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Toronto residents, emerging from homes banked by snow after a record-breaking 56 centimetres fell in one day Sunday, have a new thing to complain about. But if they are upset that someone else has taken a street parking spot that they’ve shovelled out, they would be wise to take the advice of one of the city’s litigation lawyers: “The snow melts, but the neighbours stay.”
Clearing a space on the street does not give you the rights to it, says Laya Witty, a lawyer with Singer Kwitner, in an interview.
Toronto police Const. Cindy Chung confirms that “the law treats all public streets...
January 29, 2026 - 07:00 | Stewart Lewis | National Post
More than 60 per cent of Ontario hospitals were in the red at the end of the 2025 fiscal year, and many, including some of the largest in the country, have turned to banks to cover their costs, spending millions of public dollars on loan interest payments, the Investigative Journalism Bureau (IJB) has found.
More than half a billion dollars were logged by hospitals in annual operating deficits by the end of March, 2025, despite an Ontario law requiring hospitals to plan for a balanced budget each year.
As of March 2025, Ontario hospitals owed banks more than $66 million.
Among...
January 29, 2026 - 07:00 | Investigative Journalism Bureau | National Post
January 29, 2026 - 07:00 | Bill Graveland | The Globe and Mail
A British Columbia woman is warning dog owners to watch what their pets touch on walks, after her two-year-old husky overdosed on cocaine. The Canadian Veterinary Medical Association says this is a problem across Canada. While it doesn't collect data on dog overdoses, it says, anecdotally, vets are seeing more of them.
January 29, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Alberta broke housing construction records in 2025 and led the country in housing starts per capita. The massive upswing in homebuilding comes after a period of similarly massive population growth, and some experts say there are lessons other cities in Canada could learn about how to ramp up housing supply to meet demand.
January 29, 2026 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
Meta, Microsoft and Tesla kicked off earnings season for the so-called Magnificent Seven tech stocks on Wednesday, and it was the Facebook parent company that most impressed investors.
January 29, 2026 - 06:54 | | The Globe and Mail
