Heavy winds uprooted trees across the Greater Toronto Area, mangled a construction crane in Mississauga and left thousands of Toronto Hydro customers without power. A wind warning was issued for the entire GTA and parts of Southern Ontario amid blustery conditions that could see wind gusts top 90 kilometres an...
Brantford police say they have solved a nearly four-decade-old investigation into the disappearance of Mary Hammond. Police identified the man they say is responsible for her abduction and murder, and it’s all thanks to advancements in DNA analysis. Larry Hammond last saw his wife Mary before she left to walk to work...
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan is on the rise, but the province’s top doctor isn’t calling it a surge. Saskatchewan reported 14 new COVID-19 cases for a second straight day Thursday. There have been 94 new cases in the province in the past seven days. “We are trending...
The COVID-19 travel restrictions in place at the Canada-U.S. land border are being extended another month, and will now remain in effect until Jan. 21, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Friday. Trudeau said in French that this decision was taken to protect citizens on both sides of the border,...
A law that kept a New Brunswick woman in solitary confinement for 16 days on suspicion she concealed drugs in her body should be struck down due to its cruelty and lack of basic legal protections, a prisoner rights' lawyer argued on Monday. Lisa Adams was in court as her...
A widespread COVID-19 outbreak at a London chicken processing plant has led to a two-week shutdown. The Cargill facility located at Cuddy Boulevard off of Oxford Street East is grappling with a large outbreak that has affected 82 employees so far. Tim Deelstra, spokesperson for the United Food and Commercial Workers...
The prime minister on Friday sought to quell angst over delays in vaccine delivery while British Columbia extended restrictions on gatherings to stem the spread of new, more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus. Justin Trudeau said his government knew all along that short-term delays in vaccine shipments would be...
The Department of National Defence says the first of 15 new warships being built for the Royal Canadian Navy will be delivered years later than expected as officials working on the $60-billion project grapple with unexpected design and construction challenges. The delay means Canada will need to spend more on...
Students had to be moved to a different bus after the school bus they were on was rear-ended near Londesborough. The collision happened Wednesday afternoon near Bandon Line in Huron County. Police say a tractor rear-ended a car, which in turn, rear-ended the school bus. Police say there were no injuries...
Manitoba won’t go down the same road as Ontario, the province’s acting deputy chief provincial public health officer said Friday. Stating that our neighbours to the east probably waited too long in their response to the third wave, Dr. Jazz Atwal assured Manitobans the province won’t make the same mistake. “Ontario,...