Caffe’in truck closed by DineSafe — 100 St George Street

Ella MacCormack, News Editor

Caffe’in, a popular food truck serving coffee in front of Sidney Smith Hall, was served a close notice after an inspector found five infractions on March 18. 

The notice was for permitting health hazards, failure to wash hands, an inadequate potable water supply, not providing hot and cold running water in the utensil washing area, and sanitizing utensils with water below 77 degrees Celsius. 

Their last inspection was on February 4, 2025, where the truck passed with no observed infractions.

Changes to Ontario FOI laws to exempt Doug Ford and cabinet ministers — Queen’s Park

Celesta Maniatogianni, Associate News Editor

New changes to Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) will exempt Premier Doug Ford, cabinet ministers, and parliamentary assistants’ records from Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. This includes FOI requests for communications such as government documents and cellphone records, and would apply retroactively to past communications as well. 

In a news release, the Ontario Government stated that the changes are intended to “modernize” the government’s digital privacy framework and “strengthen cyber security,” adding that Ontario has “fallen behind” other provinces. 

The Ontario Information and Privacy Commission wrote in a news release that the FOI changes raise “serious concerns,” saying that “this amendment is about hiding government-related business to evade public accountability.”

Campus given engineering iron ring — Central Steam Plant

Ella MacCormack, News Editor

The Central Steam Plant was seen sporting a makeshift iron ring with the 2026 graduating year written on it. Engineers are traditionally given an iron ring to wear on their pinkie finger in a ceremony in March of their graduation year, but this year, the ceremony was in February. 

No one has taken credit yet, but the engineers’ Brute Force Committee is hosting a prank off from March 23–27. 

UTM Mock Trial Club crowns Team 8 winner of annual competition – UTM

Nguyen Bao Han Tran, Staff Writer

From March 14–15, the UTM Mock Trial Club held its biannual Mock Trial Competition, bringing together 24 teams for a two-day simulated criminal trial tournament. This year’s case, R v Alden, asked students to act as Crown and defence counsel in a fictional manslaughter charge centred on whether Justice Rowan Alden unlawfully caused the death of Elias Moreno. 

Legal professionals served as judges, scoring advocacy, witness handling, and courtroom strategy. A student jury delivered the verdict based on the evidence presented, while the overall winner was determined by the judges’ scores.

Team 8 for the defence won the competition with a score of 84.5 out of 100, defeating Team 3 for the Crown, which scored 82. The student jury returned a not guilty verdict in R v Alden.