Hour 1 of Ottawa Now for Wed. April 24th, 2024
April 24, 2024
Effective this Summer, the Ontario government is permanently raising the speed limit on 10 sections of provincial highways. Yes, for all of the GTA commuters out there, this includes Highway 401. However, it also includes Highway 416, where the speed limit has been elevated to 110 kilometres per hour. But is this a good idea? Have we seen positive progress on the stretches of road that have already approved this plan? Overall, will this approach make our roads safer to drive? Kristy Cameron digs deeper with Brian Turner, a columnist with Driving.ca! Meantime, a Toronto couple is just happy to be breathing in Earth’s finest air after dodging a bullet in the Dominican Republic. They were in a tour boat, soaking up the Sun, when it began to sink. Fortunately, they survived to tell the tale.
Unpublished Newswire
The Consulate General of India in Toronto has identified the two grandparents who died earlier this week in a wrong-way highway crash.It expressed condolences on social media for the loss of “Indian nationals Mr. Manivannan, Mrs. Mahalakshmi and their grandchild” in the Monday crash on Highway 401.Ontario’s police watchdog has said a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman, who were visiting from India, and their three-month-old grandson died in a crash with a van being chased by police.
May 3, 2024 - 23:34 | | The Globe and Mail
The Belleville Senators will head out on the road all tied up in their American Hockey League best-of-five playoff series against the Cleveland Monsters. Read More
May 3, 2024 - 22:55 | Tim Baines | Ottawa Citizen
Documents and evidence submitted in court, as the City of Surrey challenges a provincial order that it create a new municipal police force, has revealed both the city and the province had serious concerns about the impact on policing if the issue wasn’t resolved swiftly.Surrey has asked for a judicial review of Solicitor-General Mike Farnworth’s decision last July to order the city to continue with a transition from RCMP to a municipal police force. The city’s suit says the minister overstepped his legal powers and denied freedom of expression to Surrey voters.The province’s lawyer,...
May 3, 2024 - 20:48 | Frances Bula | The Globe and Mail
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