Author: Emmett Wallace
Voters in southwestern Ontario are getting used to the sight of orange and blue battle buses swinging into their towns and cities, with party leaders visiting ridings they think they have a chance of flipping ahead of election day. Ontario’s election campaign is playing out on several fronts, with canvassers knocking on doors all over the province and ads promoting social media users to consider certain candidates.Where the leaders go — and the locations they choose to hold big policy events or photo ops — is another facet of the campaign, hinting at which areas the central campaign is optimistic…
Progressive Conservative Party Leader Doug Ford is making an unusual campaign stop in Washington D.C. Tuesday, as Bonnie Crombie, Marit Stiles and Mike Schreiner continue on the hustings in Ontario. Ford headed south to Washington D.C. for meetings in the United States capital on Tuesday, a move that has been criticized by his opponents for blurring the lines between premier and party leader.The PC campaign has said the decision to fly to Washington D.C. comes because the Council of the Federation, which represents Canada’s 13 premiers, has events planned in the U.S. for Wednesday.Ford has chosen to fly a day…
TORONTO – Paul Morris, who served as the Toronto Maple Leafs PA announcer for 38 years, has died. He was 86. Morris died Thursday in Oshawa, Ont., after a lengthy illness, according to the Mount Lawn Funeral Home and Cemetery in Whitby, Ont.Born June 28, 1938, in Toronto, Morris spent his entire working career at Maple Leaf Gardens in the sound department as well as handling public address duties.Morris’s deadpan delivery provided the backdrop to generations of Maple Leaf fans.Morris was at the microphone the last time the Leafs won the Stanley Cup in 1967, with Toronto defeating the visiting…
Defence lawyers for a teen girl accused of fatally stabbing a homeless man in Toronto two years ago argue an item seen falling out of her pocket after the incident was not a knife but a marker. The girl is one of two teens on trial in the alleged murder of Kenneth Lee, who died on Dec. 18, 2022 after he was beaten and stabbed in a downtown Toronto parkette.Both girls, who were 14 and 16 at the time, have pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder.Court has seen security video of a group of teens, including the two accused, violently…
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 10, 2025 4:36 pm Updated February 10, 2025 4:37 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Provincial Police say the drivers of a transport truck and a car were issued multiple fines over the weekend for taking a coffee break in a live traffic lane on Highway 417 in Ottawa. Police say they came across the truck and vehicle on the highway near Moodie Drive shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news…
A former Ontario fire captain who murdered his wife and left her body inside a burning SUV has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 20 years. James Schwalm, a 40-year-old Collingwood resident who once served with Brampton fire, was handed his sentence by Supreme Court Justice Michelle Fuerst in a Barrie courtroom Monday. Schwalm pled guilty to the second-degree murder of his wife, 40-year-old Ashley Schwalm, last June.Ashley’s body was found inside a burning SUV that had left a road in Collingwood on Jan. 26, 2023. According to an agreed statement of facts (ASF)…
A significant weather system mid-week could bring more snow, possibly even mixed with rain, to southern Ontario just days after the area got dumped with the white stuff — and there looks to be another storm by the weekend. “After a system over the weekend that brought the most significant snow of the season so far for the GTA we are tracking another system that will move in by midweek,” Global News meteorologist Ross Hull said on Monday.Hull said a Texas low (a system forming over Texas) is coming for the Great Lakes and southern Ontario, including the Greater Toronto…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 10, 2025 1:22 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Aphria Inc. has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a class-action lawsuit by shareholders alleging the company made misrepresentations to capital markets in 2018. The settlement agreement said the deal is not an admission of liability by Aphria or the individual defendants, who denied all allegations. Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. The lawsuit alleged Aphria made misrepresentations…
A London Knights defenceman is facing impaired driving charges after police say there was a single-vehicle crash in the city over the weekend. Police say Cameron Allen, 20, who is a Washington Capitals draftee, has been charged with impaired operation of a conveyance, impaired operation exceed blood alcohol concentration, fail to remain, fail to report accident and novice driver- blood alcohol concentration above zero.In a release, police say a passerby called 911 after spotting a vehicle in a collision. The resident told 911 operator they found blood on driver’s side door with more going away from the vehicle.When officers reached…
The few square kilometres of Toronto-St. Paul’s are home to several new-build condominiums, trendy bistros, high-end hair salons and gated houses with manicured lawns. The area is also the site of a food bank that has seen record attendance since the COVID-19 pandemic, several tenant advocacy organizations and a long-delayed Eglinton LRT project in its north end.The provincial riding of more than 116,000 residents is representative of the city’s diversity at a cultural, economic and social level. It’s also symbolic of fierce competition between the NDP and Liberals as voters head to the polls on Feb. 27 and could show how long-term…
