This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. After years of deadly violence and corruption within the Greater Toronto Area tow-truck industry, the Ontario government is drafting legislation and regulations that would license and standardize towing …
Ontario moves to regulate towing industry in bid to stop violence and corruption
After years of deadly violence and corruption within the GTA tow-truck industry, the Ontario government is drafting legislation and regulations that would license and standardize towing across the province.
The Globe and Mail investigates the towing industry in Ontario
This article was published more than 2 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. The first time someone set fire to Carr Law was in November, 2018. Two months later, the Toronto-area firm, tucked between a video-game cafe and a physio clinic in a strip mall off Highway 400, was targeted …
This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. The Ontario government will contract out sections of some Greater Toronto Area highways to towing operators as part of a pilot project aimed at curbing corruption and violence within the province’s troubled …
This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. The Ontario Provincial Police has laid criminal charges against an inspector with 33 years on the force as part of its internal probe into towing-related corruption. Inspector Steve Grosjean, 62, commander for …
This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. Eight people have been charged in connection with an assassination attempt outside a Thornhill plaza one year ago, as part of a towing industry turf war that continues to play out across the Greater Toronto …
This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. Three veteran Ontario Provincial Police officers are facing charges for giving preferential treatment to certain tow-truck operators, in the latest corruption probe to target an industry long plagued with …
This article was published more than 1 year ago. Some information may no longer be current. The Ontario government will contract out sections of some Greater Toronto Area highways to towing operators as part of a pilot project aimed at curbing corruption and violence within the province’s troubled …