Month: January 2018

Two people are dead after a single-vehicle collision on Highway 401 early Wednesday morning. Toronto EMS were called to the scene at around 4 a.m. Emergency scenes arrived to find a single vehicle wrapped around a pole between the eastbound express and collectors lanes near Warden Avenue. Paramedics said two people were pronounced dead on scene. The identity of the victims is not yet known. Ontario Provincial Police have closed the eastbound collectors lanes between Warden Avenue and Kennedy…

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January 2 2018 11:17pm Friends and neighbours have identified a woman killed in a Monday night house fire in Tottenham as Krestine McCallum Collins. The Ontario Fire Marshal is now investigating. Ashley Molnar reports. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t…

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TORONTO – Ontario Power Generation must cut $500 million over the next five years from its nuclear operations budget after the province’s energy regulator took issue with compensation, corporate and administrative costs, including “excessive” pension and benefit levels at the province’s largest electricity producer. The Ontario Energy Board ordered the cuts in a decision released Friday. Story continues below OPG must cut $150 million in pensions and benefits costs by 2021. It will make the other $350 million in…

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Aimee Roy thought she was under attack. The Toronto woman was driving past the Yorkdale Shopping Mall along Highway 401 on Boxing Day with her husband and two dogs when it happened. “It sounded like a shotgun,” Roy recounted. “I thought somebody hit our car or shot at our car.” But Roy wasn’t facing a gunfire volley. Instead, the sunroof in her 2016 Jeep Cherokee exploded. “It was terrifying. When you experience the sunroof exploding it’s so loud, I…

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January 2 2018 8:21pm Global News at 5:30 on Global Toronto for Tuesday, January 2, 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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Toronto police are cautioning residents against walking across a partially-frozen harbour after Global News cameras caught multiple people making the trek between the islands and downtown, and at least one person was out for a skate. Const. Ricardo Gomez, who has been with the police service’s marine unit for more than six years, has been involved in an ice training program on the city’s inner-harbour over the past week and said officers have seen unstable conditions. Story continues below…

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The North Korea tweet near the end of the day seemed most distressing to some in Washington watching the escalating clash between the United States and a nuclear-armed North. “I guess the president regards this as a show of strength,” Representative Jim Himes, Democrat of Connecticut and a member of the House Intelligence Committee, said on CNN. “But as everybody who’s ever been in a, you know, first grade playground recognizes, it’s usually the person who’s most aggressively pounding…

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January 2 2018 6:50pm Tue, Jan 2: As people are out enjoying winter activities on the ice, how do you know what’s safe? Tom Hayes spent the day outside and has what you need to know. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on…

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Tue, Jan 2: Aimee Roy was driving on Highway 401 on Boxing Day when she thought she had come under attack. A loud explosion above her head sent the sunroof in her 2016 Jeep Cherokee shattering into pieces. As Seán O’Shea reports, her situation is not the only case of problems with sunroofs as the automaker denies responsibility. Powered by WPeMatico

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Tue, Jan 2: The TTC is considering the installation of a mechanical gate to keep cars from driving into the Queens Quay streetcar tunnel. A SUV became lodged inside the tunnel Sunday. As Shallima Maharaj reports, this is one of two dozen similar cases over the last few years. Powered by WPeMatico

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