TORONTO — A pair of 18-year-olds have been charged with first-degree murder in last month’s deadly shooting at the Salsa on St. Clair festival, police said Friday, vowing to heighten security around other major street festivals. Jessiah Massaro-Gill and Lewis…

The Durham Health department says mosquitoes in Clarington have tested positive for the West Nile Virus (WNV). This brings the total to 13 batches of mosquitoes that have tested positive in durham region so far this season. Previous positive batches…

OTTAWA — Canada’s jobs numbers beat economists’ expectations in July, while the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in two years, Statistics Canada said on Friday. The agency’s labour force survey said Canada added a surprising 75,000 jobs in…

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to make a gas tax suspension permanent, or at least extend it beyond its looming expiry. Carney announced in April that the government would pause collection of the…

A ride operator at a Vaughan theme park is facing sexual assault charges. York police say it happened in May when a girl was getting on a ride and the Brampton man was performing safety checks. On Wednesday, August 5,…

Construction is scheduled to begin on the Durham-Scarborough Bus Rapid Transit (DSBRT) project in Pickering. Work will begin along Kingston Road from approximately 200 metres west of Steeple Hill to Merritton Road. The Region of Durham says this initiative will…

The province’s police watchdog is laying another sexual assault charge against a Durham police officer. The Special Investigations Unit ((SIU) says this charge relates to conduct that is alleged to have happened between May 1999 and December 2009. The SIU…