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Speeding ‘a serious problem,’ says Mayor Olivia Chow, as Toronto doubles speed cameras from 75 to 150
The city has added 75 new speed cameras to Toronto streets, a move that Mayor Olivia Chow says will hopefully help curb speeding and not simply result in an influx of tickets.
More than 100 new measles cases reported in Ontario as total reaches 925
Measles has spread to 109 more people in Ontario over the last week, bringing the province’s total cases to 925 since an outbreak began in October.
Sixty-nine people have required hospitalization – that’s eight more than last week – including four in intensive care.
Measles is still predominantly infecting unvaccinated infants, children and adolescents in southwestern Ontario.
Cases in Alberta have also been climbing since March, with 83 confirmed as of Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Quebec is on the verge of declaring its outbreak over if no new infections are reported by Saturday.
QUEEN'S PARK - Responding to a New York Times exposé claiming that European firm Therme grossly overstated its business experience to land a suspiciously lucrative Ontario Place re-development deal, Premier Doug Ford has insisted that their bid actually contained all the necessary kickbacks and graf...
Multiple people hit by speeding car on pedestrian-only walkway at Toronto
Police posted on X that they had received multiple reports for pedestrians hit by a driver of a vehicle on Nelson Mandela Walk — a pedestrian-only street that runs north-south near Yonge and Gerrard Streets.
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The move comes as the mayor of Orillia is under fire from his council colleagues for his use of the powers
The powers would allow heads of council to propose bylaws and pass them with the support of one-third of councillors, veto bylaws and hire and fire department heads
The powers, which critics decry as undemocratic, include allowing heads of council to propose bylaws and pass them with the support of one-third of councillors, veto bylaws and hire and fire department heads.
A team made up of seven kids has impressed judges with their recycling robot in Ontario and is moving on to a bigger competition.
The Pickering robotics teams is representing Canada at the FIRST Lego League Worlds tournament in South Africa. They qualified at the Ontario provincials and are raising funds for their trip to Worlds.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/705-cn-pickering-team-canada-goes-to-south-africa-worlds
In 1996 three activists planted a garden at the Ontario legislature and were charged with criminal mischief
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41706551
Your latest reminder that [REDACTED EXPLETIVE-LACED CRITICISM OF MIKE HARRIS].
In Thunder Bay, the closure of safe supply sites raises concerns as the community anticipates more overdose deaths.
