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Browse all Politt coverage ↗Project Red Zone, a cross-border undercover operation, also recovered cocaine and more than 950 rounds of ammunition, with four people now facing charges. A months-long undercover investigation into gun trafficking across the Greater Toronto Area has ended with 23 firearms off the street, four people charged, and a direct link to an unsolved Mississauga homicide.
Five people face more than 80 charges after a months-long investigation into “Icy White North,” which police call one of Canada’s most prolific dark web drug suppliers. York Regional Police say they’ve dismantled a Canada-wide drug trafficking operation that ran almost entirely through the dark web, arresting five people and laying more than 80 charges
Slower gas price growth was offset by pricier rent and travel, while grocery bills finally cooled off. Canada’s annual inflation rate held steady at 3% in August, Statistics Canada reported Monday, as easing gas prices were offset by higher rent and travel costs. Gasoline was still going up in August, just not as fast: prices
Investors committing at least $1 billion to Canada will receive priority access to advance tax rulings as the federal government looks to reduce uncertainty around major projects and attract new investment. TORONTO :- The federal government is offering large-scale investors priority access to binding tax rulings from the Canada Revenue Agency as Prime Minister Mark
More than 160 projects and roughly 100 major investors are on the table in Toronto this week, but deals, if they come, could take over a year to close. Prime Minister Mark Carney kicked off Canada’s first-ever Investment Summit in Toronto today, opening a two-day pitch to roughly 100 of the world’s largest investors, collectively
Rising diesel prices are creating a new strain on the people and small businesses that keep Canada’s supply chain moving. As of September 10, Canada’s volume-weighted average retail diesel price was approximately $2.49 per litre, according to Kalibrate Canada data cited by the Canada Truck Operators Association. The number is visible at the pump, but
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is seeking a “unique alliance” with the European Union, but he has also been clear that Canada is not applying to become an EU member. That distinction matters. Reports about possible “associate membership” have generated understandable excitement and confusion, especially among Canadians wondering whether they might eventually gain new
Canada’s labour market ended the summer on a weaker note, with employment falling by 42,000 positions in August, according to Statistics Canada. The unemployment rate held at 6.4 per cent. Those figures are often presented as a monthly economic scorecard. For people living through the slowdown, however, the experience is more personal: a contract that
“Reconciliation is a generational task, lived and practised every day. On this National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we honour Survivors and the children who never returned home – and we reflect on the devastating legacy and the ongoing impacts of the residential school system. Residential schools are a truth that Survivors carried when governments would not.
