| | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, July 17, 2025. Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 12:05:21 p.m. EDT • : | Toronto police have identified a 71-year-old woman fatally stabbed in a North York parking lot on Thursday in what has been called an "unprovoked" attack. | Read more | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 05:43:17 p.m. EDT • : | Ontario's solicitor general says the province is adding 150 beds to three jails across the province that will bring relief to a "strained and overburdened" correctional system. But experts say it's a "Band-Aid" solution that doesn't do enough to address overcrowding in jails. | Read more | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 05:19:08 p.m. EDT • : | Police in York Region are warning of a hot air balloon ride scam after at least two incidents where customers paid for the experience, only to find no balloons or staff when they showed up. | Read more | | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 01:58:38 p.m. EDT • : | Public Health Ontario is reporting 32 new measles cases over the past week with most of them located in a popular summer travel area in the province. | Read more | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 01:51:40 p.m. EDT • : | At Thursday's TTC Board meeting, Coun. Josh Matlow asked outgoing TTC interim CEO Greg Percy if the long-delayed light rail transit line would be ready to open this September. Percy said "September is a reach," but this fall is plausible. | Read more | | | | | | July 15 , 2025 at 10:33:43 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 03:33:27 p.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 16 , 2025 at 08:38:54 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 17 , 2025 at 07:52:46 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | July 16 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |