCMP say. On Friday at 6:45 a.m. Stonewall RCMP say they were advised of an off-road vehicle (ORV) …
Read More »Bitcoin scam: Victim faced with excuses, told to pay large fees when trying to withdraw funds – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A victim in a cryptocurrency scam who invested $400,000 was faced with multiple excuses and told to pay large fees when attempting to withdraw the funds, Toronto police say. In a news release issued Tuesday, police said officers were able to recover …
Read More »Ontario plans to require women only bathrooms on large construction sites
TORONTO — Ontario’s labour minister is aiming to solve an excrement predicament. Monte McNaughton is set to announce Wednesday that he is proposing to amend rules about bathrooms on construction sites to make them cleaner, safer and provide some for women only. Story continues below advertisement A Ministry of Labour …
Read More »Incoming Toronto mayor has large mandate, opportunity for new directions after Tory
TORONTO — The surprise resignation of Toronto Mayor John Tory has put the city’s future in flux while presenting an opportunity to move matters of pressing public interest in a new direction, political observers said Saturday as they processed the abrupt departure. The mayor who presided over two relatively scandal-free …
Read More »Large cat mistaken for cougar scares Vancouver neighbourhood, brings out police
It took more than a flyer on a lamppost for a lost cat in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood to be returned to its owner on Wednesday. Police and conservation officers were called after residents reported seeing a cougar, far from its natural habitat, in the area of Granville Street and 20th Avenue …
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