Ontario reports 95 new measles cases, sending total above 1,000 since outbreak began
Public Health Ontario is reporting 95 new measles cases since last week, bringing the total number of people infected past 1,000. In its report released Thursday, the agency said as of Wednesday, a total of 1,020 people have had measles...
‘Vladimir, STOP!’: Trump makes an all-caps callout but will Putin hear it?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even in the realm of Donald Trump’s long-preferred style of punch-through-the-static communication, this was quite something. On Thursday morning, a post on his Truth Social account exhorted Russian leader Vladimir Putin to end military strikes on the...
Man facing multiple charges in Oshawa human trafficking investigation
An Oshawa man is facing several charges in connection to a human trafficking investigation in the area. Durham police were first informed about a female allegedly being trafficked in Oshawa in January of 2025. Members of the Human Trafficking Unit...
Pair found guilty of first-degree murder in OPP constable’s shooting death
Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry have been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting death of Ontario Provincial Police Const. Grzegorz Pierzchala, and were immediately sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. ...
Thunder Bay plant union ‘ready and eager’ to build new TTC subway cars if Alstom...
The union representing workers at the Alstom plant in Thunder Bay says its members are “ready and eager” to build new subway cars for Toronto after Premier Doug Ford’s government urged the City of Toronto and the TTC to go...
Brampton Brick fined over $280K after 1 worker killed, another critically injured
A Brampton-based brick company has been fined over a quarter of a million dollars for two workplace incidents, one of which was fatal. Ontario’s Ministry of Labour has fined Brampton Brick $225,000 after a worker was fatally injured at the...
Does the ‘immigrant vote’ exist? Experts don’t think so
Canadian immigrants will vote just like the rest of the population, as the country heads to the polls in less than a week. “There’s no one vote; one immigrant vote, we are diverse communities. There are things that matter to us, of...
1 man seriously injured, 1 in custody after stabbing in Mississauga
One person is in custody after a man was stabbed at a townhouse complex in Mississauga on Wednesday. Peel police say they were called to 7475 Goreway Drive for reports that someone had been stabbed. Police say the man was...
City council approves hiring ‘congestion czar’ to oversee Toronto traffic
Toronto City Council has passed a new congestion management plan, which includes a last-minute amendment from Mayor Olivia Chow to hire a “traffic czar” to get people moving. “Having a lead, a person in charge, which means that person will...
Disabled students increasingly being secluded and restrained: new report
Students with special needs and disabilities in Ontario are facing more instances of being excluded, isolated or even restrained, according to a new report. It’s calling on the Ford government to provide more resources as needed The “Crisis in the...
