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OPP confirms review of reported ‘suspicious activity’ tied to company that received millions from Ontario

14 novembre 2025 à 13:39
Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office says the government is reviewing all payments made to online counselling platform Get A-Head.

The Ontario Provincial Police’s anti-rackets branch is looking into a company that has received more than $40-million from the provincial government, in order to determine whether to launch a criminal investigation.

The force confirmed on Friday that the government had referred “suspicious activity” related to transfer payments to the company, an online counselling platform called Get A-Head.

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An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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  • Quebecers make their way to Winnipeg for Grey Cup with unwashed jerseys in tow
    Jarrod Dyer Cambridge says he can go another week before washing his Tyson Philpot jersey — at least until the end of Sunday’s Grey Cup championship between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Montrealer hasn’t washed the wide receiver’s No. 6 jersey since the Canadian Football League season began in June and has worn it to every Alouettes game since then. He believes leaving the jersey steeped in body odour is good luck — washing it can jinx the team.
     

Quebecers make their way to Winnipeg for Grey Cup with unwashed jerseys in tow

14 novembre 2025 à 13:36
Mario Brazeau, left, and his wife, Chantal Morin, are seen in this photo taken at a Montreal Alouettes home game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025.

Jarrod Dyer Cambridge says he can go another week before washing his Tyson Philpot jersey — at least until the end of Sunday’s Grey Cup championship between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders.

The Montrealer hasn’t washed the wide receiver’s No. 6 jersey since the Canadian Football League season began in June and has worn it to every Alouettes game since then. He believes leaving the jersey steeped in body odour is good luck — washing it can jinx the team.

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  • Budget’s fiscal targets unlikely to be met, interim PBO says
    The interim Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report Friday that includes strong criticism of the Liberal government’s 2025 budget, saying it takes an overly broad definition of capital spending and includes fiscal targets that are unlikely to be met.One key element of the Nov. 4 budget was a new financial presentation that divides all spending into either operational or capital spending.
     

Budget’s fiscal targets unlikely to be met, interim PBO says

14 novembre 2025 à 12:03
Interim PBO Jason Jacques prepares to appear before a Standing Committee in Ottawa in September. Mr. Jacques said Friday that Ottawa's new fiscal anchors are unlikely to hold.

The interim Parliamentary Budget Officer released a report Friday that includes strong criticism of the Liberal government’s 2025 budget, saying it takes an overly broad definition of capital spending and includes fiscal targets that are unlikely to be met.

One key element of the Nov. 4 budget was a new financial presentation that divides all spending into either operational or capital spending.

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The federal budget is seen in Ottawa, on Nov. 4.
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  • Ontario plans to appoint administrator to take control of provincial real estate regulator
    The former registrar of the Real Estate Council of Ontario was contemplating an unusual deal with the principals of iPro Realty Ltd. just minutes after learning of a multimillion-dollar shortfall in consumer trust accounts held by one of Ontario’s largest brokerages. That was among the findings of a recent report from Dentons LLP to investigate RECO’s mishandling of the iPro situation. It was commissioned by RECO’s board of directors on Aug. 22, the same day that registrar Joseph Richer left the
     

Ontario plans to appoint administrator to take control of provincial real estate regulator

13 novembre 2025 à 21:43
The Real Estate Council of Ontario administers licensing and professional regulatory and enforcement functions for the province’s 110,000 realtors and brokers.

The former registrar of the Real Estate Council of Ontario was contemplating an unusual deal with the principals of iPro Realty Ltd. just minutes after learning of a multimillion-dollar shortfall in consumer trust accounts held by one of Ontario’s largest brokerages.

That was among the findings of a recent report from Dentons LLP to investigate RECO’s mishandling of the iPro situation. It was commissioned by RECO’s board of directors on Aug. 22, the same day that registrar Joseph Richer left the organization.

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  • Regina lawyer Tony Merchant was known as Canada’s ‘king of class action’
    Many words have been used to describe Tony Merchant. He’s been called “the king of class action” (Regina Leader-Post), “living proof of the maxim that there is no such thing as bad publicity” (Maclean’s magazine), “The Merchant of Menace,” (Globe and Mail), “quite possibly the last guy you want to see across from you in a court of law” (Canadian Lawyer Magazine), “a god in my eyes” (former client Flora Northwest), a man of “sleazy standards” (former PC MP Jim Balfour) and “candid, intelligent, l
     

Regina lawyer Tony Merchant was known as Canada’s ‘king of class action’

14 novembre 2025 à 09:00

Many words have been used to describe Tony Merchant. He’s been called “the king of class action” (Regina Leader-Post), “living proof of the maxim that there is no such thing as bad publicity” (Maclean’s magazine), “The Merchant of Menace,” (Globe and Mail), “quite possibly the last guy you want to see across from you in a court of law” (Canadian Lawyer Magazine), “a god in my eyes” (former client Flora Northwest), a man of “sleazy standards” (former PC MP Jim Balfour) and “candid, intelligent, loyal, organized, goal-organized and productive, made for television” (Tony Merchant).

