More than 3,700 workers at Metro supermarkets across the Greater Toronto Area waived their pre-arrangement pickets on Saturday morning. Rechi Valdes, first elected in 2021 as an MP from the District of Mississauga-Streetsville, made history this week by becoming the first Filipino-Canadian woman to be appointed to the federal cabinet. On July 28, eligible Canadians received their first automatic advance payments from the Canada Revenue Agency under the new expanded Canada Workers Benefit program. York Region Police have filed charges against six people under the age of 18 and have seized six vehicles stolen in Markham earlier this month. The City of Toronto is expanding eligibility for the Fair Pass program by providing more affordable fares to an additional 50,000 low-income city residents. Read more in the Canadian news release.