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December 22 2017 10:30am Watch the national half hour of The Morning Show for Friday, December 22, 2017. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if ( !gNews.Common.isIE && !gNews.Common.isTrident && gNews.Common.isFlash ) { var gnca_videoShareCallbackInterval = window.setInterval( function()…
December 22 2017 7:37am Snowfall across the Greater Toronto Area is expected to end around noon on Friday, but could be followed by freezing drizzle that is expected to make the evening commute a tricky one. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on…
December 22 2017 7:32am Motorists are being reminded to take extra time on the roadway as snow continues to fall in Toronto on Friday, which has forced the cancellation of buses for several school boards. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE,…
The slippery road conditions in the Greater Toronto Area due to the snowfall has resulted in some school bus cancellations and delays Friday morning. Want your weather on the go? Download Global News’ Skytracker weather apps for iPhone, iPad and Android Below is a list of bus cancellation and delays: Toronto District School Board: All school bus service CANCELLED. Schools are open. Toronto Catholic District School Board: All school bus service CANCELLED. Schools are open. School bus transportation is cancelled for today. TCDSB schools remain open.Visit the…
A Vancouver urban planner is fighting back against the view that public transit is scary and uncomfortable. Brent Toderian decided to start the hastag #GreatThingsThatHappenedonTransit in response to comments made by Elon Musk, the founder of electric car company Tesla. Musk has recently become interested in the idea of building underground tunnels that he imagines will whisk commuters around cities in individual cars or “pods” that could carry up to 16 people. But Musk isn’t a big fan of…
Less than four months since forming, the 51-member Sir William Osler school glee club has won the junior high vocal category of the national CBC music class challenge. The Dundas school’s first glee club, directed by teacher Pamela Kortmann, entered a video of their version of the song Treat You Better by Shawn Mendes. Their performance was shortlisted to the top 10, out of hundreds of entries, which included middle schools from Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta as well…
A subcommittee will recommend to Hamilton’s municipal heritage committee that the sprawling 97,000 square foot, four-storey Sisters of St. Joseph convent at 574 Northcliffe Rd. be added to the city’s register of properties of cultural heritage value or interest. The 66-year-old sandstone mansion built to house approximately 200 nuns and staff was put up for sale in November for $15 million. The building and property has no heritage protection, but does have a very specific zoning that permits only…
Dundas Photography Initiative saw improvement with the club’s second Help-Portrait free family photo day at the Dundas Museum on the first weekend in December, and hope that improvement continues next year. Photo club member Keith Sharp said the local version of an international movement of volunteer photographers provided holiday family portraits for 14 families that otherwise might not be able to afford them. That was an increase from nine families last year. “I’d certainly do it again,” Sharp said….
“The more I thought about it, the more I thought I was suited to it,” he said. He said his father has offered some advice on his burgeoning political career: listen to the people. “He basically told me — and it’s important for any job — I had to listen to people,” said Sweet. “About 80 per cent of the job is listening. I’m in my learning stage.” He said there are a few basic issues people are concerned…
