The editor of a Toronto-based publication Your Ward News was sentences to one year in jail today Thursday, August 22, 2019 after being found guilty of promoting hatred against women and Jews in his publication. The free publication was distributed to more than 300,000 residences and businesses in the Toronto […]
The Ontario government’s revised sex-education curriculum for elementary schools includes instruction on health, cyber safety and consent. It also requires school boards to allow parents to exempt their children from certain teachings they don’t agree with. The curriculum is available online, and includes addressing issues related to mental health, head concussions, […]
Today the NDP education critic responded to the Ontario government’s announcement about new class sizes coming in the fall of 2019. The Ontario government is filing regulations to limit the average size of a classroom to 22.5 students per teacher. Union leaders have previously warned that as many as 30 […]
The head of the Toronto Police Services’ Gun and Gang Task Force says that the city is in the midst of a “street gang turf war”. Inspector Joseph Matthews says that the problem is so extensive “with hundreds of groups believed to be active.” Matthews, who took over the Gun […]
A debate has been sparked regarding the naming of three new streets. Among the candidates on a shortlist by the City is the former Mayor Rob Ford. There was a time when Rob Ford’s name, not to mention his antics – were all the talk on social media. These days, it’s […]
Toronto police have released additional photos on Thursday of two of the three suspects that are wanted in connection with a Pizza Pizza delivery fraud investigation. Last month, police said they were looking to identify three men and released photos of the suspects. Back in July, a number of customers […]
As reported yesterday, Halton Region’s first homicide victim of 2019 has been identified as longtime EMS dispatcher Laura Grant. A number of sources in the paramedic and policing communities have identified Laura Grant as a dispatcher for the Mississauga Central Ambulance Communication Centre at Britannia and Kennedy roads. This centre […]
On Wednesday August 21, 2019, a woman was shot dead at a home in Burlington Ontario. Halton Regional Police say the death of the woman is being investigated as a homicide. They were called to a home on No. 2 Side Road in Burlington between Cedar Springs Road and Guelph […]