March 12 2018 6:51pm Mon, Mar 12: Overnight Sunday, a car was lodged in the Queens Quay tunnel. As Erica Vella reports, it’s the 25th car to do so and TTC are looking for ways to stop the incident from happening. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); }…
March 12 2018 6:47pm Mon, Mar 12: The Office of the Fire Marshalis is investigating an electrical fire at a high-rise as a cause. Mark Carcasole reports. ‘ }); } 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…
March 12 2018 6:44pm Mon, Mar 12: A former Toronto contractor has pleaded guilty to a number of charges related to defrauding customers. The accusations were levelled years ago. Sean O’Shea has more on Monday’s court hearing. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do…
“Not much political support (to put it mildly),” Mr. Trump said of the higher age limit in a tweet, adding that his administration will watch court rulings before it acts. (He did not mention that it is the N.R.A. that is precipitating such court rulings by suing the State of Florida over its new gun purchasing age.) “To no one’s surprise, the president’s words of support for stronger gun safety laws proved to be hollow,” Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat…
“By ending its oversight role in the only authorized investigation in the House, the majority has placed the interests of protecting the president over protecting the country,” he said. “And history will judge its actions harshly.” Mr. Schiff and intelligence officials also disputed the Republican finding that the country’s intelligence agencies had erred. American intelligence officials concluded in January 2017 that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia personally “ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the U.S. presidential…
The OPP’s annual distracted driving campaign began on Monday. The campaign coincides with the March break and it features an increased OPP presence on Ontario highways in an effort to crack down on what has become the leading cause of road deaths in the province. It’s the fifth year the OPP have held their distracted driving campaign and police stress they have zero tolerance for distracted driving year round. Story continues below Provincial police say distracted driving was to…
Toronto police have released the name of a local man who died following a shooting over the weekend. Officers say they found Dwayne Anthony Vidal, 31, in a residential west Toronto neighbourhood Saturday afternoon. Police took Vidal to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. Police say a post-mortem that took place Sunday confirmed Vidal died of a gunshot wound to the chest. The Toronto police homicide unit is investigating the shooting. Police say this is Toronto’s 11th murder…
March 12 2018 7:37am Hundreds of people in Brampton are without power after a vehicle crashed into a pole and downed power lines. ‘ }); } 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 ) {…
A man in his 40s was transported to hospital following a fire at a residential high-rise in North York. Toronto paramedics said they responded to the scene around 6 a.m. at 4 Forest Laneway near Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue. Officials said at least three patients were assessed at the scene. One male patient was taken to a trauma centre with serious injuries. Toronto Fire said the fire started on the 20th floor and was knocked down just before…
Hundreds of people in Brampton are without power after a vehicle crashed into a pole and downed power lines. The incident happened around 4 a.m. Monday in the area of Sandlewood Parkway and Mississauga Road. A SUV had rolled into a hydro pole and severed it in half. The driver was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The collision caused an outage leaving almost 7,000 customers in the dark. As of 6:30 a.m., the number has since decreased to…
