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Ontario driver who killed woman and three daughters expected to be sentenced today

A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters in Brampton, Ont., nearly two years ago is set to be sentenced today.

Karolina Ciasullo, 37, is pictured with her daughters – Klara, 6, Lilianna, 4, and Mila, 1. The four died on June 18, 2020 after the vehicle they were travelling in was struck by another vehicle in Brampton. (Source / Facebook)

Ontario party leaders to face off in election debate tonight

The leaders of Ontario's four major political parties will take the stage tonight for a televised debate in Toronto. Here's how to watch it live.

Ontario party leaders Andrea Horwath, Steven Del Duca, Mike Schreiner and Doug Ford will face off in a debate on May 16, 2022.

What $1 million gets you in real estate markets across Ontario

With so many price tags hovering around the $1-million mark, you might be wondering how far a million dollar budget could get you across Ontario’s real estate markets.

Ontario Election

NDP increase ODSP campaign pledge, promise to double current rate in second year

Ontario's New Democrats say they'll double their planned increases to the province's disability support program.

NDP leader Andrea Horwath makes a campaign announcement regarding an affordable, provincial dental care plan, in Scarborough, Ont., on Thursday, May 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

Ontario party leaders to square off in primetime debate May 16

Ontario voters will get an opportunity to see the leaders of the province's main political parties duke it out in a primetime debate next week.

From left: Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, PC Party Leader Doug Ford and Ontario Liberal Party Steven Del Duca are seen in this combination photo. (Images by The Canadian Press)

BALLOT BOX

BALLOT BOX | Beyond the podiums and photo ops: Who are the party leaders?

In episode two of Ballot Box, the team breaks down what you need to know from the policy-heavy week and introduces you to the major party leaders.

'The company has zero political opinion': Employees involved in stolen election signs fired, turned in to police

Two employees caught on camera tearing down Liberal election signs in Brampton, Ont. have been fired and reported to police.

Ontario Liberals and NDP offer different rent control promises

Ontario's Liberals and New Democrats are both pledging to reintroduce rent control, taking slightly different tacks on the policy they say would help lifelong renters and would-be homeowners alike.

Ontario NDP, Liberals eye four-day work weeks in proposed pilot projects

Two Ontario political parties are promising to explore a four-day work week if they form government, an idea that has met with great success in one southwestern township, but business groups are wary.

Who is Ontario's Liberal leader? A Q&A with Steven Del Duca

To bring voters closer to the Liberal leader, CTV News Toronto sat down with Del Duca at the end of April to talk about his plans for the party and the province, along with his go-to TV shows to binge.

Ontario NDP pledge to allow property tax deferrals for seniors if elected

Ontario's New Democrats would implement property tax deferrals for seniors if elected next month, Leader Andrea Horwath said Friday.

Consumer Alert

Ontario family shocked at $1,300 bill to put ill cat down

During the pandemic more people became pet owners, but some may not realize how expensive it can be if they require emergency veterinary care.

Woman who paid $4,000 to get out of air conditioner contract still stuck in it nine months later

Door-to-door sales of furnace, air conditioners and water heaters were banned in March 2018, but many Ontarians who signed deals before that are still stuck with them.

An Ontario woman remains stuck in a contract for an air conditioner sold at her doorstep. (Pat Foran/CTV News Toronto)

Ontario driver warns people about licence plate renewal rule after receiving hefty fine

An Ontario driver who got a $495 ticket is warning people about a rule he says he didn't know still existed after the province dropped licence plate renewal fees.

A photograph of an Ontario provincial licence plate with a renewal sticker is shown in Mississauga, Ont., on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

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INVESTIGATION | Accused in Kensington Market shooting says it was 'not really' difficult to get a gun, court hears

Video obtained by CTV News Investigates of a 2018 Canada Day shooting in Kensington Market that left a 19-year-old man dead and three bystanders injured shows how it escalated from a conversation to deadly violence in seconds.

A jury heard in court the testimony of the man accused of fatally shooting a 19-year-old and injuring three bystanders.

Multi-million dollar Ontario Hells Angels court case could collapse because of delays

An organized crime investigation that had police across Ontario work for two years infiltrating a group allegedly funnelling millions of dollars to the Hells Angels is on the brink of falling apart, with charges tossed against major figures thanks to court delays, CTV News Toronto has learned.

Members of the Hells Angels from British Columbia and Ontario enter the Hells Angels Nomads compound during the group's Canada Run event in Carlsbad Springs, Ont., near Ottawa, on Saturday, July 23, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

'There was no prosecution plan': Emails lay bare how Ontario Hells Angels case imploded

A Crown prosecutor sounded the alarm for months about a lack of people and resources as delays mounted in a major Ontario organized crime bust involving the Hells Angels, but didn’t get help that could have kept the case on track, according to documents obtained by CTV News Toronto.

Totally Toronto

Renting in Toronto? Be prepared to pay extra: realtor

Renting a home in the Greater Toronto Area is now as competitive as owning and those looking to rent need to be prepared to offer more than what is being asked, according to one Toronto real estate agent.

The CN Tower can be seen in the Toronto skyline in Toronto on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

When the ban on drinking in public parks could lift after council delay

Torontonians hoping to drink alcohol in public parks will have to wait another year.

FILE -- Park visitors soak up the sun in Toronto on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Warm weather and a reduction in COVID-19 restrictions has many looking to the outdoors for relief. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

This Toronto family struggled to buy a home for $2 million. Here's how they did it

Toronto homebuyers are being urged to put their best offer forward first in an effort to avoid disappointment during the bidding process.

