Denise Daley says she and her family have been eating little but noodles due to a delay of more than three months in her Ontario student assistance payments. Without the $36,000 she needs for tuition, supplies and living expenses, the widowed mother of two has been forced to rack up late bills, miss rent payments and wreck her credit rating by going thousands of dollars into debt — all because […]
Carl Luberisse didn’t anticipate a short drive to the depanneur would lead to racial profiling, hundreds of dollars in fines and the loss of his job. While on a lunch break this September from his job as a forklift driver at Bveggie in Laval, Quebec, the 41-year-old decided to get chips at the nearest convenience […]
Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison and a lifetime ban from holding public office for a fraud scheme that embezzled $1 billion through public works projects during her presidency. A three-judge panel found the Peronist leader guilty of fraud, but rejected a charge of running a […]
Police in Ecuador have arrested seven gunmen who stormed a hospital in an attempt to kill a teen being treated there. Gang members took nurses hostage and exchanged fire with police before they were detained. All hostages were freed and no one was injured, officials said. The 17-year-old target of the attack, known as “Dirty […]
Chantale Ismé’s Address to the Sub-Commission on International Rights: Chantal Ismé, vice-president of community organization Maison d’Haïti, said most of Montreal’s Haitian community opposes foreign military intervention. Ladies and gentlemen deputies, I am here to deliver a strong message on behalf of the Ayitian people to you, those at home as well as those […]
Senators have voted to ask Governor General Mary Simon to have former Senator Don Meredith stripped of his “Honourable” title. Meredith resigned from the upper chamber amid a sexual misconduct scandal and Ottawa police charged him last October with sexual assault and criminal harassment. According to official protocol, senators are to be styled as “Honourable” […]
Car owners in North York have been warned. As of today, December 1st the winter parking rules for the former city of North York are now in force. According to the Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement Unit, parking is prohibited “between 2am and 6am, unless signs are posted indicating an exemption.” According to a […]
By Carlton Joseph Toronto City Council begins the new term with Mayor John Tory in a position to wield significant power because of the “strong mayor” legislation introduced by Premier Doug Ford. Initially, the new legislation was proposed for Toronto and Ottawa, because they were in dire need of, and ready to accommodate, affordable housing […]
By Lincoln DePradine An Ontario government plan to extend further “strong mayor” powers to the leaders of Toronto and Ottawa is receiving mixed reaction. The plan, included in a bill introduced in the provincial legislature, is part of what Premier Doug Ford’s government says is a push to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years. […]
Teacher stopped students from playing a song that uttered the word, then she said it in explaining why they shouldn’t do it. Oops! Into the penalty box! The Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) is in the middle of an investigation after one of its high school teachers used the N-word twice in school. […]
