Heading into the last two days of the regular season, only two playoff match-ups have been decided, and even one of those still has question marks as London and Owen Sound battle for home ice advantage over their final games. Niagara and Oshawa are guaranteed to meet in the Eastern Conference and the Ice Dogs will have home ice. Ties in the standings that do not involve possible elimination are broken first by total number of wins, then by…
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March 17 2018 2:01pm There was a heavy police presence on hand in Waterloo on Saturday where thousands of people have turned out for St. Patrick’s Day festivities. ‘ }); } 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 &&…
Waterloo Regional Police say there’s an increased presence of officers out in the community as thousands of post-secondary students and visitors have gathered for an unlicensed St. Patrick’s Day party in a residential area beside Wilfrid Laurier University. Story continues below During an update early Saturday afternoon, Insp. Mike Haffner told reporters police attended approximately 30 gatherings on Ezra Avenue as well as Marshall and Albert streets. He said multiple liquor licence-related charges have been laid and that officers…
TORONTO – Ontario’s New Democrat leader says her platform will include improved public services, deprivatizing Hydro One and universal benefits for workers. Andrea Horwath told a party event on Saturday that voters can expect to see the full platform in the coming weeks. Story continues below Horwath says if it’s elected, the NDP would implement universal pharmacare and dental coverage for workers, stop cuts to health care and convert student loans into grants. READ MORE: Kathleen Wynne defends decision…
March 17 2018 11:47am NDP leader Andrea Horwath said on Saturday that they promise to provide prescription drug and dental plans to all Ontarians. ‘ }); } 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 )…
Toronto police are investigating after a 26-year-old man was shot and killed in the city’s west-end late Friday. Paramedics and police were called to Scarlettwood Court, off of Scarlett Road and south of Lawrence Avenue West, after 11 p.m. with reports of a shooting. Police said officers found the man, but he died at the scene. The man was later identified by investigators as Nnamdi Ogba. Police said they received reports two men were seen running away from the…
After Toronto police say an impaired driver drove down into the Queens Quay streetcar tunnel, the TTC will be installing a gate near the tunnel’s entrance, the transit agency told Global News. Const. Allyson Douglas-Cook said officers were called to the tunnel, located in the middle of Queens Quay West near Bay Street, at around 4:30 a.m. on Saturday. When police arrived, she said they found the male driver behind the wheel. “The engine was running. was in…
Details of Cambridge’s acquisition and use of Facebook data have surfaced in several accounts since the business began working on the 2016 campaign, setting off a furious debate about the merits of the firm’s so-called psychographic modeling techniques. But the full scale of the data leak involving Americans has not been previously disclosed — and Facebook, until now, has not acknowledged it. Interviews with a half-dozen former employees and contractors, and a review of the firm’s emails and documents,…
Lukoil was interested in how data was used to target American voters, according to two former company insiders who said there were at least three meetings with Lukoil executives in London and Turkey. SCL and Lukoil denied that the talks were political in nature, and SCL also said there were no meetings in London. The contacts took place as Cambridge Analytica was building a roster of Republican political clients in the United States — and harvesting the Facebook profiles…
