Month: February 2018

Advertisement First, it reversed an Obama-era rule helping workers challenge the labor practices of big chains. On Monday, the National Labor Relations Board reversed its reversal. The move will make it easier to hold companies responsible for labor law violations committed by franchisees and contractors. Labor advocates and business groups alike were surprised by the turnabout, but it did not reflect any ideological shift. Rather, it followed a determination that a member of the board’s Republican majority had a…

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I will kill any tax legislation that benefits @Delta unless the company changes its position and fully reinstates its relationship with @NRA. Corporations cannot attack conservatives and expect us not to fight back. Powered by WPeMatico

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No injuries were reported following a three-alarm blaze at a vacant retail building in downtown Toronto. Fire crews responded to the scene around 11 p.m. Monday on Yonge Street just south of Wellesley Street. Toronto fire officials said the blaze was contained to a three-storey building under renovation. Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop said the roof of the building collapsed but no injuries were reported. There is no word yet on the cause of the fire. Powered by WPeMatico

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Toronto police are investigating after a man was fatally assaulted in the city’s Wychwood Park neighbourhood. The incident happened just before 12 a.m. on Monday near Bathurst Street and St. Clair Avenue West. Police said they located a male in life-threatening condition. He was transported to hospital but later succumbed to his injuries. Toronto paramedics said the victim was in his 60s. Authorities are looking for a male suspect, with a goatee, wearing a black jacket and a blue…

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The federal government “screwed up” when it allowed the sale of a chain of B.C. retirement homes to a Chinese company that has since been taken over by that country’s government, said a UBC international relations professor. The feds approved the sale of Vancouver-based Retirement Concepts, one of the biggest senior care providers in B.C., to Chinese insurance giant Anbang last year. That same year, Anbang also bought Vancouver’s Bentall Centre in a blockbuster real estate deal believed to…

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Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after officials say a male pedestrian was fatally struck by an unmarked York Regional Police vehicle. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a statement late Monday that the vehicle was on Kennedy Road, north of Highway 7 in Markham, at around 4:30 p.m. when it collided with the pedestrian. The unidentified male was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. He was later pronounced dead. Story continues below Six investigators, three forensic investigators and…

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February 26 2018 10:32pm Canadian athletes returned home from South Korea Monday, 24 hours after the official end of the 2018 winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. And as Megan Robinson reports, it’s a warm welcome for Team Canada across the country. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } };…

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The Toronto Transit Commission says it’s investigating after a video posted online appears to show a young man riding on the outside of the rear end of a subway car. In a 10-second video shared on the Instagram account 6ixbuzztv on Monday afternoon, a train can be seen speeding away from a platform before the camera is turned to show the interior of an older-model TTC subway car. Story continues below “I’m on the back of a train, woo!”…

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To Nancy Frankel, words matter. She’s an author, artist, and philosopher who believes in the power of women, the importance of words and speaking the truth. “We’re living during a time of unprecedented tumult,” said Frankel. “It’s a time when things are rising to the surface. In other words, what was once kept beneath the earth — the rumblings of women who wish to speak their truth and to be honoured and protected — is now coming to the…

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February 26 2018 8:13pm Global News at 5:30 on Global Toronto for Monday, February 26, 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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