Clouds of tiny flying black insects, known as midges, are causing frustration around Toronto’s waterways.

A video captured by Pat O’Rourke shows him covered head to toe in midges as he biked over the bridge by Roncesvalles and Queensway.

“There’s just swarms of midges everywhere … you kinda get used to them, though. They are harmless, but it can be annoying, so just keep your mouth closed if you’re biking or running or something like that,” shared O’Rourke.

Doug Ford and his Conservatives are no longer the choice of most Ontarians when it comes to the latest public opinion poll.

According to , the Ontario Liberals – who are in the midst of a search for a new leader – have 38 per cent support, two points up on the governing Conservatives.

The poll finds the Liberals leading in Toronto with 44 per cent and in the 905, with 43 per cent support. The Conservatives also find themselves trailing the NDP in South Central Ontario, Hamilton and

HAMILTON — Public health officials say a Hamilton restaurant linked to a salmonella outbreak has been allowed to reopen after passing a re-inspection of food safety standards with no new illnesses reported.

Hamilton Public Health says there were 29 confirmed cases of salmonella linked to the Piper Arms Stoney Creek restaurant, with 57 probable cases and nine hospitalizations.

The restaurant was ordered to shut down temporarily on April 13 while the health agency investigated the outbreak.

The health agency says shredded cheese tested positive for salmonella, but evidence suggests it

OTTAWA — Conservative MPs are calling out the government of Prime Minister Mark Carney after its representatives failed to follow allies in proactively challenging Iran’s nomination to two United Nations bodies — including one tasked with reviewing a landmark treaty on nuclear weapons.

On Monday, Iran was nominated to the vice-presidency of the UN’s month-long review conference on the global nuclear non-proliferation treaty, better known as the NPT.

In the General Assembly on April 27, the U.S., U.K

OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday it’s her “understanding” that Iranian soccer officials saw their permission to enter Canada revoked ahead of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver.

“It’s not my personal lead, but my understanding is that there is a revocation of the permission. It was unintentional, but I’ll leave it to the minister to indicate,” Anand said when asked about the situation on her way into question period.

Tasnim, an Iranian news agency associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard

Transponders that might have helped pinpoint the location of a fire truck that collided with a landing Air Canada jet in New York will soon be installed on ground vehicles at the region’s three major airports.

The trackers will be put on fire trucks and other rescue vehicles, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said Tuesday. The transponders can provide air traffic controllers with more precise information about the vehicles and their locations by constantly sending signals to the control tower.

The National Transportation Safety Board noted the lack of transponders

MONTREAL — The federal government says it will outsource the air passenger complaints process to a third party in a bid to clear the massive backlog at the country’s transport regulator.

In Ottawa’s spring economic update Tuesday, the Liberals said they plan to import a model used in Europe that sees independent adjudicators resolve complaints over issues ranging from refunds to accessibility.

The change would mark an end to the current in-house process under the Canadian Transportation Agency, where the backlog sits at a record 97,00

Ontario autism advocates are calling for greater staffing and funding for special education in the province in order to address what they say is a lack of adequate in-class supports to allow their kids to fully participate and be safe.

The Ontario Autism Coalition circulated a survey about the education system within the special needs community and found a rising percentage of parents saying schools put their kids on a “modified schedule,” allowed to attend less than full time.

Shannon McNally says the Ottawa school that her seven-year-old son