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Toronto has moved to ban motorized watercraft from one of its busiest beaches by next year due to concerns over unsafe operators and illegal rentals, but one rental company says the city should instead focus on regulations that weed out “bad actors” in the industry. City council passed a motion last week requesting that PortsToronto […]

As a travelling physician in northern Ontario, Dannica Switzer is acutely aware of the health-care crisis in underserved communities. “It’s sad to see how much worse things can get,” said Switzer, who works as a locum, filling roles on a temporary basis in rural or remote areas. Switzer has been in high demand since returning […]

TORONTO — Heather Gardiner couldn’t give her seats away. The Blue Jays owned a record under .500 back in the spring, and looked poised for another middling campaign with little playoff hope. Things then drastically turned around on the field. Toronto now sits first in the American League East. And tickets are a hot commodity […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after an officer fatally shot a man in Niagara Falls on Wednesday morning. The Special Investigations Unit says the shooting happened around 11:15 a.m. in the area of Stanley Avenue and Peer Street. It says members of the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad, which is operated by Ontario Provincial Police […]

AIRDRIE — Alberta’s transportation minister says the province plans to learn from an Ontario court ruling that found a law seeking to remove some Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional. Devin Dreeshen says Alberta will be watching the case with interest, especially since Ontario’s government plans to appeal the ruling. Dreeshen says being the second province to […]

TORONTO — JP Saxe was ready to roll across North America this fall on his latest concert tour, but those plans are now hanging by a thread as the Grammy-nominated musician confronts sluggish ticket sales and the soaring cost of life on the road. The Toronto singer-songwriter took to his social media earlier this week […]

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a police-involved shooting in Niagara Falls that left a man dead Wednesday morning. The Special Investigations Unit says the shooting happened around 11:15 a.m. in the area of Stanley Avenue and Peer Street and a man was later pronounced dead in hospital. It says the incident involved officers with the […]

TORONTO — Thousands of young people lined up for interviews at the Canadian National Exhibition job fair on Wednesday amid a high level of youth unemployment in Ontario. The CNE said it received more than 54,000 online job applications for more than 5,000 seasonal positions at the two-week fair, including cashiers, retail associates, game attendants, […]

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it will appeal a court decision that found a new law to remove three Toronto bike lanes unconstitutional, after a judge ruled the lane removals would put people at an “increased risk of harm and death.” Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Schabas found the province’s plan to remove bike […]

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the original site. ___ Authors: Jay R. Malcolm, Professor Emeritus, Forestry, University of Toronto and Justina C. Ray, Adjunct professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Toronto Forest […]