Category: Ontario

Anti-Gang Unit Investigating Relationship Between Ontario Plane Crash Victims

British Columbia’s anti-gang unit says it’s looking into why an international fugitive was on board a plane that crashed in northwestern Ontario and what his relationship was with the other passengers. Sgt. Brenda Winpenny of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit B.C. said Wednesday police will also be looking for any links to B.C. gangs…


Final Victim in Ontario Plane Crash That Killed International Fugitive Identified

Police have identified the final victim in a plane crash in northern Ontario that killed four, including a Canadian wanted in Thailand for murder. The Ontario Provincial Police say 27-year-old Hankun Hong of Richmond, B.C., died in the crash that occurred sometime between Friday and Saturday near Sioux Lookout, Ont. British Columbia’s anti-gang unit has…


Ontario Leaders Kick Off Election Campaign by Debating Proposed GTA Highway

Ontario’s election campaign began in earnest today with the party leaders promising to either build or cancel a planned highway in key battleground areas. The proposed Highway 413 is set to serve Greater Toronto Area communities including Vaughan, Ont., and Brampton, Ont., a region holding several seats that all three major parties consider to be…


Man Who Died in Northern Ontario Plane Crash Was a Fugitive Wanted for Murder: Police

British Columbia’s gang-enforcement unit says one of the four people who died in an airplane crash in northwestern Ontario was a fugitive wanted for murder by police in Thailand. The unit says Ontario resident Gene Lahrkamp was wanted for the February murder of Jimi Sandhu, which occurred in Thailand. Ontario Provincial Police have identified three…


Students Overlooked Again in Ontario Budget as Election Looms

There was scant relief for young people in a pre-election Ontario budget thick with promised spending on highways and mining projects The last provincial budget before Premier Doug Ford’s government faces Ontario voters this summer proposes to make degree qualifications available from colleges and eliminate a rebate for international students whose fees help prop up…


Swath of Boreal Forest Twice the Size of Toronto to Be Protected in Northern Ontario

The largest private land conservation project in Canadian history is unfolding in northern Ontario. The Nature Conservancy of Canada spent the last year negotiating the purchase of 1,450 square kilometres of the boreal forest near Hearst, Ont., from a pulp and paper company. The company, Domtar, hasn’t harvested in the region for more than a…


Ontario Liberals Promise Handgun Ban

Ontario Liberals will ban handguns within one year of taking power, announced their leader Steven Del Duca on April 19. “I’ve had it with Doug Ford’s open for business policy for guns,” Del Duca said in a statement. “The Ford Conservatives are putting the interests of the gun lobby ahead of the Ontario victims of…


New Real Estate Regulation Will Let Ontario Homebuyers See Competing Bids If the Seller Agrees

The Ontario government has introduced new real estate legislation to allow homebuyers to see all their competitors’ bids on the property, that is, if the seller agrees to disclose the information. Under the current system, a potential buyer looking to put an offer on a house has done so blindly, without knowing how much their…


New Real Estate Regulation to Let Ontario Homebuyers See Competing Bids If the Seller Agrees

The Ontario government has introduced new real estate legislation effective a year from now that would allow homebuyers to see all their competitors’ bids on the property, that is, if the seller agrees to disclose the information. Under the current system, a potential buyer looking to put an offer on a house has done so…


Hydro One Has Restored Power to 257K Ontario Homes After Heavy Snow, Wind

Power continues to be restored in Ontario following outages caused by heavy snow and strong winds across the province in recent days, says Hydro One. As of April 17, power has been restored to more than 257,000 customers after consecutive storms brought heavy snow to northern Ontario on April 14 and high winds to other…