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food inflation is primarily caused by grocery chains trying to increase profits, which major grocers have. I done, i-26 1% believe global economic factors are responsible. While 20% blame the federal government. Sylvain charlebois, the director of the agri-food analytics lab at dalhousie university, join us with more. >> Keep in mind that food inflation is a complex phenomena. Food inflation has hit every single nation around the world, not just canada. Everyone has been impacted by food inflation in recent across the planet. But right here in our own backyard in canada. I mean, you can actually almost everyone for starting with grocers to the supply chain to the economy, to the they all can play a part and they all at played a part in making our food basket less or more expensive. >> While food inflation is slowing down, stats canada says between april 2021 in april, 2024 grocery prices increased 21.4% a recent study is shutting light on the impact of meta has used banned in this country. The media ecosystem observatory says national news outlets last about 64% of the engagement users generated on their facebook pages. Local news outlets saw facebook engagement dropped by roughly 85% and almost half stop posting on the platform entirely in the months following, the band meta removes news links from facebook and instagram in response to the online news act requires tech giants to reach licensing agreements with news publishers for their content. 2:51 29 degrees. You're watching toronto's breaking news cp24. Is it a busy drive out there seems that way. We'll get a check on traffic with adwoa Every locker tells a story. Find the space you need to live every chapter of your story. Access Storage, here for you. Try four weeks free. Visit AccessStorage.ca Leon's Spring it on event ends Wednesday! Get incredible deals on furniture. Save up to 50% on select clearance mattresses. Save up to $1,000 on select Appliance and tv packages. Last chance to spring into savings. Let's maximize those dreams. That's right. The next lotto max jackpot is an estimated $70 million, plus an estimated 12 maxmillions. A backyard putting green? What about a whole backyard course! Got another dreamer! Get your lotto max tickets today! [olg sting] For over 75 years Pollard has manufactured quality windows and doors here in Ontario. Being customer focused and innovative allows us to provide exceptional value. Get factory savings and one year no payments. From our family business to your family home. Make a smart investment. Choose Pollard. This is Brad. Brad neglected to properly mount his brand new tv. And with a dishwasher on the brink... Brad's problems keep mounting. Lucky for Brad there's Jiffy. The app that connects homeowners with Pros in a Jiffy! Way to go Brad. Download the app or book online. Jiffy. Canada's number one home maintenance app. (Dramatic music) I am Paul Atreides! Duke of Arrakis! Let me fight beside you. I'll show you the way. Closed captioning of this cp24 program is brought to you by Diamond and Diamond lawyers Canada's largest personal injury law firm with over 65 lawyers across Canada (Upbeat music) Many people rely on wireless security and doorbell cameras to help protect their rights. The same technology that makes these systems relatively inexpensive and user friendly is now often being used by criminals to hack or defeat the systems during the commission of an offense. It's the old now you see it now you don't. Now these systems vary widely in their degree of vulnerability, so it's worth doing your research when evaluating your current system or considering a new one. Strong passwords, upgraded hardware and software will help, but the best way to defend against this sort of attack is by using a wired security camera system with a hard drive in a secure location. When it comes to home security cameras, always know your rights and your tech. Male announcer: Know Your Rights is brought to you by Diamond & Diamond Lawyers. Canada's largest personal injury law firm with over 65 lawyers across Canada. Diamond and diamond

>> Well, we're definitely getting into the afternoon rush, but I will start with problems. If you're starting your commute oakville on the qew niagara boundary dealing with a collision on the approach to doorbell. It was in the left lane, it cleared. So that's where you're still dealing with that backlog from ford drive. Now headed towards the westbound qew. It's on the exit ramp that does take you to door val. It looks fires arrived on scene and they are blocking 2 lanes of that exit ramp. Right lane is getting by, but still pretty battle through the area. We did have issues on the for a for one cameras went out again. So can show you them. But I can show you the don valley parkway were been on the dvp delays extend from baby born. They continue to the 4, one all earlier issues on the 4, one did clear, but we're still dealing with lingering problems on the for 7 eastbound. If you paid a bit of extra money right at woodbine, crews still do with the collision from the morning in the 2 right lanes. Also reminder, queen street reduced to a single lane for watermain repairs between woodbine in kenilworth. I'll send it back to you >> The cp24 traffic report is brought to you by capitaldirect.ca >> Thanks adwoa its to 55 29 degrees. This is toronto's breaking news cp24 city council has a busy afternoon on tap with plenty to