Month: January 2018

Fire officials are calling for the creation of a $2.8-million fire safety task force to be dedicated to Toronto Community Housing (TCH) amid recently-released statistics that show TCH buildings have a fire fatality rate significantly higher than the rest of the city. Story continues below “Based on the assessment of the current and predicted fire safety risks involving TCH residential buildings, the fire chief recommends the creation of a permanent task force allocated to TCH Fire Safety,” read a…

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MELBOURNE, Australia – Canadian Milos Raonic is out at the Australian Open. The 22nd seed in the men’s tournament, Raonic was stunned by unseeded Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-7 (5), 7-5, 6-4, 7-6 (4) on Tuesday in the first round of the Grand Slam event. READ MORE: Canada’s tennis star Denis Shapovalov could be the next Federer when it comes to sponsorship dollars, too Story continues below The Thornhill, Ont., product is coming off an injury-filled season that saw…

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January 15 2018 8:50pm Global News at 5:30 on Global Toronto for Monday, January 15, 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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Councillor Norm Kelly says he wants City of Toronto staff to look into the possibility of allowing residents to pay for municipal taxes, utilities and tickets using cryptocurrency. “The more I thought about the city of Toronto – one of the premier cities of the world, a city that not only welcomes innovation but promotes it – what better way to look at it in more detail…(and) ask the city hall financial guys to see how City Hall can get…

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January 15 2018 8:09pm Snowfall led to a messy commute for people heading home on Monday evening on Ontario’s 407. ‘ }); } 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 =…

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Peel Regional Police say the three women killed in apparent acts of domestic violence in a three-hour period on Friday night and Saturday morning equals the total number of women killed in homicides in the region in all of 2017. Story continues below Thirty-two-year-old Baljit Thandi and her mother, 60-year-old Avtar Kaur, were found stabbed to death in the family’s home on Starhill Crescent in Brampton at around 10:45 p.m. Friday. Thandi’s husband, 29-year-old Dalwinder Singh, has been charged…

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Senator Dicky Durbin totally misrepresented what was said at the DACA meeting. Deals can’t get made when there is no trust! Durbin blew DACA and is hurting our Military. Powered by WPeMatico

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January 15 2018 6:44pm Mon, Jan 15: As Catherine McDonald reports, the three deaths are tied with the total number of women who were murdered in all of 2017 in Peel region. ‘ }); } 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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Mon, Jan 15: Thanks to our latest freeze and thaw, our city is seeing an increase in damaging divots. And the pothole problem is becoming a costly one for commuters. Jamie Mauracher has more on how the City of Toronto is hoping to make your drive a little less bumpy. Powered by WPeMatico

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