Toronto to ask province to increase its share of funding for SmartTrack transit project | Toronto council chooses not to act on ombudsman report calling refugee shelter response 'anti-Black racism' | Doug Ford makes his case against Trump's tariffs in U.S. media interviews
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Toronto to ask province to increase its share of funding for SmartTrack transit project; An artist's rendering of the platform of a proposed SmartTrack station known as East Harbour\. Metrolinx says on its website: 'This will be a major hub with stops on both the Lakeshore East and Stouffville GO Lines, offering seamless connectivity to the Ontario Line subway and the extension of TTC streetcar service further south along Broadview Avenue\.'

Toronto to ask province to increase its share of funding for SmartTrack transit project

December 18 , 2024 at 09:12:25 p.m. EST • :

Toronto city council has decided to ask the Ontario government to look at ways to fund what remains of a transit project first pitched by former mayor John Tory.
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Toronto council chooses not to act on ombudsman report calling refugee shelter response 'anti-Black racism'; Some asylum seekers outside the city's shelter intake office at Peter and Richmond streets downtown have been sleeping on the street for over a month waiting for shelter\.

Toronto council chooses not to act on ombudsman report calling refugee shelter response 'anti-Black racism'

December 18 , 2024 at 07:39:34 p.m. EST • :

Toronto city council quietly received a scathing report on Wednesday from the city's ombusdman, without discussion and without directing staff to implement any of the 14 recommendations. 
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Doug Ford makes his case against Trump's tariffs in U.S. media interviews; Ontario Premier Doug Ford appeared on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront on Tuesday night\. He struck a conciliatory tone about Canada-U\.S\. relations in the wake of U\.S\. President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on goods from Canada going to the U\.S\., saying he wants to work with the American government to resolve issues\.

Doug Ford makes his case against Trump's tariffs in U.S. media interviews

December 18 , 2024 at 04:44:47 p.m. EST • :

Ontario Premier Doug Ford embarked on a marathon of interviews with U.S. media earlier this week to promote the importance of trade between Canada and its southern neighbour in the hopes it may convince Donald Trump to back off his tariff threats. 
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Toronto considers ban on protests near places of worship; Members of Brampton's Hindu community hold a rally, blocking traffic, near the Hindu Sabha temple on Nov\. 4, 2024\.

Toronto considers ban on protests near places of worship

December 18 , 2024 at 10:27:40 a.m. EST • :

Several cities in the GTA have moved to ban protests near places of worship — and Toronto is exploring a similar bylaw at city council on Wednesday. Metro Morning host David Common spoke with the director of Toronto Metropolitan University's Centre for Free Expression about the legal and ethical issues raised by this type of rule.
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Defence seeks probation for teen who pleaded guilty to assault in alleged Toronto swarming; Ken Lee, the 59-year-old victim of a deadly swarming attack allegedly by eight teenage girls in downtown Toronto in December 2022, is pictured in an undated photo\.

Defence seeks probation for teen who pleaded guilty to assault in alleged Toronto swarming

December 18 , 2024 at 04:47:12 p.m. EST • :

A teen who pleaded guilty to assault in the alleged swarming of a homeless Toronto man has taken responsibility for her role in the deadly incident and is working to get her life back on track, her lawyer told a sentencing hearing Wednesday.
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Woman dead, 3 others injured in Pickering crash, police say; Durham regional police say a special constable is being charged with assaulting a teenaged prisoner\.  

December 18 , 2024 at 11:21:35 a.m. EST • :

Woman dead, 3 others injured in Pickering crash, police say

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2 men, 2 teens arrested after jewelry store robbed in Richmond Hill, police say; A still image from footage captured by York Regional Police helicopter shows four suspects in a jewelry store robbery on Dec\. 17, 2024\. Police say they've charged two men and two teenage boys following the robbery in Richmond Hill\.  

December 18 , 2024 at 06:30:49 p.m. EST • :

2 men, 2 teens arrested after jewelry store robbed in Richmond Hill, police say

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3 men from U.K. arrested, charged in killing of Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant owner; Sharif Rhaman, seen here in this undated Facebook photo, died in a London, Ont\., hospital this week following a dispute that led to a brutal beating by three suspects outside his restaurant in Owen Sound on Aug\. 17\.  

December 18 , 2024 at 02:41:10 p.m. EST • :

3 men from U.K. arrested, charged in killing of Owen Sound, Ont., restaurant owner

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Twin sisters from Gaza killed after being accepted into University of Waterloo PhD program in Ontario; University of Waterloo officials say twin sisters Sally \(left\) and Dalya Ghazi Ibaid \(right\) were excited to pursue their dreams in Canada after being accepted to the school's Global Student Relief Initiative in Oct\. The school says the girls were tragically killed in an Israeli bombing on Dec\. 5, before they could embark on their journey to Waterloo\.  

December 18 , 2024 at 01:33:11 p.m. EST • :

Twin sisters from Gaza killed after being accepted into University of Waterloo PhD program in Ontario

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'Canada's beloved' Theodore Too tugboat sinking in St. Catharines, Ont.; Theodore Too, a replica of the famous tugboat on a CBC-TV series that aired on CBC from 1993 to 2001, has partially submerged near a deck in Port Weller, Ont\.  

December 18 , 2024 at 12:29:42 p.m. EST • :

'Canada's beloved' Theodore Too tugboat sinking in St. Catharines, Ont.

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