Ontario

Move comes as Ejaz Choudry's family launch civil suit against Peel Regional Police for $22M.

Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are taking to your devices to help keep you informed of certain events.

Starting Monday, you may begin to receive text messages from the OPP as it rolls out a new engagement tool. According to police, the system "enables fully automated messages to be sent to a caller’s SMS-enabled device after they have initiated certain types of calls through 911 or the non-emergency line."

There is a specific list of event types that can be sent out as messages with this new system.

Typically, it works when the caller gets a text message with their event number. Some might also include additional information related to a specific call type.

"For example, messages sent in response to calls relating to some motor vehicle collisions might include information on Collision Reporting Centres," read the OPP notice. "After the call is cleared by the responding officer, if/as required, the initial caller will receive an invitation to a brief voluntary survey to provide feedback on their experience with the OPP."

You can choose to receive messages in English or French, and opt out if you wish.

Complete information on the new text-messaging initiative can be found on the official OPP website.

If you are concerned that you may have received such a message fraudulently, call the OPP non-emergency line to verify at 1-888-310-1122.

Home prices in Ontario have reached a point where they are pulling money out of other sectors of the economy and creating more challenges for business, warns a new report from the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.

As Ontarians spend more on housing, the report says, they have less money for other goods and services. The situation has resulted in “wide-ranging” implications for business in the province.

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Zeeshan Syed claims Avalon Advanced Materials is out to create a “catalytic event” in selecting a site in Thunder Bay to place Ontario’s first proposed lithium processing refinery.

After years of much talk and little action, the Toronto-based junior miner took a great leap forward in June with the announcement that a former forest products mill site in the city’s north end is the spot for a lithium hydroxide conversion plant.

Avalon also introduced a joint venture partnership with Antwerp-headquartered Sibelco, a deal that brings $63-million to the table to bring Separation Rapids, its Kenora-area lithium deposit, into production by late 2025, early 2026.

Refinery production in Thunder Bay looks to start in the fourth quarter of 2027, following a two-year run-up of engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning.

It offers the promise of a combined 500 jobs in Kenora and Thunder Bay.

Now the company is looking to land a second development partner to help make the Thunder Bay lithium plant a reality. Discussions are ongoing.

Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney was called to the Ontario bar just three days before the Ford government announced she was getting a special title for lawyers that has been widely denounced as a patronage honour, the Star has learned.

An Ontario ruling opens the door to Charter challenges over inadequate government policies. (Nathalie Chalifour, Erin Dobbelsteyn and Lynda Collins)

The Ontario Public Health Association ... cites multiple studies showing that increases in the number of places where alcohol can be bought in Ontario, and in other jurisdictions, have already led to more consumption and more of the harms that come with it, such as suicides, drunk driving, emergency-room visits and higher rates of cancer.

I enjoy booze, but I like that it's hard to get. I don't need any more encouragement to mess up my liver.

Most of Ontario, including Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, and Niagara, York, and Durham regions, is under a heat warning as temperatures are forecasted to reach the high 20s to low 30s over the next several days.

Early Tuesday morning, Environment Canada advised people to expect humid, hazy, and hotter-than-usual conditions that could actually feel more like the high 30s to low 40s.

“So it's going to feel like jungle humidity: sultry and oppressive. And, and those temperatures always seem a little bit more difficult, hard to handle, and unhealthy when you have that humid air.”

Phillips also noted that previous bouts of high heat across Ontario and Quebec have come with cooler nights, which isn’t the case this time around.

“The nights are going to be warm up 20, 22 degrees. There’s a lot of tossing and turning when you get those kind of conditions. So these are kind of like the dog days of summer and they've started in July and hey, get used to it. I mean, this is this is summer in Eastern Canada.”

This "multi-day heat event" is expected to last until Thursday.

Previously injured workers in sectors including construction, mining and forestry are more likely to end up in the emergency room or to be hospitalized due to opioid-related harm than workers in other sectors in Ontario.

In Canada, between January 2016 and September 2022, more than 34,000 people died from opioid use.

“Males of working age, particularly those between the ages of 30 and 49, have been disproportionately affected,” Dr. Nancy Carnide, an associate scientist at the Institute for Work and Health, said. “This has led to interest in understanding why we are seeing these patterns, including interest in the role of occupation.”

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Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore, expects an increase in cases of three tick-borne illnesses in the province: anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan virus. This rise in cases is directly linked to climate change.

A new regulation requires healthcare providers to report these illnesses to local health officers. The incidence of Lyme disease has already been rising over the past 20 years due to ticks surviving winters. Similar to the United States, where these illnesses followed Lyme disease cases, Ontario is likely to see the same pattern. The ticks' ability to survive winters and breed over their two-year lifecycle is responsible for their migration and the spread of these diseases.

Anaplasmosis causes fever, chills, and affects blood cells. Babesiosis resembles malaria and causes anemia, fever, and chills. Powassan virus can be asymptomatic but may lead to long-term health problems in severe cases. There is no specific treatment for Powassan virus, while anaplasmosis and babesiosis can be treated with antibiotics.

Preventive measures include using insect repellent, wearing treated clothing, and performing daily tick checks. Anyone finding an attached tick and developing a fever within a month should consult a doctor.

A wide range of new provincial rules and regulations comes into effect Saturday, July 1.

The overall rate of inflation may have fallen dramatically, but the big picture is more complicated

It's been over three weeks since Autumn Shaganash, a woman from Barrie, was last seen or heard from by her family. They are urging the public to help with the efforts, and told CBC Toronto that police in Barrie need to follow more leads.