Many parts of Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area, are under an Environment Canada air quality warning as smoke from wildfires in northwestern Ontario drift south.

“Smoke from wildfires can have serious health consequences for those living nearby, but it can also affect the health of people living hundreds of kilometres away,” the Canadian Lung Association says on its website.

“There is no safe level of wildfire smoke.”

Here are some ways to protect yourself and your children.

Environment Canada has an Air Quality Health Index (AQHI

WestJet flight attendants have authorized a strike that could see thousands of workers walk off the job in fewer than three weeks if they are unable to reach a new deal on contract demands.

In an update to its members and obtained by The Canadian Press, the union representing some 4,400 cabin crew at the airline says they voted 99 per cent in favour of the strike mandate.

The mandate does not spark immediate job action, but grants union officials the authority to call a strike after a cooling-off

A Toronto man has been in a years-long battle with City Hall as he continues to figure out how and why permits were issued for a construction project next to his home that he says clearly goes over his property line.

Brian Kieller lives in one of several attached homes on a quiet street in Toronto’s Little Portugal neighbourhood. “My house is a group of eight row houses. They’re 150 years old. They share a common attic.”

But Kieller said a now-completed construction

A woman wanted on a Canada‑wide warrant in connection with a 2024 homicide in Richmond Hill has been arrested in Alberta, ending a nearly two‑year search.

York Regional Police (YRP) confirmed Wednesday that Katherine Bergeron‑Pinzarrone, 27, of Mississauga, was taken into custody on July 9, 2026, by the Calgary Police Service.

She is charged with second‑degree murder in the death of a 16‑year‑old boy from Montreal.

The case dates

Toronto’s Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is set for its biggest modernization in decades after the TTC awarded a contract to Hitachi Rail Canada to install a new Communications‑Based Train Control (CBTC) system — a move officials say will boost capacity, cut delays and support a rapidly growing city.

The upgrade, announced Wednesday, marks a significant milestone in the TTC’s long‑term plan to overhaul Line 2’s aging infrastructure and prepare the route for a new fleet of subway trains arriving later this decade.

An Oshawa judge has given the maximum youth sentence to a 15-year-old who pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of a beloved Pickering grandmother.

During a hearing at an Oshawa courthouse Wednesday morning, Superior Court Justice Lisa Wannamaker said the teen — who can’t be identified due to provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) — must serve five more years in custody at a facility and then four years in the community as part of a supervised reintegration plan.

Under the YCJA, six

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is looking to eliminate a rule that lets members of provincial parliament who live in and near Toronto expense hotel stays in the city.

It comes after Tourism, Culture and Gaming Minister Stan Cho was heavily criticized Tuesday by opposition parties for billing taxpayers for more than $16,000 in Toronto hotel expenses since 2023 despite representing the north Toronto riding of Willowdale.

He has promised to reimburse the full amount, even though his expenses met the criteria for special circumstances

Two people are dead and three others are injured following a crash on Highway 401 in Mississauga on Wednesday morning, police say.

In a post from Ontario Provincial Police on X, one vehicle rear-ended another in the eastbound express lanes near Dixie Road just before 9 a.m., as traffic was slowing down in the area.

Police say two adults were pronounced dead at the scene and three others were taken to hospital with injuries. The severity of their injuries is not yet known.

The eastbound express

Toronto police unveiled the results of a major child sexual abuse and exploitation investigation Wednesday morning, announcing the arrest of a 42-year-old man from Hamilton who faces more than 100 related charges.

Inspector Keri Fernandes of the Toronto Police Sex Crimes Unit detailed the case Wednesday morning at police headquarters, alongside representatives from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, who partnered on the cross‑border investigation.

“Investigators identified a Canadian suspect who was allegedly paying for, and directing the live-stream sexual abuse of children