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• ‘Trusted partner to your north’: Ontario set to roll out major U.S. commercial

  An ad targeting Americans is set to launch Monday across the U.S., with plans to reach more than 100 million viewers through staples like Monday Night Football, Fox News and CNN.

  Canada

  Nov 30
• Storm buries parts of Ontario under nearly a metre of snow, thousands without power

  Snow blowing off lakes Superior and Huron has closed a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway, knocked out power and buried some communities under nearly a metre of snow.

  Canada

  Nov 30
• ‘No one is safe’: Ontario residents see spike in home break-ins by trails, green spaces

  Halton Regional Police are advising residents in Oakville to be extra cautious as homes backing onto trails and green spaces have been the latest popular target for criminals.

  Crime

  Nov 30
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• RCMP looks to redeploy 25% of eastern region workforce, including to border

  The eastern region for the RCMP includes Quebec and the four Atlantic provinces.

  Canada

  Nov 29
• Ontario will offer $77M to offset dramatic spike in OPP costs for towns

  Solicitor General Michael Kerzner announced funds for towns to help with OPP costs, driven in part by a record new agreement making OPP officers the highest paid in Ontario. 

  Politics

  Nov 29
• Taylor Swift’s concerts saw spending in downtown Toronto go way up. Here’s where

  Spending in downtown Toronto was up by 45 per cent, week-over-week, during Taylor Swift's sold-out show run, according to data provided by Moneris.

  Canada

  Nov 29
• Ontario won’t support making Truth and Reconciliation Day a holiday for now: minister

  New Democrat deputy leader Sol Mamakwa says the proposed Day of Reflection on Indian Residential Schools every Sept. 30 would make Ontario a better place.

  Canada

  Nov 28
• Ontario expanding nurse practitioners’ scope of practice

  Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the changes will improve access to care for people across Ontario, especially in Indigenous, rural, northern and remote communities.

  Health

  Nov 28
• Teenager faces upgraded murder charge in death of 15-year-old boy in Ontario

  Provincial police say a 16-year-old is now facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 15-year-old boy in eastern Ontario last month.

  Crime

  Nov 28
• Ontario site selected for nuclear waste underground repository

  The Nuclear Waste Management Organization announced its decision, saying the people of Ignace and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation have demonstrated their willingness to move forward.

  Canada

  Nov 28
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• Supreme Court of Canada declines to hear appeal from former fashion mogul Nygard

  The high court has rejected a leave to appeal request concerning Nygard's extradition to the United States, where he faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges.

  Trending

  Nov 28
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• Off-duty Toronto police officer found guilty of assault in Kijiji sale to teen who later died

  An off-duty Toronto police officer has been found guilty of assault, but not guilty of assault causing bodily harm, after a Kijiji deal gone bad over a fake Apple Watch.

  Crime

  Nov 28
• Ford government ‘in conversation’ with Hwy. 407 owners as buy back calls grow

  The Ministry of Transportatioon said conversations had taken place but didn't say what the government was considering or how far it had gone in its discussions.

  Politics

  Nov 28
• More than 200 Ontario communities don’t have family doctors accepting new patients: report

  The internal report, leaked to the Ontario Liberals on Wednesday and published by the party, shows 205 Ontario communities don't have family doctors taking on new patients.

  Health

  Nov 27
• ‘You’re a joke’: Ontario councillor tossed from meeting after insult-laced tirade

  Bill Dennis, a Sarnia, Ont. councillor, launched into an angry tirade during a meeting Tuesday. Dennis hurled insults and swore before eventually being thrown out of the talks.

  Politics

  Nov 27
• Ontario government set to match federal 2-month tax ‘holiday’ on some items

  Last week, the Trudeau government announced a series of new affordability measures over the holiday period, including a two-month 'GST holiday' on some items beginning on Dec. 14.

  Economy

  Nov 27
• ‘Incredible snow totals’: Squalls to hit parts of Ontario, up to 80 cm possible

  Several parts of Ontario are set to see “incredible snow totals” over the next few days due to a shift in temperatures over the Great Lakes.

  Weather

  Nov 27
• Ontario eyes new electricity generation sites, possibly including nuclear

  Ontario is eyeing three sites across the province for new electricity generation facilities, including the possibility of large-scale nuclear plants.

  Politics

  Nov 27
• Ford government makes limited progress on Hwy. 401 tunnel study 

  Ford announced his tunnel vision in September and said work to study it would urgently take place, but little progress has been made since then.

  Politics

  Nov 27
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• Ford government plans to fast-track supervised consumption site ban through legislature

  The government also pushed through its law to frustrate new bike lanes, new energy legislation and the fall economic statement with shortened debate and public hearings.

  Politics

  Nov 26
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• Ontario teen accused of attacking youth with an axe

  Durham regional police have arrested a 15-year-old boy after another youth was attacked with an axe over the weekend in Pickering.

  Crime

  Nov 26
• Street-gang raids throughout southern Ontario leads to 172 charges, police say

  Hamilton police say two dozen people have been arrested and 172 charges have been laid in an investigation into violent crime linked to gang activity.

  Crime

  Nov 26
• Tkachuk helps Senators snap 5-game skid with 4-3 win over Flames

  The Flames (12-7-3) came into the nation's capital riding a four-game win streak but took too many penalties.

  Sports

  Nov 26
• Ontario’s 10-year e-scooter pilot a ‘slap in the face,’ disability advocacy group says

  At the beginning of 2020, the Ford government introduced a micro-mobility pilot, allowing municipalities that opted in to create rules allowing electric scooters.

  Politics

  Nov 26
• How a Hwy. 401 tunnel went from private proposal to government policy

  Global News has learned that, in 2019, the construction firm Aecon submitted an unsolicited proposal to Ontario's Ministry of Infrastructure pitching a tunnel under Highway 401.

  Politics

  Nov 26