Ilyas Hussein

4 days ago | thespec.com | Ilyas Hussein |Anastasia Blosser |Serena Austin |Angelyn Francis

Extreme heat is expected to continue in Toronto and much of Ontario today. Follow the Star’s live updates. Monday shaping up to be hottest June 23 in Toronto historyMonday is unofficially the hottest June 23 recorded at Pearson in Toronto history, Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder told the Star. Reached in 1921 and 1983, the current standing record for June 23 is 32.8 C. As of 1 p.m. Tuesday at Pearson, temperatures reached 34.4 C, Flisfeder said.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Ilyas Hussein

“I’m not going to watch it. They’re disgusting people,” he said of Netflix at a Tuesday news conference. “Poor Rob has been dead for nine years and they just want to keep going after him.” The Netflix documentary, “Trainwreck: Mayor of Mayhem,” chronicles Rob Ford’s rise to becoming Toronto’s 64th mayor and the scandals that surfaced during his time in office, notably one where he was caught smoking crack cocaine on camera.

1 week ago | thespec.com | Ilyas Hussein

In 2013, Shianne Brown started seeing his name everywhere. A Canadian mayor, at the centre of a scandal after being caught smoking crack on video, became sudden internet fodder. She didn’t know who he was. Only that something wild was happening in a city across the Atlantic Ocean, and, for some reason, it was making waves in England.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser |Ilyas Hussein

A routine inspection took an unexpected turn at the Ambassador Bridge crossing in Windsor in February. Investigators say Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers had flagged a transport truck for secondary screening, pulled it aside and opened the trailer. Inside, they say they found 110 bricks of cocaine, 127 kilograms in total, with a street value of $12.7 million. Officers arrested the driver.

2 weeks ago | thespec.com | Anastasia Blosser |Ilyas Hussein

A routine inspection took an unexpected turn at the Ambassador Bridge crossing in Windsor in February. Investigators say Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers had flagged a transport truck for secondary screening, pulled it aside and opened the trailer. Inside, they say they found 110 bricks of cocaine, 127 kilograms in total, with a street value of $12.7 million. Officers arrested the driver.