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.
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 across the province, The Globe and Mail has learned. The details of the province’s plans are …
More below • What should I do if I need a tow? Tips from CAA 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 again. A newly installed security …
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 tow-truck industry. A request for bids process for a “tow zone pilot” is expected to be …
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 the highway safety division’s Mississauga detachment, was arrested on Tuesday and charged …
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 Area. A 17-year-old tow-truck company employee was one of the victims in that shooting, which …
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 violence. In an interview Saturday, OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique said he received an …
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 tow-truck industry. A request for bids process for a “tow zone pilot” is expected to be …
