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Toronto police suspensions have cost public $1.3M so far in 2024
Toronto taxpayers have spent roughly $1.3 million dollars so far in 2024 to pay the salaries of 31 suspended Toronto police officers, according to an exclusive database compiled by CBC News that surveyed reports about hundreds of Ontario police officers who were sent home with pay after being accused of misconduct or breaking the law. The investigation collected publicly available information about officers across 44 police departments, including the Toronto Police Service. The Toronto police suspensions are related to a wide variety of allegations including gender-based violence, impaired driving, fraud,Read more
WestJet suspends flights between Toronto and Montreal until next April
Airline says route will start up again in the spring WestJet is temporarily suspending flights between Canada’s two biggest cities this winter, but plans to resume service between Toronto and Montreal next spring. The Calgary-based airline confirmed the news to CBC News on Wednesday, after CTV first reported it. The once-a-day route has been temporarily cut “as a result of performance and in alignment with our strategic direction to expand our presence in Eastern Canada this winter, with increased non-stop connectivity to Western Canada, as well as providing more affordable leisureRead more
How one of Toronto’s most lucrative companies wound up on the city’s list of biggest property tax debtors
City says MLSE is more than $1 million behind on taxes, company disputes charge One of the city’s oldest, best-known sports corporations has found itself on a dubious list. Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment — owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors, among other pro sports franchises — has been named one of Toronto’s largest property tax debtors, with an unpaid bill of roughly $1.18 million, dating back to the 2019 tax year. That number came to light at April’s meeting of the city’s general government committee, when the annualRead more
Toronto gynecologist given 4-month suspension for dishonourable conduct
Regulator rules doctor engaged in disgraceful or unprofessional conduct in his care of 10 patients A gynecologist at the centre of a years-long CBC investigation had his medical licence suspended for four months following a regulatory hearing in early March. Dr. David Gerber, of Meridia Medical in midtown Toronto, pleaded no contest to allegations from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) that he engaged in disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional conduct in his care and treatment of 10 patients over the course of more than a decade. “We are deeply disturbedRead more