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The deal averts a potential death knell for the Ontario Deposit Return Program, as some grocers warned they would refuse to accept empties as required starting Jan. 1, the same day the Beer Store is allowed to close an unlimited number of locations. Details are still being worked out, but the broad strokes of the agreement mean that consumers will continue to exchange empties for their deposits at Beer Store locations, with grocers footing the bill and the brewers committing to ensuring there is a point of recycling available within 10 kilometres for the vast majority of the population.

Low oil and natural gas prices are taking a toll on the industry as drilling activity is falling in Western Canada and is expected to slide further in 2026. North American oil prices remain below $60 US per barrel, after climbing to more than $80 in January. As a result, oil and gas companies are cutting costs, and total capital spending is expected to decline by 5.6 per cent this year and a further 2.2 per cent in 2026,

In a news release Tuesday, the RCMP said its Central Ontario team and GTA integrated national security enforcement team arrested the individual on Nov. 4 and charged them with participating in activities of a terrorist group. The activities allegedly included editing and publicly posting ISIS propaganda videos, the RCMP said. The youth was also charged with inviting a person to provide property, such as firearms, for the intended use of facilitating or carrying out terrorist activity, the RCMP said.

In 2000, Canadian law formally recognized a reality that many people had been living with for years, same sex couples in long term relationships. Parliament passed the Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act, amending 68 different federal statutes to extend protections and responsibilities to common law partners and including same sex couples for the first time. Angela Misri 0:30 Welcome to Canadian Time Machine, a podcast that explores key milestones in our country's history. I'm Angela Misri.

Thieves left an unusual deposit at an Etobicoke bank while attempting an illegal withdrawal Monday morning. Around 3 a.m., officers were called to a break and enter in progress at a CIBC branch, Toronto police said in an email. They found that someone had used a backhoe to break through the bank's exterior wall into the ATM room. No injuries were reported and no one is in custody, police said.

All three people who were unaccounted for after a deadly fire at a home in Brampton, Ont., have been located two of them dead and the third safe, police said Monday. Peel Region police and Ontario's fire marshal's office gave an update on the ongoing investigation into the Thursday morning blaze that destroyed a home and prompted the evacuation of several others nearby.

In the latest in a string of violent crypto robberies, a four-person gang held a Canadian family hostage overnight and stole about $2 million CAD ($1.6 million USD) in Bitcoin. The attackers threatened to kill the family, waterboarded the mother and father, and sexually assaulted their daughter after invading their Vancouver-area home. The crime occurred in April 2024, but the details of the scene were revealed last week in a sentencing report by a British Columbia judge, first reported by CBC.

Support staff at Central West Specialized Development Services (CWSDS) a supportive living community for adults with developmental disabilities walked off the job on Wednesday evening more than 40 days after CWSDS management requested a no-board report.

Fraser said it seemed like Education Minister Paul Calandra was hiding something amidst claims the results were being held for further analysis. There is no reason for him to withhold those tests, said Fraser, adding the tests are an important teaching tool for educators and children. There's no discernible reason unless the results are just a reflection of the fact that class sizes are too large and special education has been starved.

A 23-year-old Toronto man, who was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for over a year, was arrested Friday, according to Toronto Police. Around 11:20 p.m. on Friday police found and arrested the accused, who was in a car near Bathurst Street and Dupont Street, police said in a news release on Saturday. A firearm and ammunition were also found, police say.

N early seven months after an election that returned a minority Parliament and a government led by the Liberal Party with Prime Minister Mark Carney at the helm, Canadians would be forgiven for asking what they're meant to be doing with their elbows. During the election, the Liberals ran on elbows-up nationalism, striking a defiant posture in the face of tariff and sovereignty threats from United States president Donald Trump. Carney never promised to solve

A controversial new law that will give Ontario's education minister more power over school boards and other facets of the education system has passed in the province's legislature. Premier Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative government passed the Supporting Children and Students Act, also known as Bill 33, on Wednesday and it received royal assent a day later. The legislation grants Education Minister Paul Calandra the power to place school boards under provincial supervision when they "fall off the rails," as he said Wednesday.

