Month: March 2018

Toronto police are launching a two-week road safety campaign beginning on Monday as part of the city’s Vision Zero initiative to eliminate serious collisions and pedestrian fatalities. Police said they will focus their traffic enforcement efforts on offences identified as contributors to killed and seriously injured (KSI) collisions. These offences include speeding, distracted driving and aggressive driving behaviour. The “Slow Down Toronto” campaign will start on March 19 and end on April 1. Powered by WPeMatico

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You might have to throw away that ground beef thawing for tonight’s dinner. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has recalled a brand of lean ground beef as it may be contaminated with E. coli bacteria. WATCH : Loblaw recalls shrimp Story continues below The CFIA says that all 285-gram and 510-gram packages of Good Boucher brand lean ground beef with best before dates of March 19 and March 21 have been taken off store shelves due to the possible contamination…

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TORONTO – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says today’s throne speech is the only way her Liberal government can spell out its priorities ahead of the upcoming provincial election. Wynne prorogued the legislature last week to set the table for today’s speech and has denied it’s an attempt to wipe the slate clean before the vote on June 7. Story continues below READ MORE: Kathleen Wynne defends decision to prorogue legislature, deliver throne speech But the opposition parties disagree, with NDP…

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Mukhbir Singh says he was waiting in line to enter Montreal’s Bell Centre to take in the Canadiens-Penguins game on Thursday, when a fellow Habs fan standing in line asked him if he was Sikh. When Singh replied in the affirmative, the man promptly asked him a question about Sikh extremism. Story continues below “The first question was, ‘Is there a terrorism issue? Is this actually happening in your community?’” Singh told Global News. He said the man was polite…

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The birth of twin pandas at the Toronto Zoo could mean a better future for wildlife on the endangered species list. Angie Seth chats with the zoo’s Curator of Mammals about the zoo’s preservation program and what’s next after the pandas leave for Calgary. Powered by WPeMatico

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March 18 2018 10:05pm Video shot Saturday shows the moment a roof collapsed with people on it in Kingston during a St. Patrick’s Day party and the aftermath of the incident. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE, doesn’t work yet if…

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Among them was Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, a sharp critic of Mr. Trump who appeared on the same program. “People see that as a massive red line that can’t be crossed,” he said. He urged Mr. Trump’s advisers to prevail on him not to fire Mr. Mueller. “We have confidence in Mueller.” Representative Trey Gowdy, Republican of South Carolina, said if the president was innocent, he should “act like it” and leave Mr. Mueller alone, warning of dire…

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Advertisement For months, President Trump’s legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweets, and to do nothing to provoke him or suggest his investigation is not proper. Ignoring that advice over the weekend was the decision of a president who ultimately trusts only his own instincts, and now believes he has settled into the job enough to rely on them rather than the people…

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March 18 2018 7:26pm Hundreds of people came to the Toronto Zoo on Sunday to say farewell to the zoo’s pandas, the first pandas to be born in Canada, before they make a trip to Calgary. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on…

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March 18 2018 6:14pm Barrie police and Enbridge utility crews were at a Barrie home Sunday afternoon after a 10-month-old died and a mother and toddler were sent to hospital following a carbon monoxide leak. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE,…

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