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 ); }…
A Toronto contractor who accepted money from customers but didn’t complete many projects pleaded guilty to 11 charges under Ontario’s Consumer Protection Act. Adam Gardin, who ran a company called GarCon Building Group, admitted he “engaged in an unfair practice.” Gardin now lives in Michigan, but returned to a court in Toronto on Monday to be arraigned on the charges, which may include a jail sentence and a restitution order. Story continues below Customers came forward in 2014 after Gardin accepted money for work that…
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…
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 ) {…
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…
When Doug Ford was the first to announce his candidacy for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, I didn’t think he had a chance. Whether fairly or not, I thought Ford Nation carried too much past baggage to fight a successful election campaign against Premier Wynne. WATCH ABOVE: Doug Ford claims leadership of Ontario’s PC Party in close vote However, when I heard him interviewed on Global News Radio 640 Toronto shortly after announcing his candidacy, his message was crystal…
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…