In a statement on Thursday, George Brown said it will have "suspended intakes" for 2026-2027 in some programs that are part of its hospitality and culinary arts program. Enrolment has been suspended in the following programs: culinary arts Italian; advanced French patisserie; food and nutrition management; event planning; food and beverage management restaurant management; hospitality hotel operations management; and honours Bachelor of Business Administration hospitality.

Mississauga firefighters are shown here at the scene of collision on Thursday evening that left a man injured and a male youth in life-threatening condition. (CBC News) Two people have been taken to hospital, one in life-threatening condition, following a collision in Mississauga on Thursday evening, Peel police say. The crash between two vehicles happened on Millcreek Drive and Erin Mills Parkway, police said.

More pistachio and pistachio-containing products have been recalled in Canada over concerns about possible salmonella contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) says the following products, sold by vendors in Ottawa and Mississauga, Ont., are under recall: Green pistachios, in varying quantities, sold at the SNMB Roasted Nut Factory at 2399 Cawthra Rd. Unit 42, Mississauga, Ont., from Aug. 11 through Oct. 10.

Last offseason, the Toronto Blue Jays were the butt of many baseball fans' jokes after they swung-and-missed on a number of premier free agents, including Juan Soto and Roki Sasaki. Anthony Santander was their biggest signing in years, and he had a disastrous maiden campaign in Toronto. It appeared the Blue Jays were having trouble convincing players to come to Canada to play for a would-be contender.

City spokesperson Russell Baker confirmed the contractor was doing a dry run ahead of the winter season at the time of the incident. The behaviour displayed is completely unacceptable and falls short of the standards we expect from contractors operating on behalf of the City of Toronto. This conduct does not reflect the City's values and expectations, Baker said in an emailed statement.

In these uncertain times-whether it is foreign interference directed at our democratic institutions, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its threatening rhetoric toward the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the surreptitious interest in the Canadian Arctic by Russia and China, peril to key nodes on supply chains such as Taiwan and the Strait of Hormuz, or United States president Donald Trump's taunting that Canada should become the fifty-first state-our sovereignty is under serious threat.

From AI tools to automation platforms, software now powers almost every part of the operations but that progress comes with a cost. As budgets rise, so does the pressure to make every dollar count. In fact, 71% of Canadian SMBs are already using AI and automation tools (source: Microsoft), and 69% plan to increase software spend this year (source: Capterra). With 75% expecting to boost their tech investments again in 2025 (source: Microsoft),

The new definition maintains the same approach as the previous one by using a points system to determine whether something is Cancon based on the number of Canadians occupying key creative positions in a production. The modernized definition expands the list of positions that count toward the total to include jobs like showrunner, special effects director and head of costuming. The CRTC says those roles should be staffed by humans, not AI.

Ontario homeowners will soon be able to get provincial rebates of up to $200 for energy efficient appliances through an expanded program. Energy Minister Stephen Lecce announced a Home Renovation Savings Program earlier this year, and it initially gave rebates for energy efficiency renovations and improvements, such as new windows, doors, insulation, air sealing, smart thermostats and heat pumps. Lecce is announcing today that starting this fall, households can receive

The motion comes after the former prince announced last month he would be giving up his title as Duke of York, following years of criticism about his behaviour and connections to late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In 2022, he settled a lawsuit brought by Virginia Giuffre, accusing him of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager. A statement issued by Buckingham Palace last month also said that King Charles had initiated a formal process to remove the Style, Titles and Honors of Prince Andrew.

Privacy watchdogs in Ontario and Alberta issued their findings Tuesday after investigating a mass data breach of a student information system used across Canada, concluding that school boards lacked adequate breach response plans, among other issues. Ontario's privacy commissioner says PowerSchool, a software and storage company for school systems in the U.S. and Canada, was a victim of a cyberattack and ransom threat in December 2024 that compromised the data of current and former students, parents and staff.