8 d. ago CHAUDHRI: Employee, 65, awarded 26 months pay in Ontario wrongful dismissal case

Ibrahim Panchbhaya, immigrated from India to Canada in 1983. Within a few months of arriving, in December of the same year, he began working at Clean Harbors – an environmental and industrial waste management services company. As a laboratory manager, he oversaw two employees and was responsible for quality assurance, ISO certification and laboratory oversight. […]

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8 d. ago CRIME SCENE: Toronto man third person charged in trafficking of girls, aged 14 and 17

A 19-year-old Toronto man is the third person to face numerous charges in a human trafficking investigation by Toronto Police. Dejaun Clarke faces the 24 charges after three search warrants were executed on two addresses and a motor vehicle in Toronto on Sept. 18. The offences range from being related to alleged trafficking, firearm, sexual […]

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9 d. ago Popeyes location in Toronto under fire for allegedly not paying employees and more

A Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurant in Toronto is under scrutiny, with employees of the franchise protesting outside the Scarborough location this week, alleging unpaid wages, unsanitary conditions, and other concerns.Employees of the Popeyes at 2633 Lawrence Ave E, in Scarborough, are protesting against their employer, Irfan Memon, and demanding action from the corporate higher-ups at Popeyes.A representative of the protesting employees reached out to blogTO with allegations of bounced cheques, using unsanctioned meat supplies, mislabeling chicken as Halal-certified, and a general sense of disorder at the Midland and Lawrence location.A concerned employee told blogTO in an email statement that Memom has not paid wages in weeks, saying that "employees are behind five pay cheques. All his cheques got bounced, not once but twice and thrice." The employee shared images of the bounced cheques to back up this claim.In addition to their unpaid wages, workers allege that Memom...

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2 w. ago CRIME SCENE: 5 Quebecers face over 100 charges in alleged auto theft trafficking ring

Five people from Quebec face more than 100 charges after Durham Regional Police began looking into an alleged organized auto theft trafficking group operating in the Greater Toronto Area in June. The group was identified by Project Egypt, an offshoot of Project Attire, and on Sept. 17, a search warranted was executed at a Mississauga […]

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3 w. ago FanDuel agrees to pay Jaguars roughly $5M to offset losses from ex

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — FanDuel has agreed to pay the Jacksonville Jaguars roughly $5 million to help offset the nearly $20 million that a former employee stole from the NFL franchise and deposited at the sportsbook, a person familiar with discussions said Friday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because […]

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3 w. ago Two men charged in two separate Toronto demonstrations outside Jewish events

Two different Toronto demonstrations, a day apart, saw two different protestors charged. The first instance occurred on Wednesday at Roy Thomson Hall at the screening of the documentary, The Road Between Us. The event drew both pro-Palestinian protestors and pro-Israeli counter-protestors, resulting in a man was arrested at King Street West and Simcoe. Toronto Police allege […]

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3 w. ago Top Toronto pitmasters launching new barbecue restaurant this weekend

There's a new barbecue restaurant opening in Toronto this weekend, and it's helmed by two of the city's top pitmasters.When two of the top Toronto talents on the local barbecue scene join forces, there's bound to be some smoke. The type of smoke that renders brisket juicy and makes ribs fall off the bone, that is.That's exactly what's going down at the intersection of Dupont and Christie as Golden Horseshoe BBQ, the lovechild of 24-year-old barbecue savant Andrew Golden and Carbon Bar Executive Chef Kris Hansen.The pair are setting up shop in the former home of an oft-bemoaned Popeye's location in a historic building in The Annex, transforming it into a semi-quick-service spot with a collection of enormous smokers in the parking lot.A Depression-era bank building that has since been home to a revolving door of various concepts, the space, paired with the team of Golden, who made his name running pop-ups at local breweries, and Hansen, ...

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3 w. ago Toronto condo sues church for $2.3 million over allegations of drug trafficking and violence

The lawsuit claims the Sanctuary ‘routinely engaged in and/or permitted illegal, illicit, disruptive, interfering and egregious conduct to occur on its property‘

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3 w. ago Howard Levitt: Employers who tell an employee to ‘retire’ should be prepared to pay

When employers talk of employee 'retirement,' it screams age discrimination and violates an employee's human rights

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