Highway 401

• 2 dead as OPP deal with several single-vehicle collisions around GTA

  It has been a busy couple of days for police on Ontario's roads as they have been dealing with several single-vehicle crashes in and around the Greater Toronto Area.

  Crime

  Apr 14
  
• Ford says ‘it’s time to sit down’ with Hwy. 407 executives to discuss next steps

  Speaking to reporters on Thursday afternoon, Ford said he had not sat down with the operators of Highway 407 but admitted it was a conversation he needed to have.

  Politics

  Jan 10
  
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• ‘This head’s like limestone’: Ontario Premier Doug Ford unhurt after vehicle crash

  The premier's office said Ford was travelling in his vehicle along Highway 401 when it became involved in a collision. Neither he nor anyone else in his vehicle was injured.

  Politics

  Jan 8
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• Teen caught driving more than 100 km/h over speed limit on Highway 401: OPP

  Police say the incident happened Friday evening on Highway 401 westbound in Gananoque, nearly 300 kilometres east of Toronto.

  Crime

  Dec 28, 2024
• Highway 401 reopened after ‘significant’ Boxing Day congestion

  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) shut down a portion of Highway 401 Thursday to ensure “the safety of all” given the “significant congestion” Boxing Day drivers were causing.

  Traffic

  Dec 26, 2024
• Man accused of firing shots on Highway 401 also charged in shooting, carjackings: police

  Toronto police say a man allegedly responsible for shooting at multiple vehicles along Highway 401 has been arrested following shooting and multiple carjackings a day later

  Crime

  Nov 28, 2024
• 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, 2024
• 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, 2024
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• 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, 2024
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• Driver charged after wrong-way incident on Highway 401 near Prescott

  A Brockville man faces impaired and dangerous driving charges after a wrong-way incident on Highway 401 near Prescott. A court date has been set for Dec. 20.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2024