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Refugee claimants sue Toronto for $50M over no free shelter

2 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Walid Tamtam

The City of Toronto is facing a possible $50-million proposed class action lawsuit by refugee claimants who allege they weren’t given free shelter beds between 2022 and 2023. The lawsuit, filed on May 30 in Ontario Superior Court, alleged the city violated the rights of refugee claimants. It also claims the city breached its standards for shelter access.
Musk says Trump tariffs will cause a recession

2 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Walid Tamtam

Government Efficiency advisor and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, on Thursday, Musk predicted that Trump’s tariff policy would cause a recession in the US. “The Trump tariffs will cause a recession in the second half of this year,” Musk posted to X.
Bell outsources jobs to India while laying off Canadian workers

4 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Walid Tamtam

Bell Canada is facing renewed scrutiny after establishing a subsidiary under its control in India to outsource Canadian jobs while awarding top executives more than $5 million in bonuses following widespread layoffs. The new entity, BCE Global Technology Centre Private Limited, is headquartered in Bangalore, India, and is actively recruiting for over 130 technology positions. The move comes amid massive domestic job cuts.
Ontario blocks erasure of Ryerson, Macdonald, Dundas from school names

5 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Walid Tamtam

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra introduced legislation last Thursday that will prevent the Toronto District School Board from removing the names of Canada’s historical figures from its schools. The legislation, tabled on May 29, will require school boards to seek approval from the minister before changing the name of any existing school. In February the TDSB approved a committee recommendation to change the names of three schools named after Sir John A.
Toronto Cardinal tells Catholics to avoid “misguided” symbols during Pride month

5 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Clayton DeMaine |Clayton Demaine

The head of the Archdiocese of Toronto is urging his congregation to use exclusively Catholic symbols and not those “borrowed” from political movements as Catholic schools raise the Pride flag during June. Cardinal Leo, the Archbishop of Toronto’s large Archdiocese, released a statement calling out Catholics who would use “misguided and inadequate” symbols to promote Christian values.
Ontario judge disqualifies loaded gun as evidence, citing anti-black racism

5 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Walid Tamtam

Ontario Superior Court Justice Renu Mandhane disqualified a loaded illegal gun as evidence in a case against a Black driver, ruling that Peel police engaged in racial profiling when they stopped the suspect. Mandhane described racial profiling as a “systemic and intractable” problem within Peel Regional Police. The judge’s decision resulted in the exclusion of the firearm from evidence, ending the prosecution.
He secretely vetted Trudeau’s cabinets, now he’s Carney’s chief of staff

6 days ago | truenorthwire.com | Walid Tamtam

Prime Minister Mark Carney has quietly installed Marc-André Blanchard as his chief of staff — a shadowy Trudeau-era insider who’s wielded influence over the makeup of cabinet since former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s rise to power in 2015.
Yukon city council drops censorship rules after civil liberties lawsuit threat

1 week ago | truenorthwire.com | Clayton DeMaine |Clayton Demaine

A Canadian civil liberties group dropped its lawsuit against a Yukon city council after it unanimously voted to amend policies that the group claimed unduly limited residents’ freedom of expression. The Whitehorse City Council’s “” initially banned “microaggressions,” signage, apparel with messages, and gave councillors the ability to reject delegations they deemed offensive.
“I will kill her”: Chilling alleged Discord message by Pickering teen murder suspect

1 week ago | truenorthwire.com | Cosmin Dzsurdzsa

A disturbing screenshot allegedly linked to a 14-year-old charged with the fatal stabbing of an elderly woman in Pickering is making rounds online, prompting questions about whether the accused may have posted messages foreshadowing the attack. The message, shared on platforms like Reddit and other message boards, appears to come from a Discord account using the handle “Yoshikage Kira”—the name of a fictional serial killer from the Japanese anime JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
Conservatives to vote against Carney’s $436 billion spending plan

1 week ago | truenorthwire.com | Clayton DeMaine |Clayton Demaine

Despite having yet to table a federal budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney released an estimated spending plan totalling $486.9 billion, which the Conservatives plan to vote down, saying it will further fuel inflation. The federal treasury board announced that Carney’s spending plans for the fiscal year of 2025-26 will cost Canadians nearly half a trillion dollars. His plan includes an 8 per cent increase in spending from Trudeau’s last year in Parliament.