CFTO - Friday, May 24, 2024 - 12:00 p.m. (ET) - Segment #2

>>> A heads up for ttc riders there will be a subway closure to keep in mind this weekend. No service between kennedy and woodbine on saturday and sunday. Crews are doing track work and subtle buses will be running it. Service is set to resume on monday -- shuttle buses. >> Nathan: the debate about how to hit the gas on the gardiner rehabilitation process went late into the night. >> Michelle: ctv's natalie johnson has the latest. >> We know it is crumbling and 60 years old. >> Reporter: the consensus and cancel 40 night -- on thursday night is that more needs to be done for the gardiner. >> We are at a flashpoint. People are hot under the collar. >> Reporter: a 3 year timeline for the latest round of road repairs for the stretch between dufferin and strawn having major impacts. >> You draft your best plan and then your plan suddenly goes awry. >> Reporter: councillors have spent the day battling over whose idea was to to speed up the road work and when. The mayor insisting staff had already been working on it weeks now at her request. >> It's not fair to our staff to say nothing has been done just because you want to score political points. Let's not do this. We want a much faster construction. >> Reporter: faster construction that's one step closer to happening. City council unanimously asking staff or a plan to accelerate the gardiner repairs including the possibility of 24/7 construction while considering the impact to the local community. >> Homes to tens of thousands of residence who live right next to this active construction area. >> Reporter: the city experts now charged with finding concrete ways to tighten the timeline. >> City staff will bring changes to the work schedule and make that in place and reporting back in july to see for the confirmation of what can be done. Also looking if there is more prefabrication that can be done. >> I'm concerned we might not be aggressive enough to see the results people ought to demand from city council but this is a step. >> We need to come together and say, yes, it is a huge project. We can always improve. But let's do it together. >> Reporter: staff will have two months to put together a plan to fast-track the construction that has slowed down the city. Natalie johnson, ctv news. >> Nathan: peel police have announced the arrest in a fatal stabbing earlier this week in mississauga. Monday morning police were called to a hotel near brittania road. They found a woman in her fifties was stab wounds pronounced dead at the scene. Homicide detective say the following date they arrested 25-year-old from mississauga and charged with second-degree murder. They say the victim and suspect are related but it's not considered a case of intimate partner violence. >> Michelle: a child is in hospital in serious condition after being hit by a recycling truck in barrie. The incident happened in the south end of the city yesterday afternoon and the child suffered potentially life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to a trauma centre. The circumstances of the incident remain under investigation and it's not clear at this point if any charges will be laid. >> Nathan: the truck driver who called the deadly humboldt broncos bus crash faces a deportation hearing in calgary today. Jaskirat singh sidhu pleaded guilty to being responsible for the 2018 crash in saskatchewan the left 16 people dead and 13 others injured. He drove through a stop sign and hit the bus. Sidhu was sentenced to eight years in prison and his lawyer says there is no doubt the deportation order will be granted. A criminal conviction with a sentence of more than six months makes a permanent resident in eligible to stay in canada. >> Michelle: items like clothes and cosmetics and jewellery and alcohol have become popular targets for shoplifters. >> Nathan: police are warning about devices thieves are using to foil security. Ctv's janice golding explains. >> They wouldn't draw attention if you were to carry them into a store. However they have been modified in certain ways in order to attempt to defeat security. >> Reporter: detective constable kevin kinsman shows us a booster bag. Away crooks are ripping off retailers across the gta. >> They've added compartments to the,. >> Reporter: this is what it looks like with an interior pocket. >> The clothing items part of a halt that york regional police recovered as part of an investigation targeting a spike in organized retail thefts. >> We are talking about people

