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Mafia fugitive or innocent son? Italy seeks to extradite Ontario man over mob ties

Comfortably settled north of Toronto in a five-bedroom, six-bathroom family home on a sprawling estate with a movie theatre and space for nine cars in the garage, Carlo Bruzzese doesn’t appear at first like a man on the run. A married father of four, public records show he lives at …

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How wildfire smoke travels from Ontario to New York City — and turns distant city skies orange

Wildfires that have torched huge areas of forest and devastated small communities are also sending smoke far and wide, prompting air quality warnings in distant cities and heated political rhetoric from the U.S. This year’s fire season has forced more than a dozen communities and areas to evacuate in recent …

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Minister says nothing went wrong with Ottawa’s response to Ontario wildfires

As hundreds of wildfires burning across Ontario force communities to evacuate and prompt urgent calls for government support, Eleanor Olszewski, the federal minister of emergency management, is defending Ottawa’s response. “I don’t believe that anything did go wrong in this situation regarding the wildfires in Ontario,” Olszewski told CBC’s The …

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Fast-moving fires destroy homes in northern Ontario as crews fight flames

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Winds out of the northwest could fan the flames of dozens of forest fires that have …

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Quebec requires new truck drivers from Ontario to take an exam

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Following several collisions involving heavy vehicles, Quebec has announced new measures aimed at addressing the issue …

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Overdose calls to paramedics on the rise in several Ontario cities, CBC analysis shows

The number of opioid overdose calls to paramedics has risen sharply in four Ontario cities compared with a year ago, a new CBC data analysis has found. In the first five months of 2026, calls for suspected opioid poisonings increased by 20 per cent in Thunder Bay and 199 per …

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Even birds living in protected Ontario reserve can’t escape climate change, new study finds

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Long Point Bird Observatory is a protected area full of wildlife that is located on a …

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Several First Nations sign deal with Ottawa, Ontario to own part of a nuclear reactor

Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Several Ontario First Nations are set to become owners of a new nuclear reactor after striking …

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Women with traumatic brain injury 26 per cent less likely to receive trauma care than men, Ontario study finds

New Ontario research shows women with traumatic brain injuries are far less likely than men to be admitted for trauma care, raising questions about why patients with similar, life-altering injuries may be receiving less-specialized treatment. Published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, the study analyzed a decade of data …

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