The union representing Toronto Transit Commission special police officers is calling for the reversal of some recent personnel changes that they say may have hampered the response to the stabbing of a 17-year-old girl at a delivery station last weekend. The incident took place around 16: 00 on Sunday at the bus bay of the … Read more
Open this photo in the gallery: A sign for rent outside a home in Toronto on July 12, 2022.Cole Burston / The Canadian Press Beverley Henry paid $ 900 a month in rent when she first moved into her one-bedroom apartment in Toronto nearly a decade ago, but that amount has since climbed to more … Read more
The Ontario Liberals won a pair of provincial elections on Thursday, including a previously Progressive Conservative seat. The party has no leader at the moment, although five people are vying for the title, and has severely reduced resources after two successive election paths, but ended the evening with the highest number of seats since 2018. … Read more
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond-buying policy but kept the negative interest rate unchanged. Tokyo and Sydney moved while Hong Kong and Shanghai Advanced. U.S. futures were lower and oil prices fell. Japan’s central bank chose to keep its interest rate at minus 0.1%, but … Read more
Amid a summer plagued by ferry cancellations, delays and long waits, a trucking company says a BC Ferries Freight trade policy is making matters worse. The program, known as the” drop trailer service”, allows some commercial operators to drop their truck trailers at a BC Ferries terminal. BC Ferries workers then load the trailer onto … Read more
Open this photo in the gallery: A woman walks past the Bank of Canada headquarters in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 1, 2022.Adriansibrold / The Canadian Press Faced with uncertainty about the strength of monetary policy, the Bank of Canada’s governing council debated whether or not to raise interest rates in its July rate announcement – … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reshuffled his cabinet on Wednesday morning, an attempt to put a new face on his minority government that has been plagued by issues recently. The Cabinet reshuffle comes at a time when an Ipsos poll in July conducted exclusively for Global Neporbs suggested that 37 percent of Canadians said they would … Read more
Shoal Lake 40 First Nation has filed a lawsuit against the city of Amporinnipeg and the federal government. In a press release, the First Nation says it is seeking compensation for the devastating impacts of the Amplinnipeg Aqueduct — created to transport clean drinking water from the lake to the residents of Amporinnipeg, while leaving … Read more
Health Canada says a medical clinic in Calgary that soon plans to charge its patients a fee to gain faster access to a family doctor would violate medicare laws. The federal agency says Alberta risks losing federal health transfer payments if it doesn’t do something about it, but Prime Minister Danielle Smith says if rules … Read more