‘Over 200 calls came in’: The Toronto ice company spotlighted in Drake’s new video
Jake Silva wasn’t planning to spend his Friday night fielding hundreds of phone calls from across North America.
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Prime ministers at the Calgary Stampede: 20 years of western wear
From leather vests to personalized belt buckles, prime ministers have been adopting western wear at the Calgary Stampede for decades.
Toronto
Local hockey league says ‘there’s hope’ after being granted one more year to play at Toronto arena
Walking through the halls at Weston Lions Arena, Lesley Bannard expresses relief. It was feared that the arena located near Lawrence Avenue West and Weston Road had seen its last game, and the minor hockey organization she runs would fall apart. Now, she says, “There’s hope for us.”
Canada
Quebec bar suspends law licence of alleged Mafia leader Leonardo Rizzuto
Quebec’s bar association has suspended the lawyer’s licence of Leonardo Rizzuto, who was one of 11 people arrested last month in a police operation targeting organized crime.
21-year-old charged after police seize guns, drugs and cash in gang trafficking probe
Vehicle in crash that sent 4 kids to hospital involved in ‘interaction’ at Mississauga gym
Suspected drunk driver arrested twice in Caledon in June: police
Montreal man wanted in intimate partner violence probe in Peel Region surrenders to police
Queen's Park
Ontario calling for more private clinics to handle hip and knee surgeries
The Ontario government says it would like to see up to 20,000 more orthopedic surgeries, such as hip and knee replacements, performed at private community surgical centres around the province over the next two years and is providing $125 million to make it happen.
Toronto City Hall
City of Toronto only implemented 8 of 19 snow-clearing recommendations it claimed were complete: Auditor
A new report by Toronto’s Auditor General has found that city management claimed to have fully implemented 19 recommendations around snow clearing ahead of a major February snowstorm that brought the city to a standstill, when in fact it had implemented just eight – fewer than half of what it claimed.
