New guidelines published online by Cancer Care Ontario say the province is lowering its colorectal cancer screening age from 50 to 45 in response to a “notable” increase in younger people diagnosed with the disease.

An Ontario Health document outlining the new recommendation says the change starts on July 1.

Prince Edward Island was the first province in the country to lower its screening age in March.

Colorectal Cancer Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society have been calling on all provinces and territories to make this change, citing evidence that shows people

OPP officers and other officials, as well as the general public, are paying their respects on Wednesday to a veteran officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash while on duty in Cobourg last week .

A police funeral service for Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Sergeant Brandon Malcolm is now underway at the Cobourg Community Centre.

Sgt. Malcolm, 33, died on April 27 after crashing while operating a police motorcycle on Hwy. 401 near Burnham Street North in Cobourg. He was pronounced dead at the scene

Toronto is in for a cool, unsettled stretch of spring weather, with rain lingering today, more temperature swings ahead, and showers expected for Mother’s Day — all as the GTA sits well below typical early‑May norms.

Rain continues to push across Toronto and much of the GTA through the morning and into the early afternoon before skies shift to mostly cloudy conditions with occasional sunny breaks. Temperatures will top out around 12°C, held down by a light northwest wind of 5-10 km/

WASHINGTON (AP) — Commerce Secretary is appearing Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender as lawmakers seek answers for Lutnick’s contact with him in the years after Epstein’s 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.

Lutnick, a member of President Cabinet, is the latest powerful political figure to appear before the House Oversight Committee. He has previously given about his relationship with Epstein, but he says he has done nothing wrong and welcomes the closed-door interview with lawmakers.

Still,

When millions of tonnes of rock fell one kilometre into an Alaskan fiord last year, it set off one of the largest tsunamis ever recorded, a monstrous 481-metre wave higher than the tallest viewing platform of the CN Tower, a new study shows.

Dan Shugar, an associate professor at the University of Calgary and the corresponding author of the study, says the scale of the Tracy Arm Fjord tsunami shows the catastrophic potential of such waves and why their risk needs to be a stronger focus for policymakers, particularly

The Ontario Fire Marshal has been called in to investigate a fire at a building materials business in Toronto’s east end that occurred early Wednesday morning.

Toronto police and fire crews were called to FlooReno Building Supplies on Nantucket Boulevard, in the area of Kennedy Road and Lawrence Avenue East, just after 1:30 a.m.

Fire officials say the flames were put out by the sprinkler system inside the building. No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is not yet known.

It is the third

BRAMPTON — Loblaw Cos. Ltd. raised its quarterly dividend by 10 per cent as it reported its first-quarter profit and revenue rose compared with a year ago.

The company behind Loblaws and Shoppers Drug Mart said the results came as its discount grocery banners outperformed and its drugstore business saw growth in prescription drug sales.

“We are very pleased that our strategic investments in opening new stores, and our focus on value, are resonating with Canadians and helping us to deliver strong financial results,” Loblaw chief executive Per

One-third of Canadians say their personal finances have worsened in the last month as gas prices and inflation rise amid the war in Iran, according to a new poll.

The survey conducted by Canada Pulse Insights for CityNews found 60 per cent said their financial position remained the same, while one in 10 said their situation had improved.

Those who said their financial position had worsened were those earning $50,000 or less (40 per cent) and those living in Atlantic Canada (3

PRAIA, Cape Verde (AP) — Three patients with suspected hantavirus infections were being evacuated from to the Netherlands on Wednesday, the U.N. health agency said, as the vessel at the center of a remained off Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board waiting to head to Spain’s Canary Islands.

Associated Press footage showed health workers in protective gear heading to the ship for the evacuation that included the ship’s British doctor, who Spain’s health ministry said had been in “serious