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The City of Toronto is proposing a new approach to dealing with homeless encampments in parks, saying it will emphasize human-rights-based supports and use forced clearings only as a last resort.Last year, a report from Toronto’s ombudsman criticized the city for “significant unfairness” in its 2021 direction to clear encampments in downtown parks. This week’s proposal represents the city’s response in the form of a set of guidelines that would make clear that encampments will only be cleared as a last resort, and only when certain conditions are met.
May 22, 2024 - 20:44 | Ann Hui | The Globe and Mail
Crown prosecutors rested their case on Wednesday against a man who admitted to killing, dismembering and disposing the bodies of four First Nations women, prompting a Winnipeg superior court to adjourn his trial until early next month.Jeremy Skibicki’s defence lawyers are scheduled to present their arguments before Court of King’s Bench Justice Glenn Joyal on June 3. His attorneys intend to demonstrate that he was too mentally ill to be held criminally responsible of first-degree murder.
May 22, 2024 - 20:38 | Temur Durrani | The Globe and Mail
According to police, the Lumby resident was last seen with her ex-husband on April 13.
May 22, 2024 - 20:06 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
Solvero Winery is now one of two wineries in the Garnet Valley region along Summerland’s Bottleneck Drive.
May 22, 2024 - 19:49 | Taya Fast | Global News - Canada
When serial killer Robert Pickton was transferred from British Columbia’s Kent Institution to a maximum-security prison in Quebec about six years ago, correctional authorities gave no public explanation or confirmation at the time, citing privacy.But Darryl Plecas, a former prison judge at Kent who went on to be Speaker of the B.C. Legislature, said Wednesday he thinks he knows why – Pickton’s safety was likely at risk at Kent.Pickton is now in a Quebec City hospital with what police there called life-threatening injuries. Correctional Service Canada said Pickton, who was being held at...
May 22, 2024 - 19:48 | Dirk Meissner | The Globe and Mail
A City of Calgary committee voted to move forward with a program to encourage the building and registering of secondary suites in homes as part of council's housing strategy.
May 22, 2024 - 19:40 | Cam Green | Global News - Canada
