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Consumer Alert

Nearly one-third of Canadians have fallen victim to travel scams: survey

Industry experts are warning travellers to be wary when booking their upcoming trips online, as scammers are using artificial intelligence to defraud consumers.

Restaurants that charge tax during holiday break could get investigated by CRA: industry expert

Restaurants that fail to honour the holiday tax break could be investigated by the Canada Revenue Tax Agency, according to the Ontario Restaurant Hotel and Motel Association.

Toronto-area woman 'very frustrated' when $400 worth of gift cards are empty

A Markham woman is 'very frustrated' after the $400 in Amazon gift cards she recently bought turned out to be nearly empty.

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.

Queen's Park

Ontario proposes requiring health staffing agencies to disclose their rates

Ontario is proposing to increase transparency and accountability around health staffing agencies, as hospitals and long-term care homes spend about $1 billion a year to fill shifts with temporary workers at rates far higher than full-time staff are paid.
New Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place to open in 2029, auditor general says

The timeline for opening a permanent new Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials telling the auditor general's office the centre is expected to be up and running in 2029.
Ontario finance minister underscores 'Team Canada' approach ahead of impending U.S. tariff threats

Amid the looming tariff threats from incoming U.S. President Donald Trump, Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy said he and his provincial counterparts are standing united at this 'critical time.'
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.

Crime & Courts

Police say break-and-enter suspects were in Canada for 'purpose of committing criminal offences'

Five Chilean nationals who police believe were in Canada for 'the purpose of committing criminal offences' have been charged in connection with half a dozen break-and-enters across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
'Enough is enough': Toronto Jewish school struck by gunfire for third time since May

A Jewish elementary school in Toronto has been struck by gunfire for the third time in the last seven months.
Teen seriously injured in north-west Toronto shooting

A teen has been seriously injured in a shooting on Monday night in north-west Toronto.
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.

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.