York Regional Police's auto cargo theft unit was part of the Project Majestic investigative team that has charged 18 people with more than 170 offences. Members of the York Regional Police Auto Cargo Theft Unit, in collaboration with Toronto Police Auto Theft Suppression Project, the Peel Regional Police Commercial Auto...
An ongoing COVID-19 outbreak at the Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus has claimed seven lives, making it the deadliest outbreak in an Ottawa hospital during the pandemic. Since the outbreak began on Feb. 18, 27 patients and 15 staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. Seven patients have died during the...
A 19-year-old Brampton driver faces stunt driving-related charges after Ontario Provincial Police allegedly clocked his vehicle at 221 km/h west of Newmarket early Tuesday. The OPP Highway Safety Division tweeted that the driver had been stopped near Hwy. 400 southbound at Hwy. 9 around 12:50 a.m. “He didn’t provide any excuse,”...
Premier Doug Ford is set to make an announcement on Tuesday afternoon as COVID-19 vaccinations gradually increase across the province. On Monday morning the province launched its online registration for vaccine appointments for those 80 years and older. The system will allow for vaccination appointments to be booked at mass...
If you tried unsuccessfully to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment yesterday, you should try again today. The provincial system launched yesterday, but within a few hours, residents of Simcoe-Muskoka and Grey Bruce Health Unit reported they were unable to book local appointments. Both Grey Bruce Health Unit and Simcoe Muskoka District...
Murder charges have now been laid in the stabbing death of a high school student in Leduc, south of Edmonton. RCMP confirmed Dylan Poutney, 19, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 17-year-old girl. Family has since confirmed the identity of the girl as Jennifer Winkler. Mounties said...
RCMP say a 17−year−old female student is dead and a fellow student is in police custody after a violent assault at a school just south of Edmonton. Mounties say the attack happened this morning in a classroom at Christ the King School in Leduc, which has about 350 students in...
Walmart Canada is closing six stores and spending $500 million to upgrade more than half its remaining locations in a bid to improve the “look and feel” of its stores and enhance its online business. The chain says it’s closing three stores in Ontario (Mississauga, Hamilton, and Kitchener), two in...
Ontario is reporting more than 1,700 new COVID-19 cases, but officials say it may be partly due to a data catch-up in the provincial system. On Sunday, health officials logged 1,747 new infections and 15 more deaths related to the disease. The new cases mark a drastic increase from Saturday’s 1,468...
Ottawa's COVID-19 incidence rate remains in the "red-control" threshold on Sunday, as Ottawa Public Health reports 68 new cases of COVID-19 in the capital. There are no new deaths linked to COVID-19 in Ottawa. Twenty-eight of the 68 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday involve residents between 40 and 60 years...