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Advocates are urging Pickering city council to reject a plan to develop 1,600 hectares of rural land in the city’s northeast end pending further consultation with First Nations and studies on the project’s environmental impact and cost. The proposal aims to transform the area — which is surrounded by but …
Read More »Boy, 14, charged with 1st-degree murder after fatal stabbing of woman in Pickering
A 14-year-old boy from Pickering has been charged with first-degree murder after an elderly woman was fatally stabbed in the city on Thursday, Durham police said. The accused appeared via Zoom in Oshawa court on Friday from Durham Regional Police Division 17. During the hearing, he spoke to confirm he had the opportunity …
Read More »Ontario councillor gets severe pay penalty as Pickering wants stronger recourse
A councillor in a southern Ontario city has been issued a 90-day pay suspension – the most severe penalty possible under current rules – after the municipality’s integrity commissioner found she has been demonstrating a continued pattern of “unacceptable behaviour” that risks hurting marginalized members of society. It’s the latest …
Read More »Controversial councillor ‘created an environment of fear’: Pickering, Ont. council
The mayor of a southern Ontario city and five out of six municipal councillors are condemning the last member of the group for appearing on an online show they say promotes hate speech and extremist views, arguing her increasingly controversial history has “created an environment of fear and intimidation” on council. In …
Read More »‘Nonsense’: Warring Ontario councillors trade accusations, while police watch meetings
The emails between bickering councillors in Pickering began to fly back and forth as the workday was ending one Wednesday in June. Around 5:30 p.m. on June 12, Coun. Lisa Robinson sent a message complaining about the city’s mayor, copying almost 100 local officials, journalists and the general inboxes for …
Read More »29-year-old woman airlifted to trauma centre after crash involving dump truck in Pickering
A 29-year-old woman was airlifted to a trauma centre after the car she was driving was hit by a dump truck in Pickering, police say. Durham Regional Police said it happened on Thursday at around 9:30 a.m. at the intersection of Taunton and Whites roads. “Upon arrival, officers observed a …
Read More »4 people criminally charged with cheating at Pickering casino: OPP
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Four people have been charged with cheating at a Pickering casino, police say. Ontario Provincial Police said the Investigation and Enforcement Bureau, which is attached to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, was contacted on Aug. 3 with “allegations that a …
Read More »Woman, 71, dies after crash in Pickering, Ont.
Durham Regional Police said the crash took place near Uxbridge Townline and Sideline 28 after 10 a.m. Police were called to reports of a single-vehicle collision. News Source link
Read More »17-year-old boy shot and killed at Pickering housing complex
A 17-year-old boy is dead after a shooting at a Pickering townhouse complex on Sunday. Durham Regional Police said the shooting happened in the area of Valley Farm and Kingston roads. Emergency crews responded at around 9:40 p.m. “They arrived on scene here and located a 17-year-old male that had …
Read More »Pickering airport proposal is 50 years old. Opponents hope it will finally be scrapped
After decades of protests against a long-standing proposal to build an airport in Pickering, Ont., opponents of the project are optimistic it will soon be abandoned for good. Those hopes hinge on two recent developments: a Pickering council vote declaring a lack of support for an airport and a suggestion …
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