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| Country | Canada |
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Search ArticlesBrampton Library workers vote to strike, citing understaffing and affordability crisis
Ninety-seven percent of Brampton Library workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1776 announced on June 26 that they were escalating a contract dispute centered on wages, scheduling, and understaffing that both the union and the library’s top administrator say they hope to resolve through bargaining rather than a picket line. The overwhelming support for a strike does not mean that a walkout is guaranteed.
After increasing the fee for residents trying to hold local politicians accountable, Niagara Falls Council moves to recoup costs from complainants
At its July 12 meeting, Niagara Falls City Council passed Bylaw 2026-60: to recover a portion of the City’s costs when responding to complaints to the Integrity Commissioner that are labelled frivolous or vexatious.
Ford government will return to court in youth-led charter challenge over harmful pollution
Seven young Ontarians behind one of Canada's most closely watched constitutional climate cases are preparing for the next phase of their seven-year-long legal battle after the Ontario Court of Appeal confirmed their lawsuit will return to the Ontario Superior Court, despite the Doug Ford government's repeal of the provincial climate accountability framework. “It's a moment of clarity,” Ecojustice Director of Litigation Practice, Julia Croome, told The Pointer.
Facing dozens of fraud allegations Raj Grewal forced to halt all law work. Judge says he appears to have ‘Robbed Peter to pay Paul’
In a rapidly widening legal and financial spiral spanning at least two years, former Brampton MP Raj Grewal is now being accused by a Justice of Ontario’s Superior Court of appearing to have “Robbed Peter to pay Paul” in “ongoing efforts to wheel and deal”. The stunning characterization by Judge Fred Myers in an order he issued Tuesday for the latest of at least two-dozen lawsuits filed against Grewal since May, adds another damning layer of allegations against the former politician.
‘These storms are not going away’: After Niagara was hit by two 100-year storms in a week, residents demand new approach to flood protection
On the night of July 27, St. Catharines resident Randi Evans fell asleep to the gentle sound of rain, thinking little of it. Just after 3:30 a.m. the next morning, she was jolted awake by an unfamiliar alarm echoing through her home.
Ontario’s authoritarian reality: Ford government erases four years of Caledon’s critical gravel policy work
“Please do not let this story end quietly…The people of Ontario deserve to know exactly what happened here in Caledon—that after four years of long, evidence-based policy work, meaningful consultation was replaced by heavy-handed, unilateral provincial action.” That was the “one request” from Debra Wilson, board member and director for the Forks of the Credit Preservation Group (FCPG), to Caledon council on July 28 after the Doug Ford government officially put an end to the Town’s four-year...
‘Our community was in panic’: Neskantaga First Nation tells the tale of hidden supply chain crisis behind Ontario's wildfire emergency
“We have to figure out how to get the kids to eat. The food here is not what they are used to eating. Most of them are on the [autism] spectrum.” “We need someone for translation. It’s a big gap at a time when people are already in a new place.” “The groceries back home are expired.” “Did we get the medicines one of our elders needed?
Hate crimes in Peel increase alongside tensions between minority communities
Hate-motivated crimes reported to Peel Regional Police rose 17 per cent in 2025, climbing to 195 incidents from 166 in 2024. Within this total, incidents involving the large South Asian community, which makes up about 40 percent of the population in Brampton and Mississauga, jumped 115 per cent, according to a report presented to the Peel Police Service Board.
Gurpreet Dhillon demands City of Brampton scrub Integrity Commissioner report after lawyer confirms former accuser withdrew sex assault allegations
Nearly three years after the woman who accused him of sexual assault withdrew her allegations, former Brampton councillor Gurpreet Dhillon is once again demanding the City of Brampton remove Integrity Commissioner Muneeza Sheikh’s report which sided with the woman. Dhillon’s lawyer, Eric Gillespie, has batted away Sheikh’s claims that a letter written three years ago by the former complainant, withdrawing her allegations, can not be verified.
Mississauga becomes first Ontario city to pause new AI data centres, but proponent likely to appeal
A Mississauga Council decision Thursday is being heralded as a victory for sustainability in the face of technology’s relentless consumption of finite resources. It could be short-lived. The company behind a push to construct a Mississauga-based data centre is already vowing to challenge the decision by locally elected officials.