Police say they’ve seized more than $42 million worth of illegal cannabis in the Niagara Region, much of which was destined for the American underground market. The bust comes out of a year-old operation called Project Woolwich, run by the Ontario Provincial Police and several… Read More »OPP announce $42 million illegal cannabis bust in Niagara Region
Lawyer Rob Centa has been an avid fan of the Raptors for years. After seeing players and Raptors media personalities use their platform to raise awareness of racial injustice issues, he was inspired to take action himself. With the NBA playoffs beginning Monday, he and… Read More »Toronto lawyers team up to pledge money to racial justice organizations for every Raptors playoff win
A Mississauga pusatgame man and a 70-year-old American have been charged in the second wave of arrests in an OPP-led crackdown on contraband cigarettes and cannabis. The arrests come less than two months after seven men from the Greater Toronto Area were hit with murder… Read More »Two more men charged in cross-Canada contraband cigarette bust
Josslyn Mounsey and Thairu Taban had done everything right. They stayed away from trouble while growing up in a couple of Toronto’s poorer neighbourhoods. They studied hard, as their immigrant, Black parents had told them to do, and about a year ago landed “dream” jobs… Read More »Two Black safety dispatchers hired at Metrolinx lost their jobs after failing Toronto police background checks. They have no criminal records
A man testified at his Zoom trial on Monday that he wanted to sell illicit firearms smuggled into Canada from the United States, but that it never actually happened. Bill Allison, 48, a Toronto man who sold marijuana and owned several businesses, told the virtual… Read More »Wiretapped conversations were about food not guns, Toronto man tells Zoom trial
Since January, Vivianne Wilson has been waiting for confirmation that her cannabis store can open its doors. Wilson, founder of GreenPort Cannnabis in Toronto, is the first Black woman who is an independent owner and operator of a licensed Canadian cannabis retail business. She said… Read More »She is the first Black woman in Canada with a federally licensed cannabis store. Now she fears her spot might close before it even opens
Peel police have laid 17 charges against a Brampton man following a drugs and firearms investigation. On Wednesday, police received a warrant for a house near Bovaird Drive and Kennedy Road. They confiscated more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, bulletproof vests, cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl,… Read More »Peel police lay 17 charges in drugs and firearms bust
Peel police have laid 17 charges against a Brampton man following a drugs and firearms investigation. On Wednesday, police received a warrant for a house near Bovaird Drive and Kennedy Road. They confiscated more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, bulletproof vests, cocaine, crack cocaine, fentanyl,… Read More »Peel police lay 17 charges in drugs and firearms bust
Ontario is overhauling the GTA’s violence-plagued towing industry and assembling a task force, the provincial government announced Monday. The province-led task force will help develop a regulatory model that will “increase safety and enforcement, clarify protections for consumers, improve industry standards and consider tougher penalties… Read More »‘We will lock you up.’ Ontario announces overhaul of tow truck industry amid turf war