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Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:54:00 ESTTruckers convoy: How a TikToker, oil advocates and a Wexit organizer helped fire up the ‘Freedom Rally’ that’s heading to Ottawa
A GoFundMe raised more than $3 million to help the truckers with fuel, food and lodging.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:11:00 ESTInsiders say Ontario is ‘very close’ to deal for $10-a-day child care
Ottawa and Queen’s Park are “very close” to a deal on $10-a-day child care, the Star has learned.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:00:00 ESTHe worked as a VP for Metrolinx while the agency awarded his private consulting firm contracts worth millions
The Ontario transit agency says there was no conflict of interest and the consultant had no influence over Metrolinx awarding contracts to his firm.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 15:55:00 ESTOntario court orders doctors to comply with COVID-19 investigation
Three doctors are being ordered to comply with an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario for alleged misconduct including providing illegitimate medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:27:55 ESTMurders of GTA men highlight Mexico’s bloody history with Canadian organized crime
The Mexican Riviera was a popular and dangerous spot for Canadian mobsters long before the killings of Robert James Dinh and Thomas Cherukara.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 05:55:00 ESTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 3,861 people hospitalized with COVID-19; More than 330 Ontario schools report absence rates of 30% or higher
Meanwhile Dany Fortin, the senior military officer once tasked with overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination drive, will be in court Monday to face allegations of sexual misconduct.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 19:29:05 ESTWhen is an absence an absence? New school reporting system needs details, boards say
In the North, one board posted more than 60 per cent of students away last Friday — but it turns out, weather was bad and buses were cancelled.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:32:00 ESTSenior Toronto police leader allegedly gave ‘confidential’ exam information to six officers competing for promotion
Supt. Stacy Clarke made her first appearance before the Toronto police disciplinary tribunal Monday. She’s facing seven counts of professional misconduct.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:25:00 ESTBells at a revitalized Annex playground were a big hit with kids — until a neighbour complained
City staff say they received a noise complaint shortly after the playground opened and that the musical panel was “mistakenly installed.”
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 17:47:37 ESTDoug Ford ramps up fight against Joe Biden’s buy American plan
Prominent union leader Jerry Dias is getting help in his fight against protectionist American policies threatening Ontario’s auto plants and other industries from agriculture to steel.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 13:28:34 ESTOntario Liberals look to veterans of McGuinty and Wynne campaigns to defeat Doug Ford
Steven Del Duca is putting the old band back together in hopes of striking a chord with Ontario voters on June 2.
Mon, 24 Jan 2022 12:00:00 ESTAjax NDP candidate Steve Parish slammed for support of street named after Nazi Germany naval officer
Parish was mayor when street was named after Hans Langsdorff