discuss, including how ease gridlock on the gardiner and the renaming of yonge dundas square. That's a live shot. Have councillor diane saxe will have more on that coming up next with jamie different. (Upbeat music) . Firefighters... What we do is hard. It's not enough to be strong. You have to be tough. Let's move! Get down! Get into a new station 19 on ctv Chuck's a wanderer. A lover of the open road. To some he's a legend... to others a phantom of leather and steel. [Motorcycle revs] Chuck was searching. What for, you ask? A Triple-A-Steak at an unbeatable price. And that's The Legend of Chuck! Can I get you guys anything else? [Horse neighs in the distance] [Door opens] [Bell rings] [Footsteps approaching] ( ) Did you know most dish soaps don't remove all the grease, even with scrubbing? Not mine. These are clean. How 'bout we take a closer look... Whaaat? I just cleaned those! Switch to Dawn Platinum. It powers through and removes 99% of grease and food residue. Including stubborn, invisible grease other dish soaps can leave behind. Now, that's... clean! That's why only Dawn is trusted to save wildlife affected by oil. Dawn Platinum cleans to the squeak. Most of our clients who come through our door and who are suffering from mental illness, they are feeling a sense of despair and a longing for help. Often insurance companies are denying disability claims on the basis that there's insufficient medical evidence. We've represented hundreds of clients who suffer from anxiety or depression. We fight for our clients right to receive the compensation they deserve. Your Long Term Disability firm... Kotak Law. If you are ready to replace your windows or patio doors, would you want multiple companies working in your home? Or would you prefer one single company doing everything? I'm Ann Romer here with Michael Smith from Renewable by Andersen. Michael, you do things so differently. Yes we do. And we take care of your entire project for you from the point of sales, through manufacturing, all the way through the installation and the warranty. We cut out the middleman. And our customers absolutely love that. So, Michael, you're warranty is very different from what other window companies offer. Yes, we offer a triple warranty that covers our windows, patio doors and the installation. A lot of companies here in the Toronto area warrant their windows. But what happens if that company goes out of business? Well, exactly. Renewal by Andersen is a full service replacement window division of Andersen, which is a family of U.S. and Canadian companies. They've been around for over 115 years. So we'll be here to stand behind our warranty. You replace a lot of vinyl windows here in the Toronto area. People choose vinyl because they're sometimes less expensive, but vinyl is really 1950s technology, so they tend to warp and crack. Meaning that you'd have to do your windows again. Okay, so if you don't use vinyl, what are your windows made of? Andersen research and develop our fibrics window material for over 30 years before we install it into one. Home fibrics is a composite material that's two times stronger than vinyl and really just much more beautiful. And right now, renewal by Andersen has a great deal for Toronto area homeowners. Before May 31st, save $299 on every window and save $799 on every door. Get an extra $500 off your project.

Plus, pay nothing for a year. For a free appointment, call renewal by Andersen named Home Stars Best of the best for 2024. 1-800-665-4700 (Upbeat music) >> Environment. Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the city of toronto. The city council as a busy afternoon on tap with plenty to discuss, including how to ease gridlock on the gardiner and the renaming of yonge dundas square. Coming up. We'll have the latest from city hall. The city has created a new report aimed at changing the way homeless encampments are dealt with. We'll have more on that story coming up in moments. It's 3:00 29 degrees, it's a hot one out there from 299 queen street west. This is toronto's breaking news cp24. Hello. I'm jamie gutfreund. We're following developing weather news. Severe thunderstorms are on the way to the gta environment. Canada has also issued a thunderstorm watch for our city expected with this storm are up to 90 kilometre an hour wind gusts and to sized hail and heavy rain. City council's meeting this weekend. Major funding gaps will be the main talking point. Toronto is facing billions of dollars in funding shortfalls in infrastructure, transit, parks and libraries. Councillors are hoping the other levels of government will help find a solution that to the money troubles facing the city. Mayor chow broke down some of the very urgent and expensive issues to address. >> For all of 10 off to city infrastructure. I kind rice is poor and very poor. In terms of the state, they're in. Means that infrastructure is falling apart slowly and require. A replacement renovation rebuilt. We have in fish, the infrastructure gap of 26 billion dollars to maintain the current service level over 10 years. >> We are desperate for finding we hear all the time here in willowdale, our fountain at mel lastman square is broken and you don't know where we're going get the money to fix pot. So we can see our city is falling apart and this all leads back to something that we talked about last budget, which is that the city needs a new fiscal framework. We cannot run a city of our size just on property