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TORONTO — The Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after a fatal crash on Highway 407 near Markham. Police say officers were notified of a collision on Saturday afternoon involving a transport truck and a passenger vehicle. Police say an initial investigation revealed that the passenger vehicle had broken down in a live lane on the […]

TORONTO — A major rally is set to march down Yonge Street in North York today as Toronto police expect more than 200,000 people to gather in solidarity with anti-government protesters in Iran. Police closed roads, including portions of Yonge Street and North York Boulevard, ahead of the protest, which they say will cause extreme […]

TORONTO — A cold spell that has gripped southern Ontario since mid-January is finally set to break in time for the Family Day long weekend. Environment Canada is forecasting temperatures of 2 C this weekend in Toronto, warming up to 6 C on Monday. Environment Canada meteorologist Eric Tomlinson said southwestern winds are bringing in […]

SARNIA — An Ontario Provincial Police officer is among the three people injured following a crash in southwestern Ontario. The OPP say crews responded to a crash on Friday afternoon in St. Clair Township, an area about 13 kilometres south of Sarnia. They say the crash involved an OPP cruiser and an SUV. An OPP […]

TORONTO — Police say they charged an employee of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board in a child luring and sexual exploitation investigation. Investigators say say 50-year-old Michael Pleau was arrested Friday following a multi-jurisdictional probe involving Waterloo, Toronto and Sudbury police forces. They say the suspect is facing half a dozen charges that include […]

TORONTO — A mental health company being sued by the Ontario government over alleged fraudulent misrepresentation has filed a statement of defence and a counterclaim against the province, alleging it has damaged the company’s reputation. Get A-Head Inc. and its parent company Keel Digital Solutions deny the government’s allegations and are in turn seeking damages […]

TORONTO — Hydro One Ltd. reported its net income attributable to common shareholders was $233 million during the fourth quarter, rising from $200 million during the same period a year earlier. That amounted to earnings per share of 39 cents during the quarter, compared with 33 cents the prior year. Hydro One says some of […]

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Crown Royal will remain on liquor store shelves in the province after its parent company agreed to $23 million in spending in Ontario. Ford has been threatening for months to pull the product after Diageo announced it is closing a Windsor-area Crown Royal bottling plant. In recent weeks, […]

Niagara regional police say they are investigating a fatal tent fire in St. Catharines, Ont., earlier this week as a homicide. They say officers were patrolling when they saw a tent fire within a forested area of Mountain Locks Park early Tuesday morning. Police say firefighters extinguished the blaze and a dead man was found. […]

TORONTO — A defence lawyer representing businessman Frank Stronach in his Toronto sexual assault trial is suggesting a complainant’s narrative of what happened has evolved with time. Leora Shemesh is continuing to cross-examine the first of seven complainants expected to testify in the trial, which began Thursday after more than a week of delay. The […]