The Ontario government says work is underway to build an interchange that will raise Highway 5 over Highway 6 to "reduce gridlock" at the busy intersection in Hamilton's Waterdown area.

Residents of Lincoln, Ont., whose homes were flooded during severe rainstorms in late July and early August won't be getting any disaster relief funding from the province, says their mayor.

At two career colleges now under the Ontario government's microscope, more than half of the thousands of student financial aid applications last year came from a single IP address, officials allege in documents filed in court.

The cockpit voice recorder of the Hamilton-based Latitude Air Ambulance that crashed in early October in the U.S., killing six people, has been recovered, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Monday.

Police in Guelph are looking to identify three males who are believed to have removed a stop sign at the intersection of Cole Road and Scottsdale Drive that later caused a crash.

In a release sent out Monday, the Waterloo Regional Police Service says emergency services were called to Homer Watson Boulevard and Pioneer Drive around 8 p.m. on Oct. 14 for reports of an injured e-scooter rider. The 60-year-old Kitchener man died four days later.

The Ontario Medical Association says problems with accessing specialist care have led to Ontarians turning to hospital emergency departments instead.

At two career colleges now under the Ontario government's microscope, more than half of the thousands of student financial aid applications last year came from a single IP address, officials allege in documents filed in court.

Paramedics in Huron County voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action as contract talks between the county and the union representing the paramedics continue.

Ontario Provincial Police say a 17-year-old cyclist struck by a vehicle and critically injured in Petawawa last week has died. A 19-year-old from Petawawa faces four charges including driving while impaired by a drug.

Ottawa's auditor general has found that OC Transpo is chronically overspending on overtime, as outdated paper-based timekeeping allows some employees to work beyond legally mandated hours.

The City of Ottawa is moving to write off hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes and tickets accrued over the past few decades, saying it's neither realistic nor worth it to keep trying to recoup the money.

A new audit of the City of Ottawa’s garbage collection program has found inconsistent enforcement of collection rules and insufficient monitoring of its outside contractors.

An outgoing at-large city councillor in Thunder Bay, Ont., says she accepts the sanction recommended against her by the city’s integrity commissioner after she was found to have breached the Code of Conduct. City manager John Collin filed a complaint about Coun. Rajni Agarwal in March, alleging that Agarwal “had engaged in an ongoing, inappropriate pattern of behaviour throughout this term of council directed at city staff.” Here's what we know about the report's findings.

A woman is dead after a collision Sunday on Highway 401 where two vehicles caught fire, police say.

Workers at unionized child-care centres in Toronto have reached a tentative deal with non-profit Ideal Child Services (ICSG), bringing an end to a month-long lockout.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating an incident involving a 14-year-old who was seriously injured during an arrest at Finch West Station last month.

Ontario's Special Investigations Unit says it is investigating after a teen boy was "seriously injured" during an arrest at a TTC station in early October.

Was a then-Air Canada employee an inside man who helped carry out one of the biggest gold heists in Canadian history, or a scapegoat exploited by a longtime friend? Those were the two competing scenarios presented to a Brampton, Ont., court Monday as prosecutors and defence lawyers made their closing submissions in the trial of Parmpal Sidhu.

A Mississauga man has been charged in a crash on Highway 401 that left two people dead and three injured in July, Ontario Provincial Police say.

On Monday, Toronto's police chief defended the decision not to arrest a 23-year-old suspect in an investigation into a violent home invasion last week who showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound shortly after the incident.

The cull is run by Parks Canada and Caldwell First Nation.

In a Monday news release, LaSalle Police Service Chief Michael Pearce said a LaSalle resident reported that a child received a Tootsie Roll with a paperclip embedded in it.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Antigua and Barbuda on Monday, where he will have a chance to engage with heads of government from other Commonwealth countries — and with King Charles.

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DETROIT — Michelle Taylor gasped and shook her head in disbelief.

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Jenn Irwin-Greer never looked forward to the routine gong show at her Edmonton dayhome business that came with the twice-annual time change as children struggled to adjust to a new pattern.

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Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called for the Indian Act to be abolished, which was met with echoes from Prime Minister Mark Carney who agreed that it should be scrapped. The act was passed in 1876 with aims of assimilating Indigenous populations into Eurocentric ways of living through legislation that governs where they live, where their […]

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More than 3,000 short track fans roared as Felix Roussel crossed the finished line, finger raised, to capture gold in the 5,000m men’s relay on Sunday afternoon to conclude the ISU Short Track World Tour in Montreal. Roussel (Sherbrooke, Que.), Steven Dubois (Lachenaie, Que.), Mathieu Pelletier (Laval, Que.) and Maxime Laoun (Montreal, Que.) capped off […]

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Police in Guelph are investigating after reports a stop sign was removed from a local intersection hours before a collision. Police said they believe three suspects, described only as male, were responsible for removing the sign at Cole Road and Scottsdale Drive late Saturday night. That’s not too far from Stone Road West and the […]

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MADRID (AP) — Four Americans and one Canadian were among the 69 people killed in last week's high-speed train collision in Spain, authorities said.

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Waterloo regional police closed a portion of Main Street in Cambridge Monday, after a collision involving a dump truck. Police said the truck tipped onto its side, spilling a load of topsoil onto the road. Main Street was closed just east of the Franklin Boulevard roundabout between Shellard Road and Nottinghill Drive as a result. […]

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An update from police on a crash involving an e-scooter rider in October. On Oct. 14 around 8 p.m., Waterloo regional police were called to the Homer Watson Boulevard and Pioneer Drive area of Kitchener to reports an e-scooter had crashed. The rider was seriously hurt in the collision, and just four days later, succumbed […]

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A reminder to always check Halloween candy before consuming it. Police in Guelph are out with a report Monday of a blade found in one trick-or-treater’s haul over the weekend. Sunday, a resident from Kitchener called the Guelph Police Service to report the sharp object in her child’s candy. “Her child had been trick-or-treating in […]

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A get-away attempt from an alleged hit-and-run crash didn’t go as planned for one driver. Waterloo regional police have charged a Waterloo man with numerous offences, including driving impaired, after a reported hit-and-run near a construction site by Columbia St. W and Lester St. in Waterloo. The crash happened in the middle of the afternoon […]

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A Kitchener man is facing charges after he allegedly exposed himself to two trick-or-treaters in Kitchener. The Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) was contacted on Halloween night about an indecent act in the Parkvale Drive and Bianca Court neighbourhood. Two youths were out trick-or-treating around 7:20 p.m. when an unknown man reportedly approached them and […]

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Police responded to a cyclist-involved crash in Kitchener on Monday afternoon. The collision happened on King St. East between Morgan Ave. and Fairway Rd. In a post on social media, the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) said northbound lanes were closed on King for the ongoing investigation. Drivers were told to expect delays and take […]

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OTTAWA — Despite its rollbacks of climate policy, the Carney government will lead a delegation to the COP31 conference in Turkey next week presenting itself as an international climate leader.

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As Americans are preparing to cast their ballots in their midterm election on Tuesday, their northern neighbours are in the back of their mind as Canadians are paying close attention to what the outcome could mean on this side of the border. For the Republican Party, they are looking to hold onto their slim majorities in […]

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There’s a tragic update from the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) as a motorcyclist has died following a crash in North Dumfries last week. The collision happened around 1:10 a.m. on Oct. 28 at the Trussler Rd. and Roseville Rd. intersection. Police say a motorcycle and a Toyota sedan collided, and the motorcyclist was taken […]

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