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First Nations announce new step in Ring of Fire road building

Two northern Ontario First Nations announced Thursday they are taking another step toward all-season road access to potential mining sites in the Ring of Fire.

Ontario budget to be tabled April 28, days before start of election campaign

TORONTO — Ontario's finance minister says he will table the budget on April 28. Peter Bethlenfalvy calls it a vision for a "better, brighter future" and a plan to "get it done," echoing a new Progressive Conservative election campaign slogan.

Toronto police seize 189kg of cocaine, 97kg of crystal methamphetamine

TORONTO — A 29-year-old man has been charged with drug trafficking offences after Toronto police say they seized large amounts of drugs earlier this month.

Toronto mayor tests positive for COVID-19, isolating at home

Toronto Mayor John Tory tested positive for COVID-19 this morning. Tory says he feels fine, describing his symptoms as "extremely mild." In a statement, the mayor says he has spoken with the city's medical officer of health, Dr.

Driver of SUV dead after vehicle collides with school bus in Wellington County, Ont.

One person is dead after an SUV and a school bus collided Wednesday afternoon in Wellington County, Ont.
TDSB asks staff, students to wear masks after Ottawa-Carleton votes to mandate them

TDSB asks staff, students to wear masks after Ottawa-Carleton votes to mandate them

TORONTO — Canada's largest school board is asking staff and students to wear masks amid a resurgence of COVID-19 in Ontario, while another board in the province looks to reinstate a mask mandate.
Ontario hospitals grapple with virus-related absences

Ontario hospitals grapple with virus-related absences

TORONTO — As Ontario hospitals grapple with staffing pressures from the latest wave of COVID-19 cases, the provincial Opposition voiced concerns Wednesday that surgeries could again be cancelled, though health-care officials stressed that the current

Laurentian University could have avoided creditor protection, auditor general says

TORONTO — Ontario's auditor general says a northern university that filed for creditor protection last year could have avoided that move, which led to huge program and job cuts.

Two men charged with drug trafficking after police seize 25 kilograms of cocaine

TORONTO — Two Toronto men have been arrested and charged with drug-related offences after police say officers seized a total of 25 kilograms of cocaine. Durham regional police say the men, aged 41 and 54, were arrested in Toronto on Monday.
Police appeal to public for information on abduction of woman in Wasaga Beach, Ont.

Police appeal to public for information on abduction of woman in Wasaga Beach, Ont.

Investigators are appealing to the public, especially Farsi- and Arabic-speaking communities, for information that could help them find a woman who was abducted from a home in Wasaga Beach, Ont., three months ago.