Author: Emmett Wallace
While some Ontarians experienced some nasty winter weather early Tuesday morning, others reported experiencing something a little different as a thundersnow storm hit parts of the province. In the Facebook group Ontario Winter Storms, people posted reports of hearing thunder and lightning in Woodstock, Hamilton and Simcoe.“There was indeed a rare thundersnow detected as a sharp, arctic cold front moved across southern Ontario Monday night into Tuesday morning,” Global News meteorologist Ross Hull said. Thunder and lightning hit Woodstock,. Ont. early Tuesday morning. Global News The weather specialist went on to provide details on how a thundersnow is created. Story…
Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie has chosen the riding she will run in for the province’s looming election. Crombie told Global News Radio 640 Toronto Tuesday she will run in Mississauga East-Cooksville — a riding held by Kaleed Rasheed, a former Progressive-Conservative (PC) minister who left the party in 2023 over a Greenbelt-adjacent scandal.Rasheed, now an independent MPP, said in October he would not be seeking re-election, but would stay on until the end of his term.Crombie has been without a seat in Queen’s Park since her successful leadership bid for the Liberal Party in December 2023. Mississauga is familiar…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 28, 2025 12:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two girls who pleaded guilty in the alleged fatal swarming of a homeless man in Toronto will not face further time in custody and have instead been sentenced to probation. One of the girls pleaded guilty last year to manslaughter in the death of 59-year-old Kenneth Lee, while the other pleaded guilty to assault with a weapon and assault causing bodily harm.The girl who pleaded guilty to manslaughter will serve two years of probation and participate in a community-based program,…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 28, 2025 12:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – The Toronto Raptors have signed Orlando Robinson to a second 10-day contract, the NBA team announced Tuesday. The six-foot-10, 235-pound centre from Las Vegas appeared in three games with the Raptors during his first 10-day contract with the Raptors. Related Videos 1:32 Toronto Raptors players surprise students in Kahnawake Previous Video Next Video He averaged 2.7 points, 2.3 rebounds and 11 minutes over that span, which ended in Toronto’s 113-104 win over visiting New Orleans on…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 28, 2025 11:25 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Officials say the three levels of government will spend $975 million to speed up the revitalization of Toronto’s waterfront and create more than 14,000 new homes in the area. The Ontario government says the city, the province and the federal government will each invest $325 million in the project. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. It says the revitalization and building of…
When Premier Doug Ford goes to Lt. Gov. Edith Dumont to dissolve the Ontario legislature, he will kill several bills introduced by his government, including proposed legislation once considered a priority. The act of dissolving the legislature, required for an election campaign to take place, wipes the slate clean for legislation still under review or debate and ends its chances of being made law under the current administration.Several government bills are among those that will be dropped when the legislature is dissolved, including legislation Premier Ford touted to clear encampments in towns and cities across the province.That proposed bill —…
The Ford government has no immediate plans to shut down for-profit nurse practitioner clinics in Ontario despite receiving clear direction from the federal government on the gradual elimination of the fee-for-service facilities. The province has been under pressure from health-care advocates and political opponents to tackle the rise of private nurse practitioner clinics that charge patients for everything from initial intake visits, urgent appointments, follow-up appointments and prescription refill requests.While Canada’s health-care system prevents out-of-pocket fees, private nurse practitioner clinics began popping up in 2024 after they didn’t receive provincial funding as part of the Ford government’s nurse practitioner-led clinic…
By Liam Casey and Allison Jones The Canadian Press Posted January 28, 2025 6:43 am Updated January 28, 2025 6:58 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27. Ford’s office says he will visit Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont this afternoon and ask her to end the legislature’s 43rd parliament.Ford has said he needs a new mandate from the electorate in order to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. Get daily National news Get the day’s top…
As funds begin to flow to local municipalities around Ontario to clear encampments, the housing minister has admitted he may not need to pass an already-tabled bill that was supposed to deal with the issue. In mid-December, the Ford government proposed a new homelessness law designed to clear encampments from parks across the province and to give police new tools to handle public drug use and repeat trespassing.The bill was announced at a choreographed event where 16 mayors promoted the approach and explained how it would allow them to tackle the growing issue of homeless encampments.The proposed law was held…
TORONTO – For a few tenuous moments, it appeared as though 24 minutes of strong defensive play on Monday night by the Toronto Raptors would be completely undone by 12 bad ones. After limiting the New Orleans Pelicans to 40 points in the first half, the Raptors allowed 35 in the third quarter and watched their 16-point halftime advantage turn into a one-point deficit entering the fourth.“I thought that turnovers and shot selection led to problems that we had with transition defence and them scoring quite a bit,” Raptors head coach Darko Rajakovic said.“And that was exactly the message that…