taxes. We have to have revenue coming for a percentage of income tax. The percentage of sales tax. That's the way we get to a better city. We have no choice but to go to the province and to the federal government. We are limited in the revenue tools that we have here in the city of toronto. >> We're also not able to run an operating deficit. So it's important that we continue that advocacy and they're also welcome to grant us new revenue tools and the ability to to gather some more money ourselves. And councillors will also discuss a motion by brad bradford and jon burnside that would accelerate construction on the gardner. >> By lot of work to go on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They say that could shave a year off the timeline and saved the city a lot of money. The motion is expected to be tabled tomorrow. >> City staff are already doing not. They're looking into it right now and they are testing some of the equipment to see how noisy it is in the evenings to see if they can accelerate the work and how they can do that best. They're also consulting with industry experts. They are already employing people prefab occasion techniques of the materials. But of course, there was looking into more I welcome the suggestions by council burnside and cancer. Bradford. But in fact, I'm going to ask for that reports come back earlier and come back into life because I know that are capable city staff are already working on those things. >> Well, the other thing is we're going into the summer time where there's a lot of sports events don't of the cne there is the cne a itself, a lot of people coming from out of town. Tourists are coming to our great city. The last thing we want is a bad experience with a hit our roads, so we want them to be able to get to other hotel or there are other entertainment location and have fun and have a good impression of our city. >> A special tribute at city hall today for jaye robinson, who died last week after a long battle with cancer. >> A science to and >> Moment of silence was held in memory of the long time. Don valley, west councillor flowers and a framed photo were placed under spot in the chamber and her husband and 3 sons were in attendance as

robinson's colleagues remembered her for her dedication and service. Lansing through the many initiatives j brought to council. There was a trend. So its support for the outdoor athletics profit participation. Sports. >> Jason, great values. Many of us supporting tennis and soccer and the protection of urban forestry. She advocated for safer roads, fighting impaired driving and fiscal responsibility. I believe that her last motion seconded mayor chow as council to support establishing a professional women's soccer league in toronto. >> I also >> Very much bonded with che around her love of parks of trees and ravines. And that beautiful valley that she had downtown west that she protected seriously and said our routines earn a living, breathing organisms in the city of toronto. We must take better care of them. And was her leadership fence part and spurred council 2 and staff to actually do that to pay attention to these very important green spaces. >> Robinson represented on valley west since she was first elected in 2010. She held several positions over the years, including ttc chair and chair of the infrastructure committee. She took a leave of absence in 2019 to undergo treatment for breast cancer. Robinson returned to work a year later, but we'll see a tenant meetings virtually. She leaves behind her husband and per the city has created a new report aimed at changing the way homeless encampments are dealt with. Officials are moving away from an enforcement model and are focusing on preventative and supportive measures to get people into permanent homes. City hall has faced pushback has people in advocates for clearing camps from parks and public spaces. Toronto's shelter system is at capacity. In april of. >> This past we had an average everyday of 225 people that call the centre central intake phone service. They were unable to get matched to a bed by the end of the day. As of may 5th, there were 256 encampments at 131 city-owned properties in toronto. But this work is about people. That's why we've evolved our strategic approach to encampments. Everyone deserves a safe, affordable place to call home. And this report and the accompanying protocols are just one piece of the measures we're taking to offer certainty help indignity to people experiencing homelessness and surrounding communities. >> Town I have written to economic and community development committee with the motion to direct city staff to develop and implement key actions to increase access to safe. >> Secure housing and shelter for people who who are living outdoors respond to the unique housing these of shelter seekers. And I particularly want to highlight recommendation for a pilot program of enhanced multi-sectoral case management support for people living outdoors of those people who have complex mental and physical health needs and that this would be done in partnership with community serving and health care experts. >> The report will go before the city's economic community development committee. And on may 29th, it's 3:08 and 29 degrees. It's hot out there. Let's take a look at the roads. Traffic specialist adwoa nsiah-yeboah has the details. I do, jamie. And it has been quite the hot and sticky and humid drive-in. >> Air