Ontario

Great essay by Scrimshaw on the state of play in the OLP. It’s likely they won’t survive another election if they continue with their internal delusions.

Darlington station is more than halfway through a $12.8-billion overhaul to refurbish all four of its reactors by the end of 2026 (MATTHEW MCCLEARN / The Globe and Mail)

Started reading up on this after receiving a jury summons and this list of minor offences that will not get you off the hook is fascinating! For example:

Possessing reproductive materials of cetaceans, except for licensed scientific research – Section 445.2(2)(c)

So… that whale penis they found in your fridge is not gonna cut it then? You must still serve on the jury?

(Katherine DeClerq / CTV News)

Rice Group CEO Michael Rice seeks to block or delay summons (Ryan Patrick Jones / CBC News)

The federal government webpage says a fungus called Bretziella fagacearum causes oak wilt.

It says red oak trees are especially vulnerable and can be killed in a single season.

Teenagers can ride transit for free on weekdays after 6 p.m. and all day on weekends, while seniors can ride for free everyday at any time. [Durring August]

MPAC says multiple third-party reviews have already found the agency’s “process is both transparent and fair.” (By Diana Zlomislic & Kenyon Wallace / Toronto Star)

olice in Brockville, Ont., say a large fire broke out at a motorcycle gang clubhouse near the city core early Monday morning, causing damage to multiple other buildings.

Elsewhere in eastern Ontario, three people were sent to hospital on Saturday night after an altercation involving rival motorcycle gangs in Cornwall ended with a shooting, according to police there.

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.

Non-Tesla EV drivers couldn't go from Thunder Bay to Sault Ste. Marie much of June (Heather Kitching / CBC News)

Ontario is getting hotter. What can cities do to keep residents safe as temperatures rise?

(by Justin Chandler/TVO)