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Ontario’s provincial transit agency Metrolinx has been fined $185,000 after pleading guilty to dumping fuel into Lake Simcoe in 2022.
Metrolinx fined $185,000 for dumping diesel fuel in Lake SimcoeThe provincial transit agency pleaded guilty to an incident of dumping fuel near Barrie in 2022.www.thestar.comDays before the federal government halted the Billy Bishop airport expansion, the Competition Bureau recommended the revamp, saying consumers would benefit from it.
Billy Bishop expansion would benefit consumers, Competition Bureau told Carney governmentwww.thestar.comRomanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci was just 14 when she became the breakout star of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. A 4’11” petite powerhouse, she scored a historic perfect 10 on the uneven bars at the Games.
Nadia Comaneci reflects on her 1976 Olympics experience (and what Celine Dion told her) as she returns to Canada to be honouredThe Romanian gymnast shares what she remembers from the Games, what Celine Dion told her, and how she's excited to meet 50 Nadias named for her.www.thestar.comWestJet starts grounding planes as strike deadline looms, urges passengers to check for cancelled flights
WestJet starts grounding planes as strike deadline looms, urges passengers to check for cancelled flightsThousands of passengers could be forced to suspend or change their travel plans during the August long weekend.www.thestar.comNew Ontario Liberal leadership candidate Vikram Handa is proposing an increase to a $22 minimum wage, a one-year rent freeze and free GO Transit.
New Liberal leadership candidate promotes rent freeze, free GO Transitwww.thestar.comOne year since the City of Toronto implemented a bylaw to prevent bad-faith evictions for renovations, tenant lawyers say calls about “renovictions” have been reduced to nearly zero.
Since Toronto’s renoviction bylaw took effect a year ago, calls about such evictions have ‘all but disappeared’Since Toronto’s renoviction bylaw took effect one year ago, lawyers and advocates say calls about this type of bad-faith eviction have ‘all but disappeared.’www.thestar.comToronto city council members set aside their political differences Thursday to join in a standing ovation for Coun. Gord Perks as he delivered a farewell speech in the chamber. He even got an embrace from an ideological foe.
Longtime Toronto councillor Gord Perks signs off with an ovation, a hug — and cheeky advice: ‘capitalism is trash’The councillor for Parkdale—High Park said goodbye to 20 years as a municipal politician with a speech at his final session of city council on Thursday.www.thestar.comU of T professor, Jacob Tsimerman, just won math’s highest honour — and is taking a leave to join OpenAI. Here’s why
This U of T professor just won math’s highest honour — and is taking a leave to join OpenAI. Here’s whyFields Medal winner Jacob Tsimerman explains in a sit-down with the Star why artificial intelligence will change what it means to have a career in mathematics.www.thestar.comIn what’s being described as a “big win” for gay and bisexual men, Health Canada is planning to drop the remaining roadblock that prevented them from donating sperm.
Gay and bisexual Canadian men will be allowed to donate sperm. Health Canada drops controversial screening questionExperts have said testing and quarantine procedures are already more than enough to protect against risk, including the transmission of HIV.www.thestar.comMike Layton, the former Toronto city councillor and son of late NDP leader Jack Layton, will not run for the federal New Democrats in this summer’s Beaches—East York byelection, ending days of speculation that had spooked some Liberals. Just in from @markramzy.bsky.social
Jack Layton’s son won’t run for NDP in Beaches—East York byelectionMike Layton, the former Toronto city councillor, will not run for the federal New Democrats in the Beaches—East York byelection, ending days of speculation.www.thestar.comWestJet starts cancelling flights following flight attendant strike notice
WestJet starts cancelling flights following flight attendant strike noticeThe Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 8125 gave the airline notice early Thursday morning, the union said in a post on its website.www.thestar.comOn windy days, the people on Church Street in the former municipality of York say they can see takeout containers sailing through the air, smell decomposing waste and hear loose garbage bags scraping by, as rats give chase.
Locals say it’s a garbage ‘mess.’ Now a city councillor is asking if this building can be cut off from trash collectionBuilding owner’s representative denies trash is a problem at the site, and contends city action is a “witch hunt.”www.thestar.comWhy hundreds of international students are suddenly being denied Canadian work permits: ‘We have done nothing wrong’ In June, the Immigration Department quietly updated its website to “clarify” eligibility requirements related to non-credit programs.
She thought she did everything right for a Canadian work permit. Now she's one of hundreds of international students being deniedIn June, the Immigration Department quietly updated its website to "clarify" eligibility requirements related to non-credit programs.www.thestar.com#Developing: WestJet flight attendants issue 72-hour strike notice
WestJet flight attendants give airline 72-hour strike noticeThe Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 8125 gave the airline notice early Thursday morning, the union said in a post on its website.www.thestar.comMississauga has become one of the first municipalities in Canada to approve a moratorium on AI data centres. The move will prohibit building “major digital infrastructure facilities” for up to one year while staff study concerns related to data centres.
Mississauga freezes new AI data centres as developer says it will ‘likely’ fight backMississauga council’s vote will prohibit building “major digital infrastructure facilities” for up to one year while staff study concerns related to data centres.www.thestar.comUnfit for office, a spoiler, a “kamikaze candidate.” Those were among the opening salvos Toronto mayoral hopeful Brad Bradford and his team lobbed at Chris Alexander Wednesday as he signed up to become the latest high-profile challenger for Toronto’s top job. New from @benspurr.bsky.social
Brad Bradford takes aim at Chris Alexander as Toronto mayor’s race heats up: ‘unfit for this office’The entry of the former Conservative MP into the Toronto mayor’s race has the potential to split the centre-right vote.www.thestar.comAmerican men guilty in the Caribbean island murders of Canadians Daniel Langlois and Dominque Marchand Read more from the Star's Jacques Gallant:
American men guilty in the Caribbean island murders of Canadians Daniel Langlois and Dominque MarchandDaniel Langlois and Dominque Marchand were found dead in a burnt-out SUV not far from the off-grid mountaintop resort they owned on the island of Dominica.www.thestar.comCanadian Hollywood financier Jason Cloth has been arrested in Los Angeles after being charged for allegedly defrauding investors of more than $100 million in a Ponzi scheme. Read more:
Canadian Hollywood financier Jason Cloth arrested and charged with wire fraudCloth, 60, was charged with seven counts of wire fraud in an indictment unsealed in a District Court in Chicago.www.thestar.comMayor Olivia Chow insisted Wednesday that the waterfront belongs to the city and its residents — not Premier Doug Ford and his vision of an expanded Billy Bishop airport. New from Mahdis Habibinia:
Doug Ford’s Billy Bishop airport plans won’t fly, Olivia Chow insists: ‘The waterfront belongs to everyone’The Toronto mayor’s comments come ahead of a scheduled debate on Billy Bishop at city council on Wednesday.www.thestar.com