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Ontario’s financial watchdog is repeating warnings that the province’s roads, hospitals and other infrastructure are vulnerable to the high costs of climate change if significant changes are not made. The Financial Accountability Office of Ontario (FAO) released a report Wednesday outlining how the province could need to spend billions of …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 6, 2023 7:38 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Brunswick’s police watchdog has been called in following an officer-involved shooting in Saint John. Officers were called to the Mecklenburg Street and Wentworth Street area shortly after 4:30 p.m. …

The province’s police watchdog has cleared an officer who shot dead a landlord who killed two tenants during a dispute at an east Hamilton, Ont. residence last May. Director Joseph Martino with the Special Investigations Unit cited section 34 of the criminal code in his decision saying there was “reasonable …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 21, 2023 10:59 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto’s ombudsman is launching an investigation into the city’s decision to deny refugee claimants space in city shelters and direct them to federal programs. Ombudsman Kwame Addo says the investigation will …

Ottawa’s corporate-ethics watchdog has announced an investigation into fashion company Ralph Lauren over the alleged use of forced labour in its supply chains, while putting a Toronto-based mining firm on notice. Sheri Meyerhoffer, who is the Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, said it’s not clear whether Ralph Lauren Canada LP …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was fatally shot by police in London, Ont., while another person remains in hospital with unspecified injuries. The Special Investigations Unit confirmed Friday afternoon that it was investigating the circumstances surrounding the death …

Ontario’s police oversight agency says the extent of injuries suffered by a 28-year-old London man is “highly regrettable” but it has found no reason to lay any criminal charges against the officer handling the service dog that injured him. The unidentified man was bit several times in the buttocks, left …

By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 6, 2023 6:56 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba’s police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man who was shot by police with a stun gun in Winnipeg. The Independent Investigation Unit says the man …

Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government is sitting on more than $22 billion in “excess funds,” according to the province’s watchdog, with no transparency on how that money will be used over the next four years. The province’s independent Financial Accountability Office (FAO) released a long-term spending forecast, based on the government’s …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 26, 2023 11:26 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s competition watchdog says the federal government should consider easing restrictions on cannabis packaging and limits on how much of pot’s psychoactive component can be edible products. The Competition Bureau says …