FLORENCE – A mystery that has been going on for 55 years, eight brutal double murders, an unspecified series of “collateral” deaths and only two final convictions – in fact without overwhelming evidence and based on often contradictory testimonies – for only four of the eight double crimes. It is an endless story, the “monster of Florence”, or the “monsters” who sowed panic in the Florentine countryside, in Italy, between the 70s and 80s, killing couples who went away in the car for a few moments of intimacy and, in some cases, surgically removing intimate areas from women’s bodies. →
TORONTO – Doug Ford’s government will no longer dissolve the Region of Peel. The announcement, made today by Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister of Ontario, Paul Calandra, will cancel plans that would have seen Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon become independent cities by 2025. →
TORONTO – Organized crime groups are attempting to “infiltrate” government agencies and departments and, in some cases, are succeeding, according to reports obtained by Global News, like the one from the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC), which highlights that 29 organized crime groups have “influence and access” within the public sector, while another 369 groups are trying to achieve the same result. →
TORONTO – The dissolution of the Region of Peel would have serious financial consequences for a series of municipalities: this is what emerges from a Deloitte report released by the mayor of Brampton, Patrick Brown (in the pic above, from Twitter X – @CityBrampton), according to which if Peel were dissolved, property taxes would increase by 17% in Mississauga, 34% in Brampton and 256% in Caledon. For Brampton in particular, if the city became an independent municipality it would have a budget hole of almost $72 million each year. “And taxes are going to skyrocket,” Brown told CityNews. →
TORONTO – Although the price run of some essential goods will slow down, the typical Canadian family’s overall grocery bill is expected to increase by about $700 next year, according to the annual food industry report, the 14th edition published from Dalhousie University, the University of Guelph, the University of British Columbia and the University of Saskatchewan. →