The Ontario government is providing tax relief for residents displaced by the explosion on Mississauga’s Hickory Drive last June. The home explosion killed two people and caused more than 70 houses uninhabitable for months, with 29 families still waiting to return home.
A 12-year-old Hamilton boy with a toy gun and wooden sword, who was waiting to record a school project with a friend in a park, found himself surrounded by police with guns and Tasers drawn.
The Trudeau government revealed the 2017 federal budget Wednesday, axing the Canada Savings Bond (CBS), along with the public transit tax credit, while adding pennies to the cost of tobacco and alcohol.