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CUPE Ontario president expresses 'regret' after social media post

August 19 , 2024 at 06:10:52 p.m. EDT • :

An Ontario union leader is expressing regret after he shared a video on Facebook during the Paris Olympic Games that has caused discord in his union and been called hurtful by Jewish members.

Mississauga continues cleanup after record weekend rainfall

August 19 , 2024 at 06:01:34 p.m. EDT • :

Mississauga is continuing to clean up after record rainfall hit the city over the weekend, leading to flash floods that have prompted city officials and experts to call for expanding stormwater infrastructure to better prepare for the future.

Doug Ford shifts direction on wind power in Ontario

August 19 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government is poised to oversee the biggest expansion of green energy that the province has seen in nearly a decade.

'Leaning' building deemed unsafe in unresolved 2014 inspection

August 16 , 2024 at 11:29:06 a.m. EDT • :

A two-storey building near Kensington Market that police said was "leaning" toward the sidewalk and in danger of collapsing Friday was deemed unsafe by the city in 2014.

Parts of southern Ontario see more rain after record-setting downpours on Saturday

August 18 , 2024 at 08:21:54 a.m. EDT • :

Several southern Ontario communities saw more rain on Sunday and braced for still more wet weather a day after a storm soaked the region and broke at least one precipitation record.