Strong-mayor powers will be expanded to other large Ontario cities next year after the provincial government’s “test” in Toronto and Ottawa, says Premier Doug Ford.

The inquiry is tasked with probing why the federal government triggered the act and examine the extraordinary police powers the decision created.

Premier Doug Ford says he “stood shoulder-to-shoulder with” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to use the Emergencies Act to end the so-called “Freedom Convoy” protest in Ottawa last winter.

Decision comes just weeks after its strict vaccination policy was upheld in court.

The event was held by the Toronto Region Board of Trade and focused on pressing issues the city is facing.

On the fourth anniversary of legalization, “This is an industry that cannot pay its own bills and cannot make ends meet.”

Loblaw announcement comes two days ahead of September inflation data expected to show that the cost of food continues to rise.

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a complaint by Ish Aderonmu, a Black student who alleged Toronto Metropolitan University’s law school discriminated against him by not supporting him financially.

One police source said retired OPP officer Larry Renton was the lone suspect. Renton allegedly persuaded friends and fellow officers to invest millions with his “Miami Group.”

Russia’s use of Iranian drones as a terror tactic on civilian targets brings to mind the desperate Nazis’ use of the V-1 rockets to hit London.

Evgenia Kara-Murza and Kremlin critic Bill Browder are in Ottawa Monday making the case for sanctions against Russian officials involved in the arrest, prosecution and assassination attempts of a top opposition politician.