Convenience stores urged to stop selling drug paraphernalia
The Ontario Safety League says convenience stores in the province are openly selling pipes, marijuana grinders and other drug paraphernalia and wants the practice to stop.
View ArticleCity employee launches petition to save Sam the Record Man sign
A City of Toronto employee has launched an online petition to force Ryerson University to preserve the old Sam the Record Man sign, a sign that for decades was a beacon for music lovers on Yonge...
View ArticleKijiji urged to end sale of household pets
Canada’s largest classified website is under pressure to ban the sale of household pets as part of a Montreal woman’s quest to put an end to puppy mills. Barbara Lapointe, a mother of two who operates...
View ArticleGroup wants John Tory to run for mayor
A group of “concerned citizens” has drawn up a petition calling on radio host and former politician John Tory to run for mayor of Toronto. The website for the Draft John Tory movement calls the city...
View ArticlePetition to make Rob Ford a U.S. citizen not getting much support
A petition to make Rob Ford an honourary U.S. citizen hasn’t garnered much support so far. The petition appears on the White House website under the headline: “Proclaim Robert Bruce ‘Rob’ Ford, the...
View ArticleOntario mother with sick child urges Canada Post to keep door-to-door delivery
An online petition urging Canada Post to reconsider its decision to end door-to-door delivery in urban centres has garnered more than 120,000 signatures. The petition was started by Susan Dixon, a...
View ArticlePetition calls for recall law in Alberta following report on former premier
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has launched an online petition for recall legislation in Alberta in the wake of a report about former premier Alison Redford’s alleged misuse of government aircraft....
View ArticlePetition urges immigration minister to ban ‘dating coach’ from Canada
Over 3,000 people have signed an online petition to federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Christopher Alexander to keep a man whose seminars and boot camps on how to pick up women are...
View ArticlePetition urges immigration minister to ban ‘dating coach’ from Canada
On social media, thousands have used the hashtag #KeepJulienBlancOutOfCanada in the hopes the government stop his entry into the country. CityNews reporter Tammie Sutherland has more on the...
View ArticleTDSB trustees petition ministry over policy change to access existing repair...
A group of Toronto District School Board (TDSB) trustees is petitioning the province to change a policy they say is keeping the public board from accessing much-needed funds. New home developers are...
View ArticleGeorge Takei, petitioners urge 2014 Games move to Vancouver
Activist and actor George Takei, best known as helmsman Lt. Sulu in the original Star Trek series, is boldly going where tens of thousands have gone before, denouncing Russia’s anti-gay laws, calling...
View ArticleCity of Toronto launches petition against Ford government’s cuts
The City of Toronto is fighting back against the cuts made by the Ford government by launching an online petition. Mayor John Tory made the announcement on Wednesday standing behind a new sign affixed...
View ArticleConservative MP criticized over petition questioning COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA – A Conservative MP and former leadership candidate is being criticized for sponsoring a petition that questions the science and safety of COVID-19 vaccinations. The petition, signed by...
View ArticleConservative leader dodges questions on petition that likens COVID vaccine to...
OTTAWA – The federal Conservative leader is facing questions about one of his MPs, who has sponsored a petition that likens a COVID-19 vaccine to “human experimentation.” Leader Erin O’Toole has not...
View ArticlePublic consultations needed in renaming of historic Toronto street
Renaming a well-known Toronto street is proving to be complicated. A city staff report released on Wednesday recommends public consultations on the renaming of Dundas Street and on the naming and...
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