The buyback program offers $200 for a long gun and $350 for a handgun. The firearms will be picked up by police and participants will not face a charge for possessing or unsafely storing a firearm. Continue reading
Mayor John Tory said he hopes police will be “relentless” in their enforcement. Continue reading
In a year-end interview with Global News, Mayor John Tory discusses the recent municipal election, his relationship with Premier Doug Ford, and the response to violent crime in Toronto. Continue reading
‘John Tory and Jon Burnside were politicians I trusted to serve Toronto, but I didn’t vote for them,’ Matt Gurney says. ‘The problem is they don’t trust me: I’m a handgun owner.’ Continue reading
John Tory’s biggest threat is Jennifer Keesmaat who entered the race mid-summer after Premier Doug Ford’s council-cutting decision threw the campaign into chaos. Continue reading
Municipal elections project their professed neutrality with an array of bright and variably hewed campaign signs meant to signal the fact that local races do not fall along the same political party lines as provincial or federal contests. Continue reading
The Toronto mayoral candidate said her platform focuses on crime prevention through neighbourhood-centred policing and improving 911 wait times, and took aim at a police hiring freeze. Continue reading
“People from around the world look up to us as a city that gets it right,” Tory told the crowd. Continue reading
Toronto has a crime problem, yet Tasha Kheiriddin says neither of the leading candidates for mayor in the Oct. 22 municipal election has presented a coherent plan on the issue. Continue reading
The labour dispute has led to picket lines outside the annual Canadian National Exhibition, which is taking place at the venue near the city’s waterfront. Continue reading