Author: The Canadian Press

LUCAN, ONTARIO — Severe weather researchers say a weak tornado touched down in a community north of London, Ont., on Monday afternoon. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado in Lucan, Ont., started around 3:20 p.m. and caused minor damage, including snapping tree branches and tearing sections of roofing off a farm […]

Toronto police say they have arrested a suspect in an alleged sexual assault of a 62-year-old woman last month in a west-end park. Police say the woman was approached from behind while she was walking in High Park around 10:40 p.m. on June 4 and was dragged into a wooded area where she was sexually […]

Toronto police say one person is dead after a fire in the city’s north end early Thursday morning. Police say they responded to a report of two encampments on fire near Eglinton Avenue and Credit Union Drive in North York just before 4:30 a.m. They say one person was found dead. Toronto Fire Services says […]

Toronto police are investigating after two men were found dead in the city’s east end Wednesday night. Police say they were called to an address near Birchmount Road and Chelwood Road in Scarborough just before 6:30 p.m. They say two men were found dead. Police did not immediately provide further details on the deaths. They […]

In early October 2023, a senior bureaucrat in the Ontario Energy Ministry emailed an Enbridge official with a “sort of urgent” request. Newly released internal documents show that Premier Doug Ford had called the natural gas giant that month to discuss delays in obtaining a natural gas connection for a facility whose name is redacted […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s financial services regulator should do more about rising home insurance rates linked to climate change, says a new complaint. The submission by a climate advocacy group to the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRAO) says extreme weather is helping propel rates toward unaffordable levels, and the regulator should at least be […]

TORONTO — A wild pitch from New York Yankees reliever Devin Williams scored George Springer and Addison Barger followed with a run-scoring single in the eighth inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays to a wild 11-9 win on Wednesday. With their third straight win to open the four-game set, the Blue Jays (48-38) moved […]

A driver who was stuck on a major highway in Ontario’s cottage country on Canada Day due to a police investigation says the situation posed safety risks to commuters stranded in their cars for hours. Nancy Turley says she was driving on Highway 11 after leaving her home in Milford Bay, Ont., at 6:30 a.m. […]

A landmark sign at a popular Ontario beach was changed just before Canada Day to reflect a First Nation’s ownership of the land. The red sign on the shore of Lake Huron in South Bruce Peninsula that previously read “Welcome to Sauble Beach” now reads “Welcome to Saugeen Beach.” Saugeen First Nation band councillor Sonya […]

SUDBURY — A 36-year-old man in Sudbury, Ont., has been charged with first-degree murder in what police describe as an incident related to intimate partner violence. Police say they were called to a home at around 12:30 a.m. Wednesday and found an injured 32-year-old woman outside. Inside the home, they say officers found a 63-year-old […]