Almost 20% of Ontario MPPs declared rental income in 2021

Almost one in five members of the Ontario provincial parliament declared rental income in 2021, according to public filings from the integrity commissioner.

The disclosures reveal 13 PC, eight NDP, two Liberal and one Independent MPP declared rental income for themselves or their spouses last year. It comes as Ontario prepares for an election campaign that looks set to focus on affordability.

MPPs are responsible for setting rental rules in Ontario, including policies around rent controls.

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Peel child welfare organization paid $49,000-plus to company run by senior staffer

Peel’s publicly-funded child welfare organization has paid a company run by one of its senior executives more than $49,000 since 2020, an investigation by Global News shows.

Emails and internal documents show Peel Children’s Aid Society (CAS) paid at least $49,100 to Kitchener-based Cloud Ventures Inc. for services, including summer camps.

Records maintained by the Ontario Ministry of Government and Consumer Services state someone named Haris Syed is the secretary and treasurer for that compan

In 2022, Brampton will spend more on a single road than all of its climate initiatives combined

A week later, large areas of British Columbia succumbed to what Thunberg railed against: inaction on the part of leaders, including those who oversee our municipalities, despite knowing what the impacts of our changing climate will do to cities and towns.

“You can shove your climate crisis up your arse,” she sang at one protest.

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Her contempt was directed at world leaders, diplomats and ne

Mad Danny - the genius chef who has seen it all and is ready to make a change

There was a time when people saw Mad Danny out and about in Glasgow and they offered him a line. These days, when people come across the Mad Chef they ask him about meditation, herbal teas and his latest vegan invention.

A little like his delicious, cornflake coated burger, Danny McLaren has been through the ringer. Brought up in Easterhouse, with his father out of the picture, Danny struggled to concentrate at school due to his ADHD and, at the age of 16, found himself thrown into the chaotic

Meet the man making Cathkin Park the 'world's best amateur football stadium'

One Glasgow man is spearheading a project to bring Cathkin Park, the old home of Third Lanark, back to life after years of neglect.

Simon Weir, an actor known for roles in River City and Take the High Road, is the director of a newly incorporated company called Cathkin Park Ltd.

Simon and the company have been sharing weekly updates since the beginning of 2018 chronicling the progress of their seven year renovation of the park in Glasgow's South Side.

Now a public space, Cathkin Park is somet

Flammable cladding not used on buildings owned by any of Glasgow's universities

Concerns about the safety of university buildings in Glasgow has today been alleviated, as the University of Glasgow, Strathclyde University and Glasgow Caledonian University all confirmed their buildings were safe.

Fears were raised on Tuesday after halls of residence at Napier University in Edinburgh were found to be clad in the same flammable material which has been widely cited as responsible for the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London.

After enquiries by Glasgow Live , all three of Glasgow’s