conditioning is a must if you're in your vehicle and so is patients, that's what you want to practice because we are dealing with some problems on the westbound of for a one on the approach to leslie looks like the start of the ramp. We are dealing with a stall, so making for a quite of the slow go if you're trying to make your way across this, our head on the eastbound lanes of the 4, 1, in case you missed it, we were dealing with problems on the eastbound 4, 1, east of the dvp in the collectors was a collision. It was in the right lane. That situation, it did all-clear getting busier on the dvp north from bayview/bloor up to the 401 pretty jammed on the gardiner westbound exiting the downtown core from jarvis to the construction zone. A too strong. That is the reason for the holdup outside of camera view, no like a broken record, but eastbound on the 407 right at woodbine. Still have those 2 right lanes blocked an ongoing collision from this morning. Jamie, I'll send it back to you. Thanks. Canada ranks among the top 10 countries in the world for stolen vehicles. According to interpol. >> International law enforcement agency says it is identified more than 1500 stolen canadian vehicles across the globe since february. Well, that's when the rcmp integrated its database for stolen vehicles with interpol's. The agency says auto thefts are significant revenue source for organized crime groups and themes are attracted to canada's abundant supply of highly price suvs and crossovers. Toronto police say one person has been injured in an overnight shooting downtown. That happened a little before 12 30 this morning in the area of isabel ensure born the man with a gunshot wound was found behind a building. He was taken to hospital with life-threatening

injuries. Police say the investigation is still active and ongoing. So far, no word on the suspect. A crash in north york sent one person in hospital, a motorcycle and car collided in the oakdale road and sheppard avenue area east of the 400 just before 10 30 last night. Paramedics say the motorcyclist was taken to hospital with serious injuries, but is expected to survive the driver of the other vehicle wasn't hurt and remained at the scene. There's no word yet if charges will be laid. And crews had to tackle a 2 alarm fire in mississauga. The fire broke out at a building on main gate drive near matheson and tomken road. No injuries have been reported is no word yet on what sparked the fire. Authorities say 2 deaths at a home in bradford last week were the result of intimate partner violence. South simcoe police were called to check on the well beings of the home's occupants on friday, officers found the bodies of a man in his late 60's and a woman in her 50's. Investigators say it appears the man killed his wife and then took his own life. Days before police arrived. Officials say the couple had lived in bradford for decades and police have been called to the residence before. Before. Pro-palestinian protesters who are accused of vandalizing a downtown's bookstore have had the charges against them dropped 11 people were charged after the indigo at bay and bloor was splattered with red paint last year and posters were put up accusing is had the respect of funding genocide. The crown says it is withdrawing the charges because there is not a reasonable prospect of conviction. It will proceed with the remaining prosecutions. The 7 accused are charged with hate-motivated offences, including criminal harassment, mischief and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Hot docs film festival announces a temporary closure of its flagship toronto theatre as well as staff layoffs amid financial struggles. A statement released earlier today from the festival says the hot docs ted rogers cinema will close their doors for 3 months, beginning on june. 12 canada's largest documentary film festival says the closures and temporary layoffs are necessary to help find a path back to profitability. And chris bumbray, film critic and managing editor at joe blow dot com joined us earlier today to speak on the temporary closure of hot dogs. >> Its funny that was a big x, that came out today on deadline. One of the leading industry websites, which was basically saying that, you know, festivals and festivals in general, the world over going through a pretty tough time right now. I mean at cannes this year, they really pulled back a lot in the red carpet kind of stuff. And and the the staff actually is apparently trying to unionize, which is also happening right here in montreal. Sent asian film festival, pretty big genre what's happening with docs, though, is a completely different, you know, beast. I think because, you know, there's been accusations of toxic workplace, you know, it's never been something that was necessarily a money maker, but it was always very good for the city, for kind of got the artistic side. >> Hot dogs had warned in april that its future was in jeopardy and appealed for support. Well, this is toronto's breaking news cp24. There's more legal trouble for sean diddy combs will have more on the latest assault lawsuit that's been filed against the hip-hop mogul. (School bell rings) ( ) ( ) (Crowd cheering on tv) ( ) No amount of studying can guarantee a gambling win. Find tips for safer play at gamblingisrandom.ca. ( ) Leon's Spring it on event ends Wednesday! Get incredible deals on furniture. Save up to 50% on select clearance mattresses. Save