Ontario News

BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. — A 20-year-old man from Bracebridge, Ont. is facing numerous charges after allegedly stealing a forklift while drunk and taking it on a destructive drive.

Highlights from the news file for Tuesday, June 27 ——— LIBERALS INHERITED $18B BUDGET DEFICIT FLOOR, TRUDEAU SAYS: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is arguing that his government has been sticking to its spending vows after entering office with a budget

BEAVERTON, Ont. — Durham regional police say an arrest has been made in the fatal stabbing of a 21-year-old man last month in downtown Beaverton, Ont. Joshua Elliott of Cannington, Ont.

ORILLIA, Ont. — Provincial police say speeding is the No. 1 cause of road fatalities on OPP-patrolled roads in Ontario so far this year.

HALIFAX — If the Zim Antwerp, a massive container ship that will call on Halifax Thursday, were to stand on its stern, it would dwarf Atlantic Canada's tallest building.

The dress that Marilyn Monroe was famously stitched into before she sang Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy in 1962 is making what's believed to be its Canadian debut in rural Saskatchewan.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Leonard Larkins and nearly 4,000 other segregated black soldiers helped build a highway across Alaska and Canada during the Second World War, a contribution largely ignored for decades but drawing attention as the 75th anniversary

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A year after a Mississauga, Ont., house explosion that was ruled a double suicide, officials say the residents of 25 neighbouring properties remain out of their homes.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say they're investigating a teacher who has worked at several high schools throughout Peel Region for more than 25 years. Police say 53-year-old Richard Knill of Milton, Ont.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped a long-time Canadian diplomat to step into a revamped role of Canada's ambassador for climate change. Canada hasn't had such an ambassador since January 2015.