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ORILLIA — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is visiting some areas affected by prolonged power outages after a powerful ice storm hit central and northern parts of the province last weekend. During a stop in Orillia, Ford thanked hydro workers, volunteers and local officials for their ongoing efforts to restore power to tens of thousands of […]

TORONTO — Toronto police say the cost of policing protests related to the Israel-Hamas war and proactively engaging with the city’s Jewish and Muslim communities was nearly $20 million last year. A report from police Chief Myron Demkiw to the Toronto Police Service Board says the so-called Project Resolute cost the force $19.5 million by […]

TORONTO — A teen girl set to face trial for manslaughter in the death of a homeless Toronto man has pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of assault. The girl was one of two scheduled to go on trial next month in relation to the death of Kenneth Lee, a 59-year-old man who died after […]

An Ontario man is facing charges in an alleged theft and leak of Texas Republican Party data in 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice says the 37-old-man from Oshawa was arrested last week and is facing charges under Canadian law. It says the accused gained unauthorized access to a third-party hosting company’s computer system to […]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to visit some areas affected by prolonged power outages after a powerful ice storm hit central and northern parts of the province last weekend. More than 172,000 homes and businesses were still in the dark this morning after the storm caused severe damage in cities such as Orillia and […]

TORONTO — An organization tasked with managing Canada’s nuclear waste found one site to store millions of bundles of radioactive used fuel for thousands of years hundreds of metres underground — and now it’s looking for a second. As the Nuclear Waste Management Organization begins the regulatory process for a deep geological repository site in […]

TORONTO — Shaedon Sharpe’s having a record-setting season for himself and for a Canadian. Sharpe’s 36-point performance led the Portland Trail Blazers past Toronto 112-103 on Thursday, tying a personal best and scoring the most points by a Canadian against the Raptors. Sharpe wasn’t even aware that he had made history at Scotiabank Arena until […]

TORONTO — Canadian Shaedon Sharpe’s 36-point performance led the Portland Trail Blazers past the Toronto Raptors 112-103 on Thursday. Sharpe, from London, Ont., was in an all-Canadian backcourt with Toronto’s Dalano Banton as Portland (34-43) won back-to-back games. Sharpe added six rebounds and five assists, while Banton had 23 points. Deni Avdija had a double-double […]

Halton regional police say they are looking for two suspects after a Hindu temple was vandalized in Georgetown, Ont., over the weekend. Police say two male suspects wearing hooded sweatshirts were seen leaving a pub in the downtown area around 1 a.m. on Sunday. They say the suspects were then seen walking to the Sri […]

The RCMP says officers arrested a Cuban national attempting to enter Canada from the United States by running across the Fort Erie International Railway Bridge that connects Ontario to New York. The Mounties say their Niagara-on-the-Lake border integrity unit officers, with help from Ontario Provincial Police, arrested the individual last month under the Immigration and […]