13 h. ago Randall Denley: Ontario can’t get tough on crime until it gets tough on court delays

The province’s core crime responsibility is running an efficient and cost-effective system to catch, prosecute and convict perpetrators

Events

7 d. ago Randall Denley: Attacking Poilievre’s Conservatives will come back to bite Doug Ford

If conservatives want future political success, their federal and provincial leaders will need to grasp the fact that they have more in common with each other than they do with the Liberals

Events

1 week ago Alleged drunk Ontario driver clocked at 200km/h says he was 'late for work'

Times have been pretty darn tough in Ontario, between the present economic recession and sky-high unemployment rates, an ongoing trade war and long-running cost of living crisis, a growing socio-political divide and general lack of faith in various levels of government — need we go on?But even if it feels like it's all been more than enough to make us all collectively lose our cool or lean into our vices, there's no excuse or explanation for what one Toronto resident was caught doing behind the wheel this weekend.Putting both themselves and the public in grave danger in the process, an unnamed 25-year-old was pulled over by Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) on Sunday morning after they were clocked going a whopping 200 km/h — which is double the posted limit — along Highway 407.Upon pulling the vehicle over, though, officers discovered that the serious speeding was only the beginning of the motorist's...

Transport

2 w. ago Supreme Court orders former Alberta teacher who molested student back to prison; two justices suggest Paul Sheppard lied about past conviction

Canada's top court has ordered a former Alberta teacher who molested a student 30 years ago back to prison.

Events

2 w. ago Randall Denley: Ontario’s reviewing university funding. Connecting it to jobs is the right start

'The provincial government is stepping up with permanent base funding to make sure STEM training is not affected, but that’s not all it is doing'

Society

2 w. ago Ontario targets illegal car rallies with tough new penalties this summer

Police across Ontario are ramping up enforcement efforts to tackle illegal car rallies, stunt driving and reckless driving by using new regulations to keep roads safe.

Transport

2 w. ago Christmas morning brawl inside Calgary bar turned deadly when gunman fired at crowd

'When the accused fired into the bar there were approximately 30 people inside, with the majority of those people located in the middle of the bar, not far from the front door'

Events

3 w. ago Randall Denley: Ford helping Carney’s Liberals won’t help him take over the federal Conservatives

If Ford does see himself as the next Conservative leader, he’s doing a poor job of laying the groundwork

Transport

3 w. ago B.C. Court upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minimum security prison, on July […]

Events

4 w. ago Randall Denley: Tax cuts are better tariff defence plan for Ontario than handouts

Doug Ford has delivered on the biggest part of his plan, with $9 billion in temporary tax deferrals and $2 billion in workplace safety premium rebates

Economics