Month: January 2018

Months after a Global News investigation exposed gaps in Ontario’s probation system, a high-risk sexual offender may be breaking his probation conditions. The investigation, published in May 2017, exposed shortcomings in the province’s probation system and limitations faced by probation officers. READ PART 1: Ontario’s probation system ‘a joke,’ say offenders Story continues below READ PART 2: 4,500 outstanding warrants for alleged probation and conditional sentence violations in Ontario Kyle McLauchlan was featured in the investigation. He was convicted…

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Eddie Vale, a Democratic consultant working with a coalition of immigration groups, described the president’s proposal as an effort to sabotage bipartisan talks and win passage of “a white supremacist wish list.” Anti-immigration activists also assailed the plan, though for the opposite reason. The Breitbart.com website greeted word of the president’s plan with the headline: “Amnesty Don Suggests Citizenship for Illegal Aliens.” Under Mr. Trump’s plan, described to reporters by senior White House officials, young immigrants who were brought…

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TORONTO – An Ontario government agency is urging the province’s doctors to be mindful of prescription strength and length when putting patients on a new course of opioids. Health Quality Ontario has issued a report tracking the number of opioid prescriptions given to patients who had not been using the powerful painkillers for at least six months. Story continues below The report found slight declines in the number of doctors prescribing opioids at high doses as well as the…

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TORONTO – Ontario plans to pass legislation in the spring aimed at addressing elevator availability and reliability as part of its commitment to tackle what has become a growing vertical mobility issue across the country, The Canadian Press has learned. The planned legislation is in response to a report to be released Thursday that aims to define and enhance elevator reliability by ensuring building owners perform preventive maintenance – seen as key to minimizing thousands of annual entrapments and…

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Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader Patrick Brown resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct after denying the claims at a surprise press conference at Queen’s Park Wednesday night. READ MORE: Ontario PC leader Patrick Brown says sexual misconduct allegations are ‘categorically untrue’ Story continues below The reports stated that the allegations are from over 10  years ago and involved a high school student. The women have not been named. The allegations, which were first reported by CTV and have not been…

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Ontario PC Party Leader Patrick Brown denied sexual misconduct allegations brought against him by two women, calling them “categorically untrue.” He’s now facing calls for him to resign, including from PC Party staffers. Kamil Karamali has the latest details. Powered by WPeMatico

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January 24 2018 10:24pm Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown said Wednesday he’ll “be at work tomorrow” as he left a press conference where he told media that sexual misconduct allegations made against him were “categorically untrue.” ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on…

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January 24 2018 9:49pm PC Leader Patrick Brown said Wednesday he would defend himself against sexual misconduct allegations made against him and said they are “categorically untrue.” ‘ }); } 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…

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Patrick Brown says he will step down as Ontario Progressive Conservative Party leader while he fights to clear his name after sexual misconduct allegations were brought against him by two women. “After consulting with caucus, friends and family I have decided to step down as leader of the Ontario PC Party. I will remain on as a MPP while I definitively clear my name from these false allegations,” Brown said in a written statement issued early Thursday morning. He…

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January 24 2018 8:46pm Etobicoke-Lakeshore Coun. Mark Grimes said Wednesday that the decision by Campbell Soup Company to close the plant in the Toronto area is a “big hit” for the community. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet…

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