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Tue, 5 Apr 2022 17:23:00 EDT
Toronto police launch investigation into former Unifor president Jerry Dias
The financial crimes unit is investigating allegations that Dias accepted $50,000 from a COVID-19 rapid test supplier.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 21:34:00 EDT
Renowned conductor Boris Brott killed in hit and run
Brott, 78, was the artistic director and conductor of the Orchestre classique de Montréal.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 13:31:04 EDT
Ontario will offer a second COVID-19 booster shot to those aged 60 and up
Ontario will offer a fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people aged 60 and older, says Health Minister Christine Elliott.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:43:00 EDT
They fled the Nazis and built a real estate empire. Now Toronto’s famed Reichmann family is headed back to court amid a bitter family feud
Abraham Reichmann, 60, an ordained Rabbi with 10 children, alleges his parents, Ralph and Ada, are wrongfully withholding his share of the family wealth.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 18:06:14 EDT
Canada considers expelling Russian diplomats over atrocities in Ukraine
Canada says it is considering following the lead of several other countries who expelled Russian diplomats, and will soon sanction 18 more Russian and Belarusian individuals.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 19:35:32 EDT
‘He is definitely trying to build a case’: The meaning behind Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s blunt speech to the UN Security Council
Ukrainian leader’s criticism of the UN and the privileges it gives Russia get a warm reception from experts, but they don’t expect anything to change.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 17:53:00 EDT
A Canadian snowbird went missing more than three years ago. Now, Mexican authorities are looking for his body
Daughter of Malcom Madsen, who disappeared from Puerto Vallarta, says she’s surprised at the shift by police after her long quest for the truth.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 19:45:00 EDT
Americans showed the world how to die from COVID-19. Are they about to do it again?
As case counts and deaths are low and falling, other concerns have become higher priorities for the U.S. That may be just the opening COVID needs.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 16:22:00 EDT
Do you really need a fourth COVID-19 shot? Here’s what the federal advisory committee says
The national body advising the public on vaccination says Canada should make plans to roll out dose four for more vulnerable people — a process already underway in some parts of the country.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 10:30:49 EDT
Ottawa introduces bill to compel web giants to share revenue with news outlets
Ottawa has pledged to model its legislation after Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code, which came into effect last year.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 11:13:00 EDT
Man sentenced to life for ‘unimaginable’ murders of Ajax mom and her two children
“Courts must continue to send the message that those who perpetrate domestic homicides will face a life sentence with significantly elevated periods of parole ineligibility,” the judge said Tuesday.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 19:12:10 EDT
How the RCMP officer who spotted and shot Nova Scotia’s mass killer describes that day
Statement details hunt for gunman — and final, deadly encounter

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 16:25:02 EDT
Ontario promised a minimum wage hike no matter which party wins
Ontario’s lowest paid workers are getting a raise no matter who wins the June 2 election.

Tue, 5 Apr 2022 05:52:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 1,091 in hospital and 173 people in ICU due to COVID-19 — a 27 per cent jump in a single day
Meanwhile, Quebec and Prince Edward Island have extended their provincial mask mandates until later this month.



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