Unpublished Newswire
Toronto police are seeking help from the public as they continue to investigate a shooting that seriously injured a security guard outside rapper Drake’s mansion.The shooting took place shortly after 2 a.m. Tuesday in the affluent Bridle Path neighbourhood, and police were searching for suspects who fled in a vehicle.
May 8, 2024 - 16:47 | | The Globe and Mail
A large crowd gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature Wednesday, calling on the provincial government to revive abandoned legislation to protect the province’s 13,000 kilometres of shoreline.Holding signs reading “save our shores,” protesters denounced the Progressive Conservative government’s decision in February against putting into force the Coastal Protection Act, which was passed in 2019 by the former Liberal government with support from all parties in the legislature. The act would have offered more protection to coastal areas, dunes and salt marshes, and restricted...
May 8, 2024 - 16:43 | Keith Doucette | The Globe and Mail
Administration is proposing approximately $35 million be allocated to incentive programs supporting affordable housing, multiple-unit dwellings and development on city-owned land.
May 8, 2024 - 16:43 | Brooke Kruger | Global News - Canada
Jewish students from major Canadian universities appeared on Parliament Hill Wednesday to raise the alarm about a rise in antisemitism on their campuses amid the Israel-Hamas war.They spoke with several Liberal MPs including Anthony Housefather, who helped initiate a parliamentary committee study about antisemitism on campuses scheduled to begin Thursday.
May 8, 2024 - 16:33 | Stephanie Taylor | The Globe and Mail
Good evening, let’s start with today’s top stories:A shipment of bombs earmarked for Israel from the United States was paused by the Biden administration last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says.An official who wasn’t named in an Associated Press story said the shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) bombs and 1,700 500-pound bombs. The focus of U.S. concern was the larger explosives and how they could...
May 8, 2024 - 16:31 | Emerald Bensadoun | The Globe and Mail
Candidates vying to be the next leader of Alberta’s Opposition NDP want answers from presumed front-runner Naheed Nenshi about a five-year-old letter that they say signals he is anti-union.In the letter obtained by The Canadian Press, Nenshi — when he was Calgary mayor in 2019 — urges the United Conservative Party government for help on a city plan to sell off public services to private operators.
May 8, 2024 - 16:29 | Lisa Johnson | The Globe and Mail
