Month: March 2018

WARNING: This story contains graphic language and material. Viewer discretion is advised. The day after alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur was arrested for the murders of two men, Sean Cribbin received a call from Toronto police. Cribbin hadn’t told them that in the summer of 2017, he’d had a casual sexual encounter with McArthur after meeting the alleged serial killer on dating apps. According to Cribbin, it ended with him unconscious. Story continues below But Cribbin says police seemed…

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This story contains graphic language and material. Viewer discretion is advised. In the summer of 2017, Sean Cribbin had a sexual encounter with alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. Cribbin says he barely survived the encounter and told his story to broadcasters Arlene Bynon and Shaun Proulx. Powered by WPeMatico

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TORONTO – Ontario plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that aims to close the wage gap between women and men in the province. If passed, the “pay transparency” bill would require all publicly advertised job postings to include a salary rate or range, bar employers from asking about past compensation and prohibit reprisal against employees who do discuss or disclose compensation. Story continues below It would also create a framework that would require large employers to track and report compensation…

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TORONTO – Police in Toronto say four people are facing charges after a mortgage fraud investigation lasting nearly five years. Four men between the ages of 45 and 53 are due in court Tuesday on charges including fraud, conspiracy, forgery and money laundering. Police allege the men, who are all from the Toronto area, took part in a “sophisticated and complex” scheme involving “several high-end properties.” READ MORE: ‘Don’t call back those numbers’: Toronto woman warns others of call-back phone…

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TORONTO – Canada’s largest real estate board says home sales in the Greater Toronto Area fell nearly 35 per cent year-over-year in February, as selling prices dropped more than 12 per cent. The Toronto Real Estate Board reported 5,175 residential transactions through TREB’s MLS system last month, down 34.9 per cent compared to the record 7,955 sales reported in February 2017. Story continues below READ MORE: January home sales in Greater Toronto Area down 22% from year ago The number…

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March 5 2018 11:14pm Indigenous youth in Toronto are banding together to protest the not guilty verdicts in the killings of Colten Boushie and Tina Fontaine, planning to sit in protest outside Old City Hall for months if they have to. Kamil Karamali has more. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection = resp; }…

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March 5 2018 10:31pm Peel Regional Police said officers, along with members of the Toronto Police Service, arrested Joseph Chang, a 39-year-old resident of Toronto, just before 7:45 p.m. Monday. ‘ }); } 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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Ottawa police say they have laid a second-degree murder charge after a man was found stabbed to death inside a car over the weekend. Police say officers arrived on the scene Sunday at 10 p.m. after receiving a call about a “suspicious incident.” They say officers found a man, who had been fatally stabbed, inside his car in a parking lot. Officials have identified the victim as 23-year-old Kalen Bryan-Bradley of Ottawa. Police said at the time that two…

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March 5 2018 8:40pm The Shape of Water was shot in Toronto and Hamilton. Many members of the film crew celebrated together as the film won the best picture Oscar Sunday night. Tom Hayes reports. ‘ }); } else { var rel_id = svp.releaseInfo.contentId+””; if( typeof gnca_social_share_collection ); } }; // don’t do on IE,…

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