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What you need to know about the holiday tax break in Ontario

The GST/HST tax breaks go into effect on Saturday, meaning Ontarians can save up to 13 per cent on some items. Here's what you need to know.

Banks tell 2 Ontarians too much time has passed to cash decades-old cheque, GIC

Two Ontarians who recently found unclaimed money from decades-old investments were told by their banks there were no records of them in their systems.

'Baseball-sized hail': Toronto man owes car rental company $18K after hailstorm

A Toronto man is on the hook for about $18,000 after a car he rented over the summer was pelted by baseball-sized hail.

Ontario woman loses $14,000 to taxi scam

An Ontario woman thought she was helping another woman pay for their taxi ride, but instead she was defrauded of $14,000.

One out of 10 Canadians had packages stolen in the past year: survey

One out of 10 Canadians say they have had at least one package stolen in the last year, according to a survey.

Subaru makes the best car, according to Consumer Reports

Subaru is the new best car brand of the year, according to a recent ranking.

'It was like I was brainwashed': 2 Ontarians lose $230K to separate AI-generated cryptocurrency ad scams

Two Ontarians collectively lost $230,000 after falling victim to separate AI-generated social media posts advertising fraudulent cryptocurrency investments.

Calls for Ottawa to end Canada Post strike mount as businesses face challenges

As the Canada Post strike nears its three-week mark, stores across the country have turned to alternate measures to send products to paying customers and keep operations running smoothly.

Ontario woman tries to use Visa prepaid gift card, realizes she had been scammed

An Ontario woman was 'shocked' to find out her unused $250 gift card was almost completely drained. 'My aunt gave me this gift card as a present and I was shocked to find out it was almost empty,' Catherine Uchida, of Mississauga, told CTV News Toronto.

Queen's Park

Ontario Premier Doug Ford threatens to cut off energy to U.S. in response to Trump's tariffs

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has threatened to cut off energy supply to the U.S. in response to the tariffs President-elect Donald Trump plans to impose on all Canadian imports.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford calls Donald Trump 'funny guy' in Fox News interview

Ontario Premier Doug Ford called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump a 'funny guy' on Wednesday in an interview with Fox News for his comment that Canada should become the United States's 51st state.
Ontario spent highest-ever amount on government ads, auditor says

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government spent three times the amount of money on government advertising in the last fiscal year as it did the year before – the highest amount ever – and most campaigns were more partisan than informational, the auditor general said Tuesday.
Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs

Ontario is urging the federal government to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province's system operator concluded the rules would mean $35 billion in additional costs by 2050 — a number environmental groups dispute.

Crime & Courts

Police identify murder victim whose skull was found in Ontario river more than three decades ago

Police have identified a man whose skull was found almost 40 years ago in a Peterborough-area river.
'I'm really sorry I have to do this': Father recounts how his car was stolen in Etobicoke with his dog inside

A man who allegedly stole a white Jeep with a dog inside it in Etobicoke Wednesday morning is being sought by police.
Suspect charged after allegedly forcibly confining, assaulting, threatening victim with death in Scarborough

A 26-year-old who allegedly forcibly confined, assaulted, and threatened to kill another person in southwest Scarborough, and threatened an officer during their arrest is facing several charges.
Charges stayed for 5 of 8 accused in shootout outside Toronto music studio

Charges have been stayed against five of the eight people accused in a shootout near a Toronto recording studio last month.

Totally Toronto

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame auctioning off 2 original Rogers Centre seats

Toronto Blue Jays fans have the chance to get their hands on some unique memorabilia.

Why this Toronto man ran so a giant stickman could dance

Colleagues would ask Duncan McCabe if he was training for a marathon, but, really, the 32-year-old accountant was committing multiple hours of his week, for 10 months, to stylistically run on the same few streets in Toronto's west end with absolutely no race in mind. It was all for the sake of creating a seconds-long animation of a dancing stickman for Strava.

Three dozen restaurants in Toronto cracked OpenTable's top 100 list for Canada this year

Toronto has the highest number of top-rated restaurants in the country, according to a new ranking put out by OpenTable.

Taylor Swift's Eras tour boosts downtown Toronto spending: report

Taylor Swift brought her record-breaking Eras Tour to Toronto this month with six shows, attracting Swifties from across Ontario, Canada, and the world.

Toronto woman injured after falling out of wheelchair provided by Air Canada, husband says

What could have possibly been Sheila Rizzuto’s last vacation ever was ruined after she fell out of an Air Canada-provided wheelchair and badly injured herself, according to her husband.

Toronto expands pigeon population control program

To help curb their population, the City of Toronto has been providing the birds with contraceptive-laced feed at several rooftop sites. Now, they are taking the pigeon birth-control program a step further by adding a new feeder in front of Nathan Phillips Square.

'Disappointing': Toronto speed camera cut down less than 24 hours after being reinstalled

A Toronto speed camera notorious for issuing tens of thousands of tickets to drivers has been cut down again less than 24 hours after it was reinstalled.

Torontonians identify priorities, concerns in new city survey

A new public opinion survey has found that 40 per cent of Torontonians don’t feel safe, while half reported that the quality of life in the city has worsened over the last year.

Feds announce $758 million in funding for new Line 2 TTC subway trains

The TTC will get funding from the federal government to replace aging trains on Line 2, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Upcoming GST relief causes confusion for some small Canadian businesses

A tax break for the holiday season will start this week, giving some Canadians relief on year-end shopping. But for small businesses, confusion around what applies for the GST relief has emerged.

Public support key but harder to keep as Canada Post strike drags on, experts say

Public support is key to the success of a strike, experts say, but as the Canada Post strike drags on, that support is likely getting harder to maintain.

Ontario mulls U.S. booze ban as Trump brushes off Ford's threat to cut electricity

Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is brushing off Ontario's threat to restrict electricity exports in retaliation for sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods, as the province floats the idea of effectively barring sales of American alcohol.

Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos

As the U.S. presidential election loomed, Canadian officials envisioned new opportunities for co-operation with their southern neighbour on nuclear energy, supply chain security and carbon capture technologies — no matter who won the contest, newly released government memos show.