Global News • 7th May 2021

Vehicle modification causes insurance complications for Ontario man

Modasir Ayobi takes a lot of pride in his car.

A year ago, the 21-year-old Whitby, Ont., man leased a 2020 Subaru BRZ and is working two jobs to pay for it.

The monthly lease costs him about $500. His insurance is even more: $7,200 a year.

But after he collided with another vehicle on March 12 that left his vehicle a total loss, Ayobi got a second shock: the insurance company wouldn’t pay up.

“They denied the whole claim, around $35,000,” Ayobi said.

Ayobi was never charged in the accident

Global News • 7th May 2021

Travellers can avoid paying for Canada’s hotel quarantine

Travellers entering Canada by air can avoid paying more than $1,000 each for a mandatory quarantine because the federal government will pay the whole bill, Global News has learned.

In fact, the government is providing free accommodations at one of the most comfortable spots on Toronto’s airport strip: all someone arriving from outside Canada needs to tell health officers is that they can’t afford the three-day package at one of the 19 hotels enrolled in the government program.

Or, in the case

Global News • 7th May 2021

The complications of getting COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario for visitors | Watch News Videos Online

Under Ontario government rules, everyone qualifies for a COVID-19 vaccine when their turn comes up. But for those without a health card, including those from outside Canada, it can be challenging to get vaccinated. As Sean O’Shea reports, advocates say governments should make it much simpler for people to get a jab.

Global News • 7th May 2021

Confrontation at Mississauga gym during COVID-19 emergency measures | Watch News Videos Online

At first, it was City of Mississauga bylaw enforcement officers who showed up to a Mississauga gym that reopened despite Ontario‘s state of emergency and then Peel Regional Police constables arrived. As Sean O’Shea reports, some gym-goers were fined and the owner faces charges, but she did not answer the front door when officers wanted to speak to her.

Global News • 7th May 2021

Consumer SOS: Ontario Volkswagen owner cautions others after sunroof shatters

At six-foot-four, Phil de Manbey was challenged to find a new vehicle that’s both comfortable and suited to the 100,000 kilometres he logs on the road every year running his business.

He finally bought a 2021 Volkswagen Atlas, a popular sports-utility vehicle that ticked off all his boxes.

Driving from home to his Scarborough office this month, de Manbey got a surprise sitting behind the wheel of the Atlas, which he’d picked up at the dealership 10 days earlier.

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Global News • 7th May 2021

Retirement party held at Mississauga Canada Post plant during major Ontariowide COVID-19 case surge

It’s one of Canada Post‘s busiest mail sorting plants, but in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and on an April day when Ontario had just announced 4,227 new coronavirus cases, workers and managers at the Gateway postal facility in Mississauga held a retirement party for a departing postal worker.

Pictures of the celebration supplied to Global News by a worker show masked and unmasked individuals posing for photographs in front of a “Happy Retirement” banner. It appeared many were not adhering

Global News • 7th May 2021

COVID-19: Some Ontario gym owners exploiting exception to stay open

Ontario gyms are closed because of the province’s stay-at-home order amid the COVID-19 pandemic, right? Wrong, at least in some cases.

Some gyms, likeHUF Boxing Gym in Mississauga, openly defied the government’s orders in April and reopened to clients, a story reported by Global News at the time.

The mayor of Mississauga, Bonnie Crombie, warned HUF Gym would face consequences for its actions.

“We don’t have a lot of tolerance for this, we’re going to give them the maximum fine,” Crombie said

Global News • 7th May 2021

Ontario man takes car to Nissan dealership for repair, app shows it was then taken for 90-km trip

Frank Statti said he was left asking that question in March after taking his 2017 Nissan Altima to a dealership for repair.

He told Global News his backup camera was failing intermittently and he needed to book the appointment. But when he checked the insurance company’s monitoring app on his mobile phone and saw his vehicle far from home late at night, Statti said he got concerned.

“My initial thought was maybe someone stole the thing,” he said.

The Milton resident switched insurance provide