Tony Merchant.

One of Canada’s best known and arguably most controversial lawyers, Mr. Merchant was a politician, radio host, and pugnacious litigator who filed reams of class-action lawsuits on everything from asbestos to breast implants, repeatedly battled allegations of unethical behaviour and financial impropriety, and ultimately became the single biggest advocate for – and beneficiary of – the federal government’s settlement payout to survivors of Indigenous residential schools.

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FILE-- Regina lawyer Tony Merchant, of the Merchant Law Group, is shown in this 1993 file photo. Merchant said Thursday his law offices across the country have been flooded with calls from people furious at the federal government's offer of a one-time, $20,000 payment for those who meet strict eligibility requirements. (CP PHOTO/Regina Leader Post - files) Canada
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  • St. Michael’s Hospital paves the way for remote robotic treatment of strokes
    A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in northern Ontario.A brain angiogram is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure where doctors place a catheter in the femoral artery through the groin and thread it up to the brain, then inject contrast dye that allows the medical team to see any problems in the blood vessels with
     

St. Michael’s Hospital paves the way for remote robotic treatment of strokes

14 novembre 2025 à 08:06
Neurosurgeon Dr. Vitor Mendes Pereira uses a computer at St. Joseph's Hospital in Toronto to remotely control a robot six kilometres away at St. Michael's Hospital manoeuvring a catheter through a patient's brain for a cerebral angiogram.

A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in northern Ontario.

A brain angiogram is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure where doctors place a catheter in the femoral artery through the groin and thread it up to the brain, then inject contrast dye that allows the medical team to see any problems in the blood vessels with an X-ray.

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  • Morning Update: Our scarcest resource
    Good morning. For the next year, The Globe will be exploring our relationship with time, for better and for worse. More on that below, plus news on pharmaceutical temperature troubles and India’s issue with pollution. But first:Today’s headlinesHere is a snapshot of the second round of major projects to be considered for fast-track approval CSIS director warns that China and Russia continue to target Canada for sensitive intelligenceOttawa expects reforms in Kyiv to tackle corruption, but suppor
     

Morning Update: Our scarcest resource

14 novembre 2025 à 06:34

Good morning. For the next year, The Globe will be exploring our relationship with time, for better and for worse. More on that below, plus news on pharmaceutical temperature troubles and India’s issue with pollution. But first:

Today’s headlines

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  • Murderer’s appearance at panel discussion for Ontario judges prompts controversy
    Twenty years ago, Cosmo Jacobson was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a Crown witness who had been set to testify against him for charges in an earlier home-invasion case.Last week, he participated as a speaker at a seminar for some judges on the Ontario Court of Justice in a panel about the treatment of inmates and conditions of life behind bars.Now, some attendees are complaining. A written statement from Jason Gennaro, a spokesman for the court, said some had “expressed conc
     

Murderer’s appearance at panel discussion for Ontario judges prompts controversy

14 novembre 2025 à 06:00

Twenty years ago, Cosmo Jacobson was convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of a Crown witness who had been set to testify against him for charges in an earlier home-invasion case.

Last week, he participated as a speaker at a seminar for some judges on the Ontario Court of Justice in a panel about the treatment of inmates and conditions of life behind bars.

Now, some attendees are complaining. A written statement from Jason Gennaro, a spokesman for the court, said some had “expressed concerns about the panel.” Correspondence was sent to all 356 judges on the Court of Justice to acknowledge the concerns.

The Durham Regional Police Service is asking for the public's assistance in locating Cosmo Joseph JACOBSON, age 27, who escaped custody at about 9 a.m. this morning (Friday, September 27th) while being transported to the court facility at 605 Rossland St. in Whitby.
JACOBSON, of Pickering, is charged with one count of First Degree Murder in connection with the death of former Metro Trade Centre security supervisor Roy Dennis Jones. He was shot near his home in Ajax in February 2001. JACOBSON is described as a male black, about 6 feet tall, wearing a black windbreaker, black pants and dreadlocks in his hair.
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