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HAMILTON — A 14-year-old boy who went missing in Lake Ontario Saturday has been found dead. Hamilton police say the teen went missing after a group of youth took an inflatable out on the water.

TORONTO — Beer, wine and other boozy beverages can now officially be consumed in certain Toronto parks as part of a time-limited pilot project launched by the city on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Another royal is soon set to grace the grounds of Queen's Park.

Metro is donating perishable items to food banks as thousands of workers at several of its grocery stores across the Greater Toronto Area remain on strike in a push for better wages.

Trading his Toronto Blue Jays jersey for a police uniform wasn't always the plan for Dalton Pompey. But now that he's an officer with Hamilton police, he's sure it was the right move.

Ottawa's light-rail transit service is expected to remain shut down for at least another two weeks, with officials estimating Tuesday it won't reopen until Aug. 14 at the earliest.

York Region is advising people who received certain services at a Richmond Hill, Ont., clinic to get tested for hepatitis and HIV.

A coroner's inquest into the death of a disabled teen who was in the care of an Ontario school for blind children is set to begin this month. Samuel Brown, 18, died five years ago while attending the W.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is assessing trees in a popular park after a woman who was struck by a falling branch last week died of her injuries.

TORONTO — As a teen and into her 20s, Debra Wells-Hopey bought women's magazines by the dozen and devoured all the articles about weight loss she could find. She tried diet after diet and counted every calorie.