Eight schools in Durham Region closed due to storm power outages
Eight public schools in Durham Region will remain closed Tuesday because they do not yet have access to power after Saturday’s ferocious and deadly storm.

Eight public schools in Durham Region will remain closed Tuesday because they do not yet have access to power after Saturday’s ferocious and deadly storm.
It's still unclear if Schreiner's growing presence on the campaign trail as a scrappy, sincere underdog will translate into more votes or seats for his party.
A record number of children have been visiting the emergency room at a Hamilton hospital in the past week, resulting in longer than normal wait times.
It's still unclear if Schreiner's growing presence on the campaign trail as a scrappy, sincere underdog will translate into more votes or seats for his party.
The leaders of Ontario's main political parties will be campaigning in the Greater Toronto Area today.
Three of Ontario's four main parties are pledging to reverse cuts to the province's student assistance program, but they've all attached different price tags to the promise.
Ontario's four main party leaders are reaffirming commitments to search for burial sites at the province's former residential schools for Indigenous students.
The Ontario election campaign may not be generating the same level of interest as some previous races but Kojo Damptey says that the result will nonetheless be "critical" for Hamilton.
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie readily admits that her city was “built with a vision that land and gas is cheap,” a concept which for years meant “four-bedroom homes and large boulevards” to carry office workers to Toronto.
Affordability issues such as housing and gas prices are central in the Ontario election campaign, and for many parents of young children there is no bigger expense than child care.
The Liberal candidate for Barrie-Springwater-Oro Medonte issued a challenge Sunday to all Progressive Conservative candidates, urging them to fill their reserved seats at debates across the province.
Various studies over the past two years have shown that there was a worldwide increase in alcohol consumption during the pandemic. But now, sales statistics show an increase in the popularity of alcohol-free beer, wine and spirits.
Gas prices in Ontario dropped 10 cents per litre on Friday ahead of the long weekend but the relief at the pumps is expected to be short-lived.
There are benefits to living beside a golf course as you can enjoy the open green spaces, beautiful views and manicured landscaping.
An unpublished decision by a provincial watchdog has removed many details from view of the real estate investments of dozens of candidates vying for re-election, even as those assets surge in value to more than $36 million, a CTV News investigation has found.
Dozens of candidates running for re-election are sitting on investment properties that are surging millions in value as a housing crisis takes hold across Ontario, according to a review of disclosures by CTV News and a new home valuation tool.
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.
Here's what's open and closed in Toronto this Victoria Day weekend.
Canada’s first “urban format” IKEA location is set to open in downtown Toronto next week. Here's what to expect.
After 12 years in office, Toronto City Councillor Ana Bailão will not be seeking re-election in October.
A retiree in Ontario has just purchased what is being called the 'cheapest home in the GTA'—a caboose located on a commercially zoned parking lot near Milton.
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.
Torontonians hoping to drink alcohol in public parks will have to wait another year.
Toronto homebuyers are being urged to put their best offer forward first in an effort to avoid disappointment during the bidding process.
A definitive list of the most mispronounced places in the city, and how to say them properly, has been released.
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.
Some drivers in Toronto may be feeling on edge as Toronto is dealing with a rash of violent carjackings targeting mostly high-end vehicles.
A man says he is still in shock after his SUV was stolen from his Scarborough driveway in one of the three carjackings in Toronto that occurred in the span of two hours Wednesday.
Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner is speaking for the first time since he was robbed of his Range Rover at gunpoint outside of a Toronto movie theatre earlier this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of waging "total war," seeking to inflict as much death and destruction as possible as in three months of conflict, as fighting raged Tuesday in the eastern Donbas region.
Justice Mahmud Jamal sat down with CTV National News' Omar Sachedina for an exclusive interview ahead of the one-year anniversary of his appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada. Jamal is the first person of colour to sit on the highest court in the country, bringing it closer to reflecting the diversity of Canada.
As the death toll related to the powerful storm that swept Ontario and Quebec on Saturday reached 10 on Monday, some of the hardest-hit communities were still working to take stock of the damage.
It takes some detective work to find Sherlock Holmes’ hidden study in downtown Toronto, but it’s a case certainly worth cracking.
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 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.
Ice cream was a vehicle for confectioner Ed Wong to explore his identity as the son of Chinese immigrants. After a brief hiatus, his East and Southeast Asian flavours are returning to the city.
Susur Lee, the Iron Chef and Toronto-based restaurateur, is better known on TikTok as Jet Bent-Lee’s father – the one who turns junk food into gourmet meals.
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.
Mysterious foam spurting from the pavement caused confusion for drivers at a major Cambridge, Ont. intersection Friday. Tegan Versolatto reports.
A Texas 2-year-old loves cheeseburgers so much that he ordered 31 of them from McDonald's on his mom's unlocked phone.
Peel police say one woman has died after being struck by a tree during the fast moving storm that rocked parts of southern Ontario.
Nicole and Teddy visit High Park during peak cherry blossom season.
Kerr + Field Interiors Principal Designer, Tamara Robbins Griffith, shares easy and affordable ideas to update your patio.
Nesto co-founder and CEO, Malik Yacoubi, discusses how their team can help you find the best rate.
Travel Expert Jennifer Weatherhead Harrington explains why Scottsdale could be the perfect vacation spot for you.
Lifestyle expert Richard Cazeau shares his top picks to upgrade your garage.
Nicole and Teddy find out what your go to dance moves are for Dance Like a Chicken Day.
Licensed Insolvency Trustee Andy Fisher of A. Fisher & Associates shares debt relief solutions.
Lifestyle Journalist Caleigh Alleyne shares her top eco-friendly products and services.