2 men dead in east Toronto shootings
Two men in their 30s are dead after being shot in what appears to have been a robbery attempt early Wednesday, Toronto police said.

Alicia Ross's killer in court for sentencing Wednesday
Daniel Sylvester may find out Wednesday how long he must remain in jail before being eligible for parole in the murder of his next door neighbour.

Ryerson wants province's help to get Sam's site
Saying it has nowhere to grow, Ryerson University says it will ask the provincial government to expropriate the site of the former Sam the Record Man store at 347 Yonge Street.

Ontario premier says no to photo radar
More needs to be done to crack down on speeding, but photo radar is not the answer, Dalton McGuinty told reporters Tuesday.

Fires cause Toronto police to urge laneway vigilance
Toronto police are asking residents to be alert after 14 properties were damaged by fire in a one-hour period early Monday morning.

Whitby facility closed, patients moved after fire
Lakeridge Health officials are waiting for fire marshal approval to enter their Whitby facility and assess the damage from an electrical fire that forced the safe evacuation of 71 patients Monday night.

Federal government pumps $26M into research
The federal agency that funds research infrastructure announced $26.4 million in grants Tuesday, another in the string of small announcements that add up to more than $3.7 billion committed since 1997.

Ontario minister downsizes garage plans
Ontario Environment Minister Laurel Broten has opted to build a one-storey garage at her Toronto home rather than the two-storey structure that drew the ire of some of her neighbours, Canadian Press reported Tuesday.

Ontario turns to technology to cut highway speeding
Ontario's minister of transportation says it will soon be mandatory for large commercial vehicles to have built-in speed limiters.

Montreal couple died in Kingston plane crash
A man and a woman from Montreal have been identified as the victims who died Monday aboard a private plane that crashed into a runway at the airport in Kingston, Ont.

Toronto looking to improