Point, shoot, share. The pattern might as well be a reflex, especially among teenagers who have grown up with technology. So it was a shock, but no surprise, that Tuesday’s fatal stabbing at Abbotsford Senior Secondary was caught on camera, and almost instantly shared on social media and broadcast later in the day by several major news outlets. Sharing of the graphic video, which runs just over 30 seconds, quickly led to a public outcry. Const. Ian MacDonald, public information officer at Abbotsford Police Department, said he doesn’t assign any blame to the person, presumably a student, who took the video. Nor was he able to comment on the chain of custody that carried the video from the student’s phone to the public sphere. But MacDonald is calling out those in “positions of responsibility” who shared the video, specifically media outlets.

A shocked grandmother is accused of illegally downloading a video game. She's warned if she doesn't pay a settlement fee, she could face fines of up to $5,000. Panicked foreign university students receive similar settlement demands over alleged piracy. It sparks fears they could be deported. These are only the latest examples of the confusion and concern ignited by Canada's new copyright infringement notice system

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Premier Kathleen Wynne’s top political adviser has stepped aside as head of the Ontario Liberals’ re-election campaign after being charged for alleged bribery during a 2015 byelection. As first reported by the Star, Patricia Sorbara, CEO and director of the 2018 Liberal campaign, and Grit activist Gerry Lougheed face Elections Act charges related to the Sudbury contest. The charges dominated the legislature’s daily question period, where NDP Leader Andrea Horwath sought assurances Sorbara would recuse herself from political activities until the charges are dealt with “in their entirety.”

Mayor John Tory’s executive committee has voted in favour of a transit plan that would see the city and the province share the $7 billion pricetag for SmartTrack. Under the proposal, the city will pay $3.3 billion for six new SmartTrack stations at Unilever, Liberty Village, St. Clair West, Gerrard, Lawrence East and Finch. The province would contribute $3.7 billion to cover additional track capacity and to electrify the GO network. Tory is hitting back hard at his detractors, like Coun. Gord Perks, who on Monday called the proposed funding deal with the province “a real failure for Mayor John Tory.”


A newly-appointed chaplain for Toronto police is speaking out after coming under fire from the police union for comments made about marriage and women's duties to their husbands. Musleh Khan says he appreciates the criticism of his choice of words after a 2013 webinar surfaced. "I think it's appalling," Alia Hogben, the executive director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, said. "We've been fighting for Muslim women's rights and something like this really sets us back.”


 

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Transport Canada says new cars and small trucks will have to be equipped with rear-view camera systems starting in May 2018. The new regulations have been formally posted in the Canada Gazette for a 75-day comment period. The requirement for back-up visibility brings Canadian standards in line with those in the United States. The department says it's a safety measure because children, disabled persons, the elderly and others are vulnerable to back-up mishaps. It estimates that such accidents killed 27 people and injured more than 1,500 from 2004 to 2009. Are rear-view cameras making motorists lazy?

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna was forced to step in late last night and overrule bureaucrats in her department who wanted to muzzle MPs, First Nations leaders and others invited to accompany her to next month’s United Nations climate change conference. The twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 22) will be held Nov. 7-18 in Marrakech, Morocco and invitations were sent out over McKenna’s name to, among others, her official opposition critics, including Conservative Ed Fast.

Sue-Ann Levy from the Toronto Sun joins the show to talk all things going on at City Hall.

A system that “undermines the stability of African Canadian families and can, in fact, destroy them” needs sweeping reforms, says a hard-hitting report on reducing the number of black kids in the care of children’s aid. The two-volume report, obtained by the Star ahead of its release, is called “One Vision One Voice: Changing the child welfare system to better serve African Canadians.” It demands that every aspect of child protection in Ontario be transformed by structures and practices that fight “anti-black racism.”

A system that “undermines the stability of African Canadian families and can, in fact, destroy them” needs sweeping reforms, says a hard-hitting report on reducing the number of black kids in the care of children’s aid. The two-volume report, obtained by the Star ahead of its release, is called “One Vision One Voice: Changing the child welfare system to better serve African Canadians.” It demands that every aspect of child protection in Ontario be transformed by structures and practices that fight “anti-black racism.” Should the police drop this chaplain? 

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