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Provincial police say a 78-year-old man has died after being struck by a falling tree during ice storm cleanup near Peterborough, Ont. Police say the incident occurred Monday at a property on Burnham Line in the Township of Otonabee-South Monaghan. Officers say a witness told them the homeowner had asked for help in clearing trees […]

TORONTO — Ontario schools are starting to issue suspensions to some of the thousands of students who aren’t fully vaccinated, as measles continue to spread and the outbreak breathes news urgency into a call for the province to digitize its immunization record system. Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, […]

Provincial police say a woman was charged in a child abduction investigation Monday after she allegedly tried to leave the country with her young child from Toronto’s Pearson airport. Lanark County OPP say officers began investigating when a Beckwith Township resident reported that his wife might be attempting to leave Canada with their six-year-old son. […]

TORONTO — Canada’s tariff war with the U.S. has many homegrown companies hoping customers remember there’s more to them than their names. Despite branding themselves with nods to the U.S., Boston Pizza, New York Fries, Montana’s, California Sandwiches and The Great American Backrub are all Canadian and have been working to ensure the public doesn’t […]

Toronto police say a man in his 60s suffered life-threatening injuries after he was struck by a gas pump hose as another man started driving away with the nozzle still attached to his car. Police say officers were called to a gas station in Etobicoke around 5:30 p.m. Monday for a report of a collision. […]

Just over 35,000 customers still don’t have power back in Ontario more than a week after a storm tore through the central and eastern parts of the province. Among the hardest hit communities were those surrounding Peterborough and Orillia. Hydro One says over 4,800 crews are working to restore service, with favourable weather in the […]

The brother of a man accused of fatally shooting a provincial police officer says he found the two accused killers inside a trailer on his property on the afternoon of the alleged murder. Richard McKenzie told court today that he received a text message from his neighbour that afternoon saying there were police in the […]

About 44,000 homes and businesses in Ontario were still without power on Monday, more than a week after an ice storm caused severe damage in central and eastern parts of the province. Hydro One said in an update on Monday that the number of customers struggling with outages had dropped as 4,800 crew members made […]

TORONTO — University Health Network in Toronto is aiming to attract 100 scientists, focusing on people whose research could fuel economic development. The hospital network is calling its recruitment effort the Canada Leads 100 challenge, and is starting with an initial $15 million that it says will help bring in the first 50 scientists. The […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s top court has ruled that provincial restrictions on gatherings that prohibited peaceful protests for several weeks during the COVID-19 pandemic were unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal for Ontario made the finding today in a case brought by former Ontario legislator Randy Hillier, who faced several charges for organizing or hosting protests against […]