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Toronto planned encampment clearing operation for months, built profiles of residents

Toronto planned encampment clearing operation for months, built profiles of residents

TORONTO — The City of Toronto spent months laying out plans to clear about two dozen people from a homeless encampment in a popular park last summer, building dossiers on those living there and involving hundreds of municipal workers in the process,
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End-of-term celebrations muted as RMC students mourn four killed in incident

End-of-term celebrations muted as RMC students mourn four killed in incident

KINGSTON, Ont. — The celebratory sounds of the school year ending have been hushed by tragedy at Canada’s Royal Military College as students and staff mourn the loss of four of their own on Saturday.
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Dump truck drivers ink deal with industry partners, ending six-week job action

Dump truck drivers ink deal with industry partners, ending six-week job action

TORONTO — More than a thousand dump truck operators across Ontario will soon be back on the job as six weeks of labour disruptions come to an end.
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Ontario reports 15-patient increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, 13 deaths

Ontario reports 15-patient increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, 13 deaths

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 13 additional deaths linked to COVID-19 today and a 15-patient increase in hospitalizations linked to the disease. The Health Department says 1,676 people are in hospital, up from 1,661 on Thursday.
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Ontario party leaders try to connect with francophone voters while none speak French

Ontario party leaders try to connect with francophone voters while none speak French

TORONTO — A token bonjour here, an offhand bienvenue there — there may not be much more French than that spoken when Ontario's party leaders soon hit the campaign trail, as for the first time in recent years, none is fluent in the language.
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Elon Musk's Twitter bid may push marginalized voices off the platform: experts

Elon Musk's Twitter bid may push marginalized voices off the platform: experts

TORONTO — A sense of unease is percolating in some pockets of Twitter over concerns that Elon Musk's pending takeover could amplify toxic elements on the platform and drown out marginalized voices.
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Toronto police to increase presence in downtown in anticipation of protests

Toronto police to increase presence in downtown in anticipation of protests

Toronto police say they will be increasing their presence in the downtown core this weekend in anticipation of more than a dozen protests.
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Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20

Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals proposed Friday to remove the provincial portion of the HST from prepared food purchases under $20 and pay for it by increasing taxes on wealthy residents and highly profitable corporations if the party is elected this
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Toronto physician named new scientific director of expert COVID advisory group

Toronto physician named new scientific director of expert COVID advisory group

Ontario's expert COVID-19 advisory group has named a Toronto physician as its new scientific director. Public Health Ontario, which now oversees the group, says Dr. Fahad Razak will replace Dr.
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Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 28: Spend $158.
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