Michael Thompson

• Michael Thompson sex assault decision won’t come until September

  Closing arguments were read out in a Bradford courthouse on Monday as the months-long sex assault trial of Toronto Coun. Michael Thompson shifted to another city.

  Crime

  Jun 24
  
• ‘At no point was ‘no’ initiated’: Toronto councillor continues testimony at sex assault trial

  Thompson, 65, was charged with two counts of sexual assault in 2022 after two guests of his over Canada Day weekend said he touched them inappropriately.

  Crime

  May 8
  
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• Toronto councillor’s sex assault trial moves to Barrie

  Michael Thompson is accused on two counts of sexual assault from separate women who were guests of his during a Muskoka cottage weekend over the Canada Day long weekend in 2022.

  Crime

  May 2
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• ‘I felt trapped’: Woman tells court Toronto city councillor forced himself on her

  Michael Thompson's sexual assault trial resumed Friday and heard from a third woman who alleged Thompson woke her in the middle of the night and sexually assaulted her.

  Crime

  Feb 21
• Global News projects Sherri Rollins as Fort Rouge – East Fort Garry councillor

  Global News is projecting Sherri Rollins as councillor for the Fort Rouge – East Fort Garry ward.

  Politics

  Oct 25, 2022
• Calgary’s Green Line committee gets detailed look at 2nd segment

  The underground path for the Green Line LRT was shifted slightly to reduce impacts, and the trains will be running up the centre lanes of Centre Street N.

  Traffic

  May 19, 2021
• City of Calgary not consulted on change to provincial coal policy

  After the City of Calgary did not receive word from the province ahead of the change in coal policy, council is considering further actions to protect the area's watershed.

  Environment

  Jan 18, 2021
• ‘We have to stand up’: 10-year-old Ontario boy releases poignant video on racism, George Floyd

  "It made me feel sad. It made me feel angry. It made me feel quite worried."

  Canada

  Jun 4, 2020
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• Toronto councillor demands apology from Google after feature image for Scarborough shows collapsed wall

  "When you get an organization like Google who would take a photo of a construction incident and to impose that photo to represent our community of almost 650,000 people is extremely disappointing."

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2019
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• John Tory slams Ontario government’s budget cuts ahead of Doug Ford announcement

  “A government that says they’re willing to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to rip up a contract with The Beer Store in order to make corner store beer possible, but at the same time is cutting childcare and cutting public health, you really have to wonder about the priorities” said Mayor John Tory.

  Canada

  May 21, 2019