Wetter, cooler than average summer in the GTA

Summer in the GTA is looking to be to potentially wetter and cooler than average for the season.

CityNews Chief Meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai has released her outlook for the upcoming summer. These forecasts do not determine what happens day-to-day but show a projected three-month average pattern.

To start, El Niño out of the Pacific Ocean typically impacts the fall and winter seasons, but this year, it’s going to be a super El Niño and stronger, it could affect the summer across

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Remaining three ’60 Minutes’ stars say they’re staying at CBS show, don’t want to see it die

A memo from Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Bill Whitaker to fellow '60 Minutes' staffers expressed anger over the recent firings.

Provincial York—Simcoe seat now vacant after Caroline Mulroney resigns

Elections Ontario staff say a byelection must be held in the provincial York--Simcoe riding before the end of 2026.

Former Flames, Leafs GM Cliff Fletcher dies at 90

Cliff Fletcher spent 25 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs in various positions and served most recently as a senior advisor.

Suspect sought in separate Scarborough chain snatchings

Toronto police believe the same suspect is responsible for two separate chain snatchings in Scarborough last month.

The first incident took place on Friday, May 29, at around 4:28 p.m.

Investigators say a female was walking towards a bus stop in the Middlefield Road and McNicoll Avenue area when she felt someone tugging at her gold necklace from behind.

She started to run away, but the suspect chased her and eventually pulled the chain off her neck.

The suspect then fled in a grey pickup truck.

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Sunwing, WestJet suspend flights/operations to Cuba indefinitely

WestJet airlines and Sunwing Vacations Group have announced they will be suspending all Cuba operations and flights indefinitely until further notice.

The airline and vacation group, which includes Sunwing Vacations, WestJet Vacations and WestJet Vacations Québec, originally suspended service to the Caribbean country faced a worsening energy crisis amid a U.S. blockade of oil back in February.

In an update in April, Sunwing extended the pause until October, with services set to resume on Oct. 10.

Their statement released Friday said Sunwing recognized the news

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Liberal MP Erskine-Smith confirms plans to leave federal politics in supporter email

Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has sent an email to supporters confirming he will resign his seat in the House of Commons and inviting volunteers to an event to celebrate his decade of public service.

He was elected in Beaches-East York in 2015 and briefly served as housing minister in Justin Trudeau’s final cabinet and Mark Carney’s first cabinet.

Erskine-Smith’s email does not say whether he still plans to run for the Ontario Liberal leadership.

His plans to jump to the provincial party

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3rd suspect arrested in connection to Vaughan double homicide

A third suspect wanted in connection to a double homicide in Vaughan last month has been taken into custody.

The shooting happened on May 13, just before 5:30 p.m., when officers were called to the area of Kaiser Drive and Forest Drive for reports of gunfire. When police arrived, they found two men outside a home suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Both victims were pronounced deceased.

As officers secured the neighbourhood, a second call came in from Huntington Road and Kirby Road, where a

Michele Moscone and Glen Mousseau
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Most OSAP growth came from career college students, documents show

TORONTO — When Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government drastically cut student assistance grants earlier this year, it cited “unsustainable” costs, but new figures show nearly all of the recent growth was among career college students.

Data obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom-of-information request shows that between the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years, the province spent $465 million more on Ontario Student Assistance Program grants, and 95 per cent of

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Toronto officials say they raised concerns with FIFA about stadium water bottle ban

Toronto officials say they have raised their concerns with FIFA about its decision to ban reusable water bottles at World Cup stadiums.

Sharon Bollenbach, the City of Toronto’s FIFA World Cup 2026 executive director, says the city is now awaiting FIFA’s final decision.

Dr. Michelle Murti, the city’s chief medical officer of health, says she is concerned about fans’ health if there were to be a heat alert in Toronto during a World Cup match day.

Toronto environmental advocates have also urged

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