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FERGUS — Ontario Provincial Police have revealed that two people died in a fiery plane crash near Fergus, Ont., on Friday. Police say they responded to the scene Friday morning near the intersection of Beatty Line and Wellington Road 17, north of Guelph, where the plane had crashed into a field. The aircraft was on […]

TORONTO — Remarks made by a member of Parliament, who is also a doctor, suggesting illicit drugs such as fentanyl are a “painless” and “readily available” option to end one’s life are now the subject of a complaint filed to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The complainant, Claire Brosseau, a 49-year-old woman […]

TORONTO — When tents started popping up on the lawn in front of a sprawling provincial property in Cobourg, Ont., television producer Linda Schuyler wondered who the people living in the encampment were. “I started to go in and get to know them,” said Schuyler, a filmmaker and producer who is best known as the […]

HAMILTON — Zach Mathis, Cody Fajardo and ShunDerrick Powell scored fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Edmonton Elks captured a 27-12 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night. Edmonton (12-4) clinched a home playoff game with the victory. It was the Elks’ second straight win over Hamilton after earning a 37-35 double overtime home decision on […]

SUDBURY — Two people and a company have been charged after a 19-year-old died of carbon monoxide poisoning in the Sudbury area. Local police responded to a home in May 2025 after someone was reportedly found unresponsive. Ontario Provincial Police say Roch Renaud died in hospital. A 59-year-old from Sheguiandah on Manitoulin Island and a […]

Another whale shipped out of Marineland has died at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago. The aquarium says Caspian, a 27-year-old female beluga, died on Wednesday despite efforts to save her. It’s the sixth animal from the closed Niagara Falls, Ont., theme park to die after a massive relocation of whales and dolphins over the summer. […]

TORONTO — Toronto police had “no alternative” but to fire at a man accused of fatally shooting Const. Marc Pinizzotto during a raid in June, Ontario’s police watchdog said in a report Friday that offers new details about the case. The Special Investigations Unit concluded that the suspect fired multiple times at police, and that […]

Ontario’s top court has revived a constitutional challenge brought by a group of homeless people in Hamilton against the city’s anti-encampment bylaw. The question of whether the bylaw is unconstitutional has been left for a new judge to decide after the Court of Appeal for Ontario found flaws in a lower court’s decision to dismiss […]

TORONTO — Respiratory virus specialists say Canadians should get their flu shot as soon as it becomes available in their area this fall. Most provinces will start providing the flu vaccine to the general public by the end of October and it will be free of charge. In Ontario, both the flu and COVID-19 shots […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says Toronto police had no choice but to fire at a suspect who shot and killed an officer during a raid in June. The Special Investigations Unit released a report today that provides new details about the exchange of gunfire that killed Const. Marc Pinizzotto and left the 19-year-old suspect […]