up to $1,000 on select Appliance and tv packages. Last chance to spring into savings. Did you know 80% of women struggle with hair damage? New Pantene Miracle Rescue Deep Conditioner with melting Pro-V pearls... Helps hair lock in moisture to repair up to 6 months of damage. Guaranteed or your money back! If you know, you know it's Pantene. I'm Mike Holmes here with Ivan from agm Renovations. It's shocking to me how often homeowners hire the wrong contractor for their basement renovation. At agm our trades have decades of experience in basement renovations. We get the job done on time, on budget, and it's done right. Don't risk hiring just any contractor - trust agm. They're the basement renovation specialist I recommend. AGMrenovations.com [announcer] Get $5,000 off your new basement! Your renovation destination! (Upbeat music) here are some of the stories we're following this afternoon. Environment canada

has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for the city of toronto. The city has created a new report aimed at changing the way homeless encampments are dealt with. We'll have more on that coming up. Big news out of europe, spain, ireland and norway announcing today they will recognize palestinian state next week. We'll have reaction in moments and stay with cp24. For more on these stories and for for the details, you can head to our website cp24.com a warning that some viewers may find the next story and image disturbing. The families of 5 female israeli soldiers abducted by hamas on october 7th have released graphic footage of the kidnapping. We can show you an image from the video. It shows a terrorist holding one woman captive in tiger hands while another injured woman is held against the wall. The hostages families say they got the video from the idf and that it was originally released by hamas. The group is hoping to pressure the israeli government to secure the hostages release. Spain, ireland and norway have all announced that they will recognize a palestinian state next week has stepped comes amid international outrage over the civilian death toll and humanitarian crisis in the gaza strip. 7 months into the war. Today's decisions may generate momentum for the recognition of a palestinian state by other eu nations and un member countries in norway's prime minister said there cannot be peace in the middle east if there is no recognition. Israel has responded by recalling its ambassadors from all 3 countries conflict, based on the same steps with prime minister sanchez estate. >> We said that the point of recognizing the state of palestine was coming closer. 9 points has arrived. Today. Ireland's norway and spain. All right. Say we recognize the state's of palestine. Each of us, when undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to decision. >> A spokesman for the israeli government accused ireland, norway and spain of perpetrating perpetrating war. And by recognizing a palestinian state. >> Norway and spain have decided to reward the terrorists of hamas with the prize of recognizing a palestinian state. It is certainly not lost on israelis and jews. The world over that the same 3 countries also chose to remain neutral in world war ii. Seems like they didn't mature to realize that history remembers pieces. And now. They are giving a prize to the rapist's and the merger is who will still holding out stolen people in captivity. >> We thank dose countries for taking this principle position. We believe that this is an astounding, a message of support the palestinian people's right to self-determination. Independence and statehood, which is non-negotiable. A number we believe it's also an astounding message. Against a apartheid colonialism and genocide. >> Us national security adviser jake sullivan says they have had recent conversations with israel about a strategic approach to defeating hamas. >> The country that stand strong in defence of israel in international forums like the united nations. We certainly have seen a growing chorus of voices, including voices that had previously been in support of israel drift in another direction. That is of concern to us because we do not believe that that contributes to israel's long-term security or vitality. And so that's something that we discussed with the israeli government and something that we believe that a strategic approach to defeating hamas, protecting civilian surging humanitarian assistance. And then pursuing that vision of regional integration. I just talked about, we'll put israel in the best ed. >> Meanwhile, the israeli military says it's continuing its military activity in the west bank town of janine forces raided a militant stronghold yesterday, killing at least 7 people. According to the palestinian health ministry. Israel says the number of terrorists were killed, including 2 who threw explosives at soldiers. Tomorrow. Poll finds 55% of canadians think it's time israel to stop its military action in gaza, even if it means hamas continues to pose a threat. That's compared to 45% who believe israel should press on until hamas releases the remaining hostages and agrees to acceptable ceasefire conditions. The survey of 1500 maru voice canada online panelists is considered accurate within 2.5% 19 times out of 20. Iran's supreme leader presided over a funeral today for the country's late president and other officials who were killed in helicopter

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