coming into a store in groups with the sole purpose of stealing items in bulk. It will be 500 or 300 at locations. >> Reporter: this is a modified item. A skirt on top of a booster skirt which is basically a large pouch with the zipper inside they can conceal items in. Targeting items that can be sold in the underground market. >> Anything from cosmetics to perfume, jewellery, high end clothing and alcohol. >> Michelle: >> Reporter: according to a release shoplifting has increased across all categories including food and apparel. Escalating inflation and a growing resale market are some of the contributors but there is also an alarming trend of repeat offenders and people using violence. >> They were working in smaller cells. There was no hierarchy structure. >> Reporter: during project booster investigators arrested 89 people and recovered merchandise worth 114,000 from an estimated 330,000 worth of stolen goods. >> From the outside you would never know. >> Reporter: an initiative they say has made a dent. >> We've noticed a decrease in two districts. >> Reporter: police say it's a nationwide problem with stolen goods making their way to and from the gta. Janice golding, ctv news. >> Michelle: grabbing a pack of beer or bottle of wine before the cottage the summer is about to get easier. >> Nathan: the ontario government announcing the expanded sale of alcoholic beverages at convenience stores and big-box stores earlier than planned. Siobhan morris is standing by with the latest. >> Reporter: this is happening about a year earlier than originally planned to. The deal that governs with how alcohol is sold in ontario is set to inspire -- expire by the end of next year but the government is using taxpayer dollars to accelerate as they face questions if they're trying to knock off election promises before calling for an early vote you will start to see stores already licensed such as big box stores licensed to sell booze be able to sell more kinds like seltzer's and coolers and they will be able to add beer cases, up to 30. Then the bigger change comes after labor day. September 5th. That's where convenience stores will be able to sell wine, beer and coolers as well and then on halloween more grocery stores and big-box retailers will be able to get in on this and sell different kinds of alcohol. None of this was supposed to happen until 2026. The accelerated timeline comes with the payment. $225 million of taxpayer dollars going to the beer stores to help them through the transition. It's a payment that premier is defending today. >> It was a promise we made in 2018 and we are moving forward but it's not going directly to the beer stores. Where it's going is to make sure we protect the beer store employees, to make sure they know they will be taking care of and we will audit every single penny to make sure it's going in the right place so it's not going into the big brewery pockets or anything like that. It's going to the front line people who we support. >> Reporter: the centre for addiction and mental health has been disappointed in the announcement and they say what the government is doing is choosing convenience over the well-being of convenience of. The government has pledged $10 million over five years to help with things like public health concerns related to expanded access to alcohol. Reporting live, I'm siobhan morris. Nathan? >> Nathan: thank you.

>>> It is the first day of voting in the by-election. Voters can cast their ballots at mississauga today and tomorrow. There will be another round of advanced voting on the second. Voters are reminded to bring a piece of identification with them and election days set june 10th. >> Michelle: peel police are asking for help tracking down the owner of a dog wandering in mississauga. Police say the female dog was brought into its division at pearson airport. Someone found her running in traffic along airport road and highway 409. The dog is in the care of animal control. >> Nathan: canadian boeder workers have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The union representing workers at commercial points of entry insists negotiations are at an impasse in the public service alliance of canada is seeking wages aligned with other law enforcement workers and what it calls an equitable retirement regime. Peace that says its members have been without an updated agreement for three years. The government says it's an agreement with 80 percent of the public service but is ready to negotiate in good faith if the union does the same. >> Michelle: to the united nations top court has ordered israel to immediately halt its assault on the southern gaza city of rafah. >> The court is not convinced sufficient efforts and related measures that israel affirms to have undertaken to enhance the security of civilians in the gaza strip and in particular those recently displaced are sufficient to alleviate the immense risks by the palestinian population if exposed as a result of the military offensive in rafah. >> Michelle: the court says the situation in the palestinian enclave has deteriorated since israel was last order to take steps to improve it and conditions have been met for a new emergency order. Israel must now open the rafah crossing to allow in eight and provide access for investigators and it is required to report back on its progress within one month. But israel has indicated its mission in the city will continue. >> And israeli spokesman has already announced that essentially israel will not comply with the order. That they will continue their operation in their efforts to try and weed out hamas military and political leaders and to try and get their hostages back. >> Michelle: the order was handed down a week after it was requested by south africa as part of its case alleging israel is committing genocide in gaza and today the south africans say they are pleased the court has affirmed an urgent decision is needed to pause the onslaught against innocent palestinian people and they say it is up to the un security council to act. >> Nathan: the bodies of three more hostages killed during the october 7th attack in israel were recovered overnight from gaza. The bodies of over ryan hernandez and others were located and their families have been notified. It comes after the armies said they found the bodies of three other israeli hostages. Hamas led militants killed about 1200 people and abducted about 250 others and half have since been freed. >> Michelle: ukraine says its forces have stopped russian advances to the north of the kharkiv region and they are conducting counter offensive actions to restore the lost positions. Authorities have evacuated more than 11,000 people from the region since russia launched an offensive there may 10th. Ukraine's challenges have been mounting in recent months as it tries to hold out against it's much bigger photo. >> Nathan: the U.S. air force has released photos of its first new bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. The b. 21 rader took a test fight. It was first unveiled in 2022. It is a long-range strike bomber capable of carrying nuclear weapons and the plane is undergoing testing in california. According to defence officials the test program is on track to meet timelines for deployment by next spring.

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