Month: January 2018

TORONTO – Ontario’s Progressive Conservative caucus will meet today to choose an interim leader following Patrick Brown’s resignation in the face of sexual misconduct allegations. Brown stepped down as Ontario PC leader early Thursday after emphatically denying what he called “troubling allegations” about his conduct and his character. Story continues below READ MORE: Patrick Brown steps down as Ontario PC leader amid sexual misconduct allegations The allegations, which have not been independently verified by The Canadian Press, were made by…

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January 25 2018 11:20pm The Ontario Progressive Conservatives are scrambling to rebuild and it all starts with picking an interim party leader. But caucus members are feeling the heat with a provincial election just around the corner. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do…

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As the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caucus prepares to meet at Queen’s Park on Friday morning to discuss appointing an interim leader after Patrick Brown resigned, a northern Ontario MPP says he’s up for the job. Story continues below “The phone calls that I started receiving last night were very encouraging. They say, ‘Vic, it’s your time,’” Vic Fedeli told Global News on Thursday evening, adding he hopes to receive the support of caucus members during their meeting. “I…

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Toronto Public Health says it’s investigating a deadly flu outbreak at a shelter in the city. Associate Medical Officer of Health Allison Chris says the outbreak at Seaton House has left one person dead and nine others in hospital. Chris says the outbreak was declared on Sunday and the death occurred on Wednesday. READ MORE: Hospitals say spike in flu cases across GTA leading to ‘dangerous’ overcrowding She says the outbreak is on a “long-stay” floor of the shelter,…

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To call Mario Rigby’s voyage across Africa “rigorous” would be an understatement. The Toronto man tested his limits in ways very few have – he traversed the continent on foot. He left Cape Town, South Africa on Nov. 24, 2015 and he said he finally reached his destination in Egypt. “I saw the pyramids. I looked up and basically saw the history of humanity and thought, ‘This is the end right here, this is euphoric – I have to…

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January 25 2018 7:48pm Global News at 5:30 on Global Toronto for Thursday, January 25, 2018. Hosted by Alan Carter and Farah Nasser. ‘ }); } 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 ) {…

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Two more temporary shelters — one of which is destined to become permanent — are set to open in Toronto as the city grapples with housing its most vulnerable residents during a particularly harsh winter season. The additional 24-hour drop-in centres would boost capacity of the city’s winter respite system by 200 to 660 spaces across eight sites. The new locations, 348 Davenport Road and 354 George Street, will start taking clients on Saturday and Sunday, the city announced Thursday. Story…

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To call the last 24 hours in Ontario politics a bombshell is to compare a meteor shower to the space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs. The mushroom cloud of destruction left by Patrick Brown’s tardy resignation in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations is still lifting high in the sky and there is simply no way yet to know where all the mangled debris will land, or if there is possibly a Progressive Conservative phoenix somehow buried under…

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