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Highway 11 north of Toronto reopening, Gravenhurst still digging out of weekend storm

Highway 11 north of Toronto reopening, Gravenhurst still digging out of weekend storm

TORONTO — Snow-clearing crews are slowly making progress after an intense weekend storm battered parts of Ontario, allowing Highway 11 north of Toronto to reopen on Monday.
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A hammer instead of a scalpel: experts say youth social media ban could drive it underground

A hammer instead of a scalpel: experts say youth social media ban could drive it underground

TORONTO — A new law in Australia is poised to ban social media platforms from offering profiles to teens 16 and under, but some experts are calling the measure misguided.
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Man charged with murder after allegedly assaulting his mother in Pickering: police

Man charged with murder after allegedly assaulting his mother in Pickering: police

PICKERING, Ont. — Durham Regional Police say a man has been charged with murder after allegedly assaulting his mother in Pickering on Sunday morning. Officers were called for reports of a collision on Weyburn Square at around 5 a.m.
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Fake cosmetic surgeon charged after allegedly injecting four women he met at dog park

Fake cosmetic surgeon charged after allegedly injecting four women he met at dog park

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been charged after allegedly posing as a surgeon, then injecting four women with what they believed were Botox, Salmon DNA and Ozempic treatments.
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Storm buries parts of Ontario under nearly a metre of snow, thousands without power

Storm buries parts of Ontario under nearly a metre of snow, thousands without power

A blast of winter weather delivered a "rude awakening" to parts of Ontario, an Environment Canada meteorologist said, as some communities dug out from nearly a metre of snow on Saturday with more in the forecast.
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Ontario offers municipalities $77M to offset skyrocketing OPP costs

Ontario offers municipalities $77M to offset skyrocketing OPP costs

The Ontario government is offering $77 million to municipalities that rely on provincial police after some of them sounded the alarm over a sudden and unforeseen surge in law enforcement costs.
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Parts of Ontario could get more than 75 cm of snow this weekend: Environment Canada

Parts of Ontario could get more than 75 cm of snow this weekend: Environment Canada

Environment Canada is warning of snow squalls in parts of Ontario north of the Greater Toronto Area this weekend, with more than 75 centimetres of snow accumulation possible in some areas.
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Cucumbers recalled in Canada, U.S. over possible salmonella contamination

Cucumbers recalled in Canada, U.S. over possible salmonella contamination

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling cucumbers across the country due to a potential salmonella contamination. All sizes of SunFed Produce whole fresh American cucumbers sold between Oct. 12 and Nov. 26 were recalled Thursday after the U.
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Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister

Ontario won't support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government will not support a New Democrat's bill to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation a statutory holiday in the province, the Indigenous affairs minister said Thursday.
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Shoppers strategize how to score the best deals as tax holiday looms

Shoppers strategize how to score the best deals as tax holiday looms

TORONTO — A tax holiday introduced by the federal government is throwing a bit of a wrench in Andy Thompson's Christmas shopping plans.
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