Month: January 2018

Mr. Schiff said the committee had opened new avenues to investigate the Justice Department and F.B.I., a characterization disputed by Mr. Conaway. What comes next was less clear. Under the obscure House rule invoked by the committee, Mr. Trump now has five days to review the document and decide whether to try to block it from going public. The White House has repeatedly indicated that it wants the memo out, but Mr. Trump’s Justice Department had been working to…

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Mr. Trump has long been mistrustful of Mr. Rosenstein, the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, who appointed the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, and now oversees his investigation into Mr. Trump’s campaign and possible obstruction of justice by the president. Mr. Trump considered firing Mr. Rosenstein last summer. Instead, he ordered Mr. Mueller to be fired, then backed down after the White House counsel refused to carry out the order, The New York Times reported last week. Mr….

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Toronto police have scheduled a press conference Monday morning to update the public on their investigation into suspected serial killer Bruce McArthur. McArthur, 66, was charged with first-degree murder two weeks ago in connection with the disappearances of Andrew Kinsman and Selim Esen from Toronto’s Church and Wellesley neighbourhood. Story continues below Kinsman was last seen on June 26, 2017 near Parliament and Winchester streets and Esen was last seen on April 14, 2017 near Bloor and Yonge streets. Police said…

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TORONTO – It’s not just coffee chains and restaurants under pressure from Ontario’s minimum wage hike – marijuana companies say the higher provincial pay rate is driving up the cost to produce and sell cannabis products as well. Aphria Inc. says if the new $14 per hour minimum wage had been in place during its latest quarter, this would have raised its all-incosts to sell dried cannabis by 12 cents, or nearly six per cent, from $2.13. Story continues…

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Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto due to snowfall beginning Monday afternoon and ending later this evening. The weather services says a cold front is expected to move slowly across Southern Ontario today bringing with it about five to 10 centimetres of snow. Environment Canada says some areas south of Toronto will receive more snow accumulation. The system will begin this afternoon over portions of the Golden Horseshoe and continue this evening before tapering off later…

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Durham Regional Police say one person is dead and another person was taken to hospital with serious injuries following a double shooting in Oshawa overnight. Police responded to the scene of an apartment building parking lot on Oxford Street around 11 p.m. Officers arrived and located two people with gunshot wounds. One person was taken to hospital and was later pronounced dead. Police said the second victim was rush to hospital and remains in serious but stable condition. Images…

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In court documents she is referred to as “the claimant.” A young Ukrainian woman who came to Canada in 2005 when she was just 18 years old with the hope of working as a caregiver. But soon after arriving in Toronto, those who brought her here stole her passport and forced her into the sex trade. She was alone in Canada, she didn’t know anyone, and her pimp said the police would never help her. “For three months, [the…

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Rick Dykstra has announced that he is stepping down from the role of president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, a role that he has held since early 2016. Story continues below In a statement posted to Twitter Sunday evening, the Grimsby, Ont.-born politician said he was looking forward to seeing the party rejuvenate its leadership and defeat the Wynne Liberals in the upcoming election. “Since March 2016, I have been pleased to serve as president of the…

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Peel Regional Police have identified the fourth murder victim of 2018 as 30-year-old Brampton, Ont., resident Hoden Said. Officers say they found her body with obvious signs of physical trauma on Saturday night in the basement apartment of a residence in the Kennedy Road and Rutherford area. Police have been investigating a semi-detached home on Hockley Path. Story continues below Witnesses reported a disturbance within the residence Saturday afternoon, and an unknown male was seen leaving the home on…

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