Tory Minister Changes Story: Admits Talking Government Business With Contractor
Conservative cabinet minister Christian Paradis now acknowledges that he discussed government business with a big construction contractor at a Tory fundraiser — after initially denying anything of the...
View ArticleMan charged for allegedly scamming senior out of life savings
Police arrested a man this week for allegedly posing as a contractor and defrauding an 89-year-old man out of his life savings. Investigators believe there may be more victims. Authorities claim the...
View ArticleAll charges dropped against HGTV host
Prosecutors have dropped the remaining charges against an HGTV host accused of extortion, harassment and fraud related to a renovation done earlier this year. Anthony Sayers, 41, was charged last...
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Mike Holmes says hire an inspector before house hunting
HGTV contractor pro Mike Holmes advises prospective homebuyers to hire a good inspector first before hunting for a home. Holmes appeared on Breakfast Television on Tuesday and said they should watch...
View ArticleContractor who defrauded woman of life savings a ‘vulture,’ Crown says
A Toronto contractor who defrauded a 76-year-old woman of her life savings will have time to pay her back before he is sentenced. Jack Singer, 61, who was convicted of fraud and theft, has four weeks...
View ArticleToronto contractor arrested in connection with downtown sex assaults
Toronto Police have arrested a home-renovations contractor in connection with three alleged sexual assaults downtown. Officers said in a news release that the man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman...
View ArticleToronto judge acquits census objector, 89
A Toronto judge lambasted the government Wednesday for its prosecution of an 89-year-old peace activist who refused to fill out the 2011 census, and found her not guilty. Audrey Tobias admitted that...
View ArticleOutside contractors with inside knowledge need security scrutiny: defence expert
Outside contractors with inside knowledge of sensitive and secret Canadian military information are becoming more ubiquitous in the age of leaner defence budgets and could pose an emerging security...
View ArticleHomeowners, employees protest after contractor goes bankrupt
The frigid conditions didn’t stop enraged homeowners from protesting outside the home of a contractor they claimed bilked them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. About a dozen people including...
View ArticleHomeowners, employees protest after contractor goes bankrupt
The frigid conditions didn’t stop enraged homeowners from protesting outside the home of a contractor they claimed bilked them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. CityNews reporter Andrea Piunno...
View ArticleCity Fires Contractor Found Landfilling Green Bin Waste
The City has fired a private contractor that admitted on Tuesday to dumping Green Bin waste in a Michigan landfill. The week before last, Newmarket-based Halton Recycling sent six or seven truckloads...
View ArticleTories Deny Links To Parliament Hill Reno Deal As Mounties Launch Probe
The Conservatives are distancing themselves from a messy scandal brewing over a big government renovation contract involving an RCMP probe, hints of corruption, and even a link to the Hells Angels. The...
View ArticleComplaints over west-end private trash pickup
TORONTO, Ont. – Outsourced garbage pickup in the city’s west-end is spurring an onslaught of complaints from residents, a city councillor said on Wednesday. A report prepared by Coun. Gord Perks...
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