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Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: — PEEKACHU – Female beluga, age 23 – Caught in Russian […]

BELLEVILLE — The shooting outside a Belleville, Ont., synagogue was a hate-motivated attack targeting the Jewish community, the police chief says. Chief Murray Rodd says the shooter shouted, “you’re going to die for the Jews” before he opened fire on an officer outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue. More coming. The Canadian Press

TORONTO — Ontario teachers in the French school system are set to vote in November on whether to give their union a strike mandate. L’Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens says members will vote on Nov. 16 and 17. Several other major education unions, including the ones representing elementary teachers and Catholic teachers, have […]

An Ontario court is hearing from more friends and family members of people who took their own lives using products purchased from Kenneth Law. Relatives of some of the 79 people in the United Kingdom whose deaths have been linked to Law are sharing their devastating grief and emptiness in written statements and videos. The […]

TORONTO — Hamilton Health Sciences is planning to cut more than 400 jobs, a move the hospital network is directly tying to provincial marching orders to balance budgets. An internal hospital memo says it is looking at a $150 million deficit for 2026-27 and has put about 413 union and non-union jobs on the chopping […]

TORONTO — Ontario says its deficit is slightly better than initially projected. The province released the public accounts report for 2025-26 that shows the deficit at $13 billion, compared to the $14.6 billion projected in the 2025 budget. The province ran a $1.1-billion deficit in 2024-25. The government has said the shortfall was largely due […]

The police chief in Belleville, Ont., is set to hold a news conference today in the aftermath of the shooting outside a local synagogue. Chief Murray Rodd is expected to speak around 2 p.m. Officials say on Sunday a former soldier armed with a shotgun opened fire on Const. Jeff Smith, who was stationed outside […]

SUDBURY — Police in Sudbury, Ont., say a 20-year-old driver is dead after crashing into a moose. Ontario Provincial Police say it happened on Highway 17 in Sudbury. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash west of the Highway 144 junction at about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday. OPP say the 20-year-old driver from Sudbury died at […]

TORONTO — Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has invested US$50 million in Harvey, a Canadian firm developing AI tools for law firms. The investment was made by Teachers’ Venture Growth. It was part a funding round by Harvey co-led by Diffusion and Lightspeed Venture Partners that raised a total of US$600 million. Harvey’s tools are used […]

Toronto police say two officers investigating a reported car break-in were injured when a person allegedly fleeing the area crashed into a police vehicle. Police say both officers were sent to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. They say the driver of the crashed vehicle was arrested and sent to hospital. They say officers responded around 2:30 […]