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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says some Whole Foods Market salsas, guacamoles and prepared foods sold online in Ontario are being recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. The agency says the recall is linked to salmonella-tainted jalapenos from Mexico that have been blamed on outbreaks in the United States. The CFIA says there have been […]

TORONTO — A man has been charged with attempted murder and another suspect is wanted after an overnight arrest over a stolen electric bike ended with a Toronto police officer being shot in the leg, police said Thursday. Officials said the shooting is the latest incident in a spate of violence against police this summer, […]

More casinos may be coming to the Niagara Region in the future, as the Ontario government has announced a deal to end existing exclusivity rights. Premier Doug Ford announced a plan in December called Destination Niagara, which he hopes will double the number of visitors to the region, with multiple new casinos, a theme park, […]

Romain Grosjean has never visited Markham, Ont., but he’ll have driven its streets dozens of times before getting behind the wheel of his car at the Ontario Honda Dealers Indy. Grosjean has been training for Canada’s only IndyCar race in the Driver-In-The-Loop Simulator, a Honda Racing Corporation USA tool to help drivers prepare for races. […]

GUELPH — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he believes his government will ultimately be successful in its push to expand Toronto’s island airport to allow jets to land, but he is not indicating how he’ll achieve that. The land that Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport sits on is governed as a tripartite agreement that was […]

GUELPH — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he doesn’t condone his Progressive Conservative party sending someone to a resort in Jamaica where then-newly minted Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie was vacationing. But he did not harshly condemn the actions, saying he wouldn’t do it but “things happen.” Media outlets the Trillium and Policorner report that the […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say three people are facing charges after officers seized more than 2,500 items believed to be stolen in break-and-enter thefts targeting high-end homes. Police say the investigation, dubbed Project Compass, began in September with a focus on condo units, and it grew to include 21 suspected break-and-enter thefts in the Greater […]

Data centres in Ontario would pay for all of their electricity costs and be charged a higher rate than other industrial users under a new provincial proposal. Premier Doug Ford’s government says it has also ruled out using financial incentives to try to lure new data centre projects. The government released the outline of its […]

TORONTO — Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol’s creative partnership began with a decidedly sombre project. The Toronto duo met as teenagers after Johnson’s then-girlfriend introduced them. Johnson wanted to make films; McCarrol dreamed of scoring them. McCarrol soon scored one of Johnson’s student features. “It was about the son of an actor, whose father is […]

TORONTO — Ontario is enacting new rules for social assistance payments so people without legal immigration status in Canada cannot receive the benefits. Premier Doug Ford first vowed to make the change following media reports about a tribunal ruling that awarded Ontario Works payments to a man who came to Canada decades ago on a […]