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The leaders of Ontario’s major political parties will be campaigning largely in the vote-rich Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area today as Election Day approaches. Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford, who is seeking to retain the premiership, will speak in Oakville today and host a rally in Kitchener this evening. NDP Leader Andrea Horwath will travel … Read more
An SUV was stolen from a Brampton driveway Thursday night by two gunmen, Peel Police said. The carjacking happened in the area of Bramalea Road and Williams Parkway just before 10.30pm. Police say two armed men approached a person in their driveway and took their black Honda CRV. The vehicle has a CDMJ 238 license … Read more
Toronto police are looking for three men who they believe fired fireworks into a crowd in Leslieville on Victoria Day. Police said it happened around 11.30pm on Monday at the intersection of Queen Street East and Leslie Street. Three men in a dark-colored four-door BMW with Ontario license plate CSNT154 drove to the area, police … Read more
A woman from Hamilton, Ontario. is now a multi-millionaire after winning the $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. Leah Murdoch-Gerics received the check on Thursday. She purchased the $5 Quick Pick ticket on OLG.ca for the April 19 draw. The $60 million payout is the largest ever awarded to a Lotto Max jackpot winner who purchased … Read more
Are you leaving this weekend? Well, there are several road and subway closures in Toronto to keep in mind. ActiveTO Closures The following roads will be closed from 7 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday: Bayview Avenue – from Rosedale Valley Road to Lawren Harris Square River Street – between Bayview Avenue and Spruce Street … Read more
Toronto police said they are investigating four armed carjackings that happened in the space of two hours in Scarborough overnight and believe they are all related. The first occurred around 11:44 p.m. Wednesday, in the area of McLevin Avenue and Greenspire Road. Police say a person was in their driveway next to their vehicle when … Read more
Toronto public health officials are reporting two more suspected cases of monkeypox and one probable case on Wednesday, bringing the total number of suspected and confirmed cases in the city to four. Officials said Wednesday that one of the three new cases was a close contact of the city’s first case, detected in a man … Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was forced to cancel plans to attend a fundraising dinner on Tuesday night after two speakers at the event said protesters hurled racial slurs at mostly South Asian attendees entering a convention center in Surrey, British Columbia. Trudeau did not enter the building and addressed a crowd for about three minutes … Read more
Toronto radio host John Derringer was absent from Q107’s “Derringer in the Morning” on Tuesday after former colleague Jennifer Valentyne posted a lengthy video on social media over the weekend alleging harassment and discrimination sex in the workplace. In the nearly thirteen-minute video, Valentyne does not name specific companies or individuals, but details the events … Read more
Environment Canada has confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched down in Uxbridge on Saturday as a powerful weather system ripped through Ontario, tearing homes apart and knocking out power to thousands. In a tweet, Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project said the May 21 tornado in Uxbridge was the first wind event in Canada to cause … Read more