The average price of a home in nearly half of Toronto’s neighbourhoods has already surpassed $2 million and a new report is warning that prices in other neighbourhoods will soon reach that benchmark as well. According to a report by real estate listing website Zoocasa, all Toronto neighbourhoods will hit the $2 million average price mark by 2034 if prices continue to rise at the same average rate they have over the last decade. Download our app to get local alerts on your device Get...
Police are asking for the public’s assistance locating a “high risk offender” who they say breached multiple conditions following his release from a correctional facility last week. Police say that the suspect was released from an undisclosed facility on Friday with “a number of conditions.” It is alleged that the suspect then failed to report to an officer on Tuesday, as required. Police say that the man was then not found at the residence where he was supposed to be residing in the...
A motion to reverse a ban on the keffiyeh within Queen’s Park failed to receive unanimous consent Thursday just moments after Ontario Premier Doug Ford reiterated his view that prohibiting the garment in the House is divisive. “We see the division right now that's going on. It's not healthy and this will just divide the community even more,” Ford said at an unrelated news conference on Thursday before Opposition Leader Marit Stiles presented her motion. On Wednesday, Ford called on House...
A group of suspects that allegedly defrauded seniors across Ontario and other parts of Canada using a so-called emergency grandparent scam appear to have ties to "Italian traditional organized crime," according to an investigator involved in the OPP-led probe. Details of the interprovincial investigation, dubbed Project Sharp, were announced at a news conference in Scarborough on Thursday morning. Police said 56 charges have been laid against 14 suspects, who were all arrested in the...
Despite a number of councillors calling for the cancellation or suspension of Toronto's Vacant Home Tax Thursday, the program will live to see another year with city council ordering staff to revamp the process in the wake of a disastrous rollout which saw tens of thousands of property owners receive bills, even though their homes are lived in. During Thursday’s meeting, councillors considered a motion to scrap the Vacant Home Tax but it was defeated with a vote of 5-18. Instead, councillors...
Premier Doug Ford is raising concerns about price-gouging at Ontario gas stations, calling a surge in prices overnight "disgusting." Gas prices jumped an average of 14 cents per litre overnight in the GTA, climbing to levels not seen in nearly two years as the switch from winter fuel to a more expensive summer blend pushes up the price at the pumps. Gas prices for most of Ontario now sit at around 179.9 cents a litre. “It is disgusting what the oil companies are doing. They are saying we...
A man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries following an industrial accident in Mississauga. Emergency crews were called to the area of Drew Road and Bramalea Road around 7 a.m. An adult male was subsequently transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries, Peel Regional Police said. There are no specific details so far in terms of what happened to the man. The Ministry of Labour has been called into investigate.
Jury deliberations have begun in the trial of a man accused of fatally running over a Toronto police officer, with the judge providing guidance to them, including that the Crown prosecutors have no evidence that "fully supports" their case. Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy told jurors on Thursday that the police officers’ testimony that is the foundation of the case against Umar Zameer doesn`t match the physical evidence, and advised them to watch out for possible collusion that...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Speaker Ted Arnott to reverse a ban on keffiyehs at Queen's Park, describing the move as “needlessly” divisive. “The decision to ban the keffiyeh was made by the speaker and the speaker alone. I do not support his decision as it needlessly divides the people of our province,” Ford said in a statement issued Wednesday evening. Ford called on the decision to reverse his decision “immediately.” It is unclear when the members were most recently given...
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Toronto councillors have voted in favour of increasing fines for more than 100 parking violations.
Several Tim Horton’s customers are feeling great disappointment after being told by the company that an email stating they won a boat worth nearly $60,000 was sent in error.