Some say comparing capital works with operational expenses is apples and oranges. But tapped-out taxpayers paid for $347 plate of oysters. Dominique Ollivier has been singled out as the fall guy for haphazard financial stewardship at the city, when the problem is much bigger than one person.Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette Montreal’s auditor general … Read more
Eva Grello-Nakas works on a storefront display for Craft Collective in Ontario. (Courtesy of Eva Grello-Nakas) Some Ontario retail vendors who started selling their merchandise at swap meets and art markets now operate their own storefronts downtown for just $1 a month, thanks to a city pilot program. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Steve Alvarez and … Read more
This place has zero tolerance. A conservative journalist said she was “blindsided” when a posh members-only nightlife spot in NoHo frequented by Mayor Eric Adams booted her for posting a controversial Father’s Day screed about gender on social media. “They literally said, ‘We’re kicking you out because of your politics,’” said Caitlin Sinclair, of the … Read more
Nathalie Drouin said that Justice Marie-Josée Hogue already has access to the ‘most relevant’ cabinet confidences on foreign interference Nathalie Drouin, national security and intelligence advisor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, appears before a House of Commons committee on April 29, 2024.Photo by Justin Tang/The Canadian Press/File “We have already shared four MCs (memorandums to … Read more
Group made up of elected politicians urges both levels of government not to fund development in the area until Plante administration commits to extension. Côte-St-Luc city councillor Dida Berku, rear, with St-Laurent borough mayor Alan DeSousa, left, pointing to the northern section of Cavendish Blvd., T.M.R. Mayor Peter Malouf and Côte-St-Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein, right, … Read more
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, right, attends a hearing with his lawyers last year. He was ordered Thursday to stand trial after witnesses testified at a preliminary hearing that he fatally shot his wife after they argued about money. (Damian Dovarganes / Associated Press) Dispatched to a shooting at the Anaheim home of … Read more
A famed subway performer whose been playing the musical saw underground for more than two decades says she’s been feeling bad vibrations about her safety – even before a tattooed hooligan brazenly stole cash from her tip bucket in the Union Square station this week. Bystander video shows Natalia “Saw Lady” Paruz wield her bowstring … Read more
Former President Donald Trump is running the table against President Biden in six battleground states, fresh polling shows. The surveys from Emerson College and The Hill show the 45th president edging out Biden in Arizona (47%-43%), Georgia (45%-41%), Michigan (46%-45%), Nevada (46%-43%), Pennsylvania (47%-45%), and Wisconsin (47%-44%). In all six states, Trump’s lead has either … Read more
Former President Donald Trump called the mother of Rachel Morin, who was ruthlessly raped and murdered by an illegal migrant from El Salvador, on Thursday — with the grieving mom saying she was “deeply touched” by his “honest compassion.” The condolences from the presumptive GOP nominee came after Patty Morin flammed President Biden’s Department of … Read more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed landmark legislation Thursday that aims to ban addictive social media feeds for kids. The “Safe for Kids” bill is meant to crackdown on apps — such as TikTok and Instagram — that use algorithms to keep children glued to their phones, and then profiting off that data. The milestone law, … Read more
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