18 of 23 trucks checked at random on Toronto streets this week by police and the Ministry of Transportation proved to have some kind of safety issue. The police inspections found numerous problems, including things like insufficient brakes, improperly secured load, cargo on fire, steering wheel fell off, truck being driven by dog, etc., etc. The former principal of C.W. Jeffries Secondary School, who came under fire for failing to report an alleged gang......

A scandal seems to be brewing over the conduct of Tuxedo Limousines after many people complained that the company was shitty and acted in bad faith. Interestingly, many of the people who hired limos through Tuxedo paid the company in cash, in parking lots or gas stations. This only confirms many of Torontoist's longstanding personal biases against people who hire stretch Hummers. Ontario's food banks issued a report yesterday calling upon the government to......

The mothers of murder victims Oliver Martin and Dylan Ellis went public yesterday pleading for information to help find the person responsible for their son's deaths. Hope it's not going to be that kind of summer. In more scumbag-related news, 6 dogs have become seriously ill after someone laced a canine drinking fountain at High Park with antifreeze. Jolly good, that googly caught the batsman leg before wicket, lads! If this is the kind......

The younger members of the "Toronto 18" were clueless dupes, according to the RCMP informant on the case. Best line from the story: "At one point, he said, the leaders hid in the bushes and made wolf and bear noises." Thank God we caught them early or they would have been making animal noises outside of Parliament! Ontario's ombudsman says that there's tons of crap the government still does wrong. He also says he......