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Police say a youth has died after being towed on a sled behind a pickup truck earlier this month in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police say a 17-year-old boy is now facing charges in the case that highlights the dangers of towing people behind vehicles in any way. Police say the incident happened in a […]

TORONTO — Bell Media says it’s cutting 98 jobs through layoffs and buyouts. A spokeswoman for the company says most of the jobs are in “service and corporate departments” and no CTV journalists have lost their jobs. The company says 44 of the jobs are union positions, and many of those employees were offered buyouts. […]

OTTAWA — Anita Anand, minister of transport and internal trade, says she’s changed her mind and will run in the upcoming federal election. In January, Anand said she would not run for the Liberal party leadership and would not seek re-election as she considered returning to her former life as an academic. But she now […]

Police say one person was found dead and two others were injured after a home caught fire in Sandy Lake First Nation earlier this week. Nishnawbe Aski Police Service says officers responded to a report of a fire in the northern Ontario community Tuesday afternoon and found the home engulfed in flames. Police say community […]

Bobbi Ann Brady says she set out in this Ontario election to prove that her win in Haldimand-Norfolk as an independent in 2022 was not a fluke. But, she says, she never imagined she would end up winning by one of the largest margins in the whole province. Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives won their third […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Douglas Dean will wear the Maple Leaf for the first time at the world wheelchair curling championship. The 60-year-old from Thunder Bay, Ont., is also the first curler from Northern Ontario to play for Canada in the event. “It means a lot, especially at 60 years old. I thought my athletic […]

TORONTO — Toronto says nearly all of its recreation centres and all 39 city-operated child care centres will close if workers strike next week. The city says cancellations would include March break camps run out of city rec centres. In an update, city manager Paul Johnson says all other key city services would continue uninterrupted, […]

TORONTO — Radio stations across several parts of the country will set their tune to Canada this weekend as tensions mount with the U.S. over tariffs. Corus Entertainment says nearly two dozen of its rock and pop stations will “show their solidarity and support of the country” on Saturday by exclusively spinning playlists of popular […]

Police say an Oakville man is facing multiple charges after allegedly robbing 14 banks and two retail businesses this month in several cities across southern Ontario, including Toronto, Hamilton and Guelph. Toronto police say in each case, a man entered the bank or the retail store alone and showed a knife before demanding cash. They […]

TORONTO — Loblaw is reviewing price increase requests from suppliers faster than normal because of the impact of potential tariffs on costs. Spokeswoman Catherine Thomas says the grocer normally reviews proposed increases within 12 weeks, but has shortened that timeline to six weeks to better help suppliers navigate the effects of tariffs. The U.S. is […]