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Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:09:00 EDT
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard faces years in prison for sexually assaulting young Ottawa woman
Crown seeks sentence of six to seven years, while defence argues singer-songwriter should get three to four years in Toronto hotel assault in 2016.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT
It was supposed to be a safe, affordable home for Ontarians with nowhere else to go. But inside, it was horrifying
CEO says Supportive Living’s goal is to make residents “feel human again” as critics call for provincial regulation of adult group homes.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:06:00 EDT
Ottawa residents tell inquiry police abandoned them as the ‘Freedom Convoy’ held the city hostage
“There was a chaos within a chaos,” Ottawa city councillor says of the internal dysfunction in the nation’s capital

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:46:34 EDT
Mayor John Tory stands firm on low taxes in the face of massive budget shortfall, declining city services
Toronto’s mayor blamed COVID-19 for the concerns over the quality of city services.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 09:35:00 EDT
‘There’s a feeling that the city doesn’t care anymore’: Neighbourhoods, services slipping into ‘decline,’ warns Toronto’s deputy mayor
Denzil Minnan-Wong says he has privately raised concerns about city services with Mayor John Tory and the city manager, with little apparent impact.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT
‘Nothing was done until people’s lives were lost’: How a deadly city street has become an election issue in this Toronto neighbourhood
The safety of Parkside Drive has become a flashpoint in the race to defeat incumbent councillor Gord Perks.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:00:00 EDT
Toronto is in the midst of a housing crisis. Scarborough has lots of old malls. Easy solution? Not so fast
Aging shopping centres and their roomy parking lots seem like that rarest of finds: a landscape for intensification. Did anyone ask the seniors?

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 10:48:26 EDT
Wayne Simmonds isn’t on the just-released Marlies roster. What next for the popular NHL veteran?
Simmonds, who cleared waivers earlier this week, continues to practice with the Leafs while his career path is worked out.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 05:00:00 EDT
Ontario pediatric hospitals are under strain, and some are transferring kids far from home
Under huge strain, some hospitals including in the GTA have been forced to send critically ill kids as far as Ottawa to find them a pediatric ICU bed.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 13:35:32 EDT
Actor Robbie Coltrane, Harry Potter's Hagrid, dies at 72
Coltrane’s agent Belinda Wright said he died Friday at a hospital in Scotland. She did not give a cause.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:21:49 EDT
Cement truck accident on Highway 400 leaves driver with severe injuries
Man was rushed to a trauma centre, paramedics confirmed.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:20:45 EDT
SIU investigating death of man following fall from a North York highrise
Toronto Police Officers were present at the scene when the man “fell from the apartment window to the ground below,” police watchdog said.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:25:00 EDT
School talks have stalled — Ontario and support staff unions have called in a mediator
The province and union representing 55,000 school support staff now have three days of bargaining scheduled next week.



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