A home in Richmond Hill bought by Jonathan Wong in September 2021. (Photos provided to CTV News Toronto)

Top 10 mispronounced places in Toronto revealed. Which one are you saying incorrectly?

A definitive list of the most mispronounced places in the city, and how to say them properly, has been released.

Mother and daughter reunite in Toronto after 80 years of separation

A 98-year-old Ontario woman says she received the best Mother’s Day present she could ever imagine after seeing her daughter again for the first time in eighty years.

Michelin guide launches in Toronto for the first time in Canada

The Michelin guide, the exclusive star rating system only handed to the most esteemed culinary establishments in the world, is finally coming to Canada.

St. Lawrence Market to open on Sundays as part of revived pilot project

St. Lawrence Market will be rolling out expanded hours this summer as part of a previously planned pilot project that had to be aborted due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

'There is a treasure here': Mysterious box found in Toronto home unlocked

A small metal box containing documents from the early 20th century that was stored away in an east Toronto home and forgotten about for decades has been returned to its rightful owners.

Young Yankees fan meets hero Judge a day after viral home run ball moment

Tears of joy started to flow as Derek Rodriguez walked down the steps to field level at Rogers Centre on Wednesday, a day after a clip of the nine-year-old being handed an Aaron Judge home run ball went viral.

CRIME & COURTS

Man wanted after allegedly picking up child 'by the hair' in Toronto park

A man is wanted by police after he allegedly approached a five-year-old child playing at a Toronto park and picked them up by their hair.

This man is wanted after a child was picked up by the hair in a Toronto park on May 11. (Toronto police)

Police say man found dead in Bradford had ties to Toronto’s gay community

Police say a man who was found dead in Bradford last month was a member of Toronto’s gay community and are appealing to the public for any information to help solve his murder.

Police say the body of Mojtaba Shabani, 37, from the Toronto area, was discovered in the canal in Bradford, Ont., on Fri., April 15, 2022 (Supplied)

RCMP constable charged following human trafficking investigation north of Toronto

York Regional Police have charged a 44-year-old RCMP officer with human trafficking following an investigation into forced labour.

A York Regional Police cruiser is shown in this undated photo. (CTV News/Mike Walker)

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McDonald's to sell its Russian business, try to keep workers

More than three decades after it became the first American fast food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union, McDonald's said Monday that it has started the process of selling its business in Russia, another symbol of the country's increasing isolation over its war in Ukraine.

A man walks past a McDonald's restaurant closed to visitors in St. Petersburg, Russia, on March 15, 2022. (AP)

'Hero' guard, church deacon among Buffalo shooting victims

Aaron Salter was one of 10 killed in an attack whose victims represented a cross-section of life in the predominantly Black neighbourhood in Buffalo, New York. They included a church deacon, a man at the store buying a birthday cake for his grandson and an 86-year-old who had just visited her husband at a nursing home.

A man reads scripture at the site of a memorial honouring the victims of Saturday's shooting on May 15, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y. A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle at a supermarket, killing and wounding people in what authorities described as "racially motivated violent extremism." (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

Ontario driver who killed woman and three daughters expected to be sentenced today

A driver who struck and killed a woman and her three young daughters in Brampton, Ont., nearly two years ago is set to be sentenced today.

Hidden Toronto

HIDDEN TORONTO

HIDDEN TORONTO | Did you know about Sherlock Holmes’ hidden study in Toronto?

It takes some detective work to find Sherlock Holmes’ hidden study in downtown Toronto, but it’s a case certainly worth cracking.

The Arthur Conan Doyle Room at the Toronto Reference Library, which is home to some of the world’s rarest Sherlock Holmes artifacts, is open for public. (Miriam Katawazi/CTV News Toronto)

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HIDDEN TORONTO | Did you know about this whimsical Toronto theatre with a hanging garden?

Toronto’s Winter Garden Theatre feels like a scene from the pages of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer's Night Dream – a whimsical fairy-like space with hanging gardens.

The Winter Garden Theatre, the last Edwardian double-decker theatre in the world built 1913, can been seen in this recent photo. (Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre/Facebook)

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HIDDEN TORONTO | Did you know about this rare and unusual bookshop in Toronto?

The Monkey's Paw, a rare bookshop in Toronto, is home to the unusual "Biblio-Mat,” believed to be the world’s first random book vending machine.

Books can seen lining the shelves of The Monkey's Paw bookstore in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (Miriam Katawazi/CTV News Toronto)

Table Talk

TABLE TALK

TABLE TALK | This Armenian pizzeria in Toronto is the home of a nearly century-old recipe

For some, comfort food is a grilled cheese oozing with cheddar plunged into ketchup or a bottomless bowl of steaming hot ramen. For others, it’s lahmajoun.

Mamajoun is an Armenian pizzeria located in Scarborough at Warden Avenue Ellesmere Road. (CTV News Toronto/ Hannah Alberga)

TABLE TALK

TABLE TALK | One of Toronto’s oldest Thai restaurants is turning 40. This is how it’s made its mark on the city

One of Toronto's oldest Thai restaurants is celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Toronto Chef William Thetsombandith of Bangkok Garden is seen in this undated photograph. (Hannah Alberga/CTV News Toronto)

TABLE TALK

TABLE TALK | From 1980s NYC to Toronto: Choco Churros has spent decades perfecting its recipe

From Mexico City to the streets of New York and now downtown Toronto, the single mother has built a business by believing in and perfecting her favourite childhood treat.