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Tue, 9 Nov 2021 20:09:00 EST
After the Astroworld tragedy, more than a dozen lawsuits are trying to figure out: who’s to blame?
Music industry professionals, crowd control experts, legal analysts and concertgoers say there’s more than enough blame to go around

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 16:27:41 EST
‘What happened to my sons was awful’: Beating in Toronto park leaves family of teens traumatized
Police say that groups of young people have been meeting in parks over the past couple of months, resulting in assaults and robberies.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:43:42 EST
Etobicoke condo residents set off fireworks in apartment balcony over the weekend
Residents of the Etobicoke Condominiums have issued multiple complaints to their management.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:38:40 EST
Ontario will ‘stay the course’ with current COVID-19 restrictions despite surge in new cases, Christine Elliott says
Ontario will “stay the course” with its less restrictive COVID-19 measures despite a 41 per cent increase in infections over the last 10 days, but leave local health units to deal with flare-ups for now, says Health Minister Christine Elliott.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 06:00:00 EST
Susan Clairmont: ‘OK’ gesture gets Hamilton high school student kicked out of co-op placement
Are we all expected to know that an OK sign is now not OK? Or was a teachable moment wasted, asks Spectator columnist Susan Clairmont.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:46:40 EST
As a first-year student, I was raped at Western University. As a mentor now helping first-years, I see nothing has changed
This school needs to take the initiative of educating students, properly training student leaders and supporting survivors. An optional seminar on consent is not adequate for first-year students, Teigan Elliott writes.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 10:58:34 EST
More than 3,800 dead, nurses quitting and inhumane conditions: Ontario’s long-term-care system is broken
As health care workers who have witnessed the crisis in LTC firsthand, we can no longer stand idle. COVID-19 exposed the cracks in a LTC system that has been under-resourced and understaffed for far too long. We join a public that is more aware than ...

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 15:18:00 EST
Boy claims he was attacked by same dog that sparked recent outcry over Ontario’s pit bull ban
Toronto police are investigating claims the dog that prompted Ontario’s premier to loosen regulations related to pit bulls also attacked a 13-year-old boy at the owner’s martial arts studio.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 05:00:00 EST
A dedicated busway in Scarborough may be exactly what the region’s transit needs. But local opponents say it will ‘completely destroy’ their community
Durham-Scarborough Bus Rapid Transit line may not be built as originally planned if the 12,000 people who live in Highland Park have their way.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 06:40:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Health Canada authorizes the use of the Pfizer vaccine as a booster shot; Ontario reporting 441 new COVID-19 cases
Meanwhile, Canadians are scrambling to get mortgage pre-approvals and rate holds as economists predict the pandemic-long stretch of low interest rates will soon end.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 18:58:47 EST
Mississauga teen was killed in 2018 over drug debt, Crown alleges in murder case against two brothers
Riley Driver-Martin, a 14-year-old boy from Mississauga, was killed in December 2018 over a drug debt, the Crown alleges during the opening of its murder case against two brothers charged with second-degree murder in his death.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:23:00 EST
Shift to electric vehicles raises questions about the future of Chrysler’s Brampton plant
A shift to electric vehicles is stoking fears about the uncertain future of the 3,000-employee Chrysler plant in Brampton, which manufactures gas-powered muscle cars that are being phased out.

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 12:00:00 EST
York Region approved development on the protected Greenbelt. Will Doug Ford’s government stop it?
York Regional council voted to change the designation of land in ‘Greenbelt fingers’ from agricultural to rural.



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