Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli, shown here in a 2023 photo, was transported to hospital as a precautionary measure after being rear-ended by a transport truck on Highway 11. Image: X
“He is OK” staff report Incumbent Nipissing MPP Vic Fedeli was taken to hospital Friday as a precautionary measure after the vehicle he was in was struck by a transport truck, CTV News reports on Friday, February 14th. “He was
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CTV paused this surveillance camera footage a moment before the impact which killed this pedestrian crossing Wilson Avenue in Toronto. Image: CTV
Impact caught on camera, 81 year old woman dies A horrifying news clip aired by CTV on February 12 shows the moment before an 81-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a dump truck at a Toronto crosswalk. The clip,
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When Ontario Trucker Csaba Vizi was eighteen in 1989, people in his native Romania rose up against decades of Communist dictatorship. A notable number of the protesters and supporters of the Freedom Convoy in 2022 hailed from Eastern European nations which had suffered under communist rule: "We know it when we see it," one supporter told Road Warrior News. Photo: Donna Laframboise
Who were these men and women? Where did they come from, what did they believe, why did they do what they did? February 14th Update: This article has been updated since it originally ran on February 8th. It has been
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Olivia Chow's decision to eliminate Teslas from Toronto's EV Grant program appears to be based on emotions rather than emissions. Photo: Taxi News
Decision to “restrict” Teslas from grant program about emotions, not emissions The Opinion column below, by Canadian Taxi Association president Marc Andre Way, originally ran on October 5, 2023 on the True North news site. Taxi News is re-publishing it
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Guy Bourgouin; Lise Vaugeois; and John Vanthof all represent Northern Ontario ridings for the NDP. Image: John Vanthof
Enforcement, open scales, road maintenance, use of rail by John Vanthof, MPP Temiskaming-Cochrane Road safety has many factors, but there are issues that add disproportionately to dangerous conditions. When I was first elected, it was mainly winter maintenance. The Liberal government
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Mark Carney and friends. Photo: markcarney.ca
Liberals pick a leader, and the winner is… By Ian Connerty Leadership contests are always dominated by one question: “Who can win?” And Mark Carney looks like a winner. In a recent opinion poll, Carney is even with the Conservatives
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Regarding: Shuniah inspection station closed again I’ve only seen it open once, and they weren’t inspecting anyone, just waving everyone through. My last trip across Ontario was from the Quebec border on the 417 through North Bay, Cochrane and
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Windsor, Ontario has been pinpointed by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce as one of the most vulnerable cities in the face of an American program of tariffs. Photo: RWN
Saint John, Calgary, and Windsor most vulnerable Ottawa, ON — According to new analysis released February 11th by the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Business Data Lab, Saint John, New Brunswick, Calgary, Alberta, and Windsor, Ontario, are the Canadians cities most vulnerable
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T4SH's Travis McDougall has only found the $30M Shuniah inspection station opened twice, although he drives by it every week. Image: T4SH
Should open “At least 16 hours per day on business days:” Truckers for Safer Highways Travis McDougall of Truckers for Safer Highways dropped in on the Shuniah (Thunder Bay) inspection station and found it closed, again. “It’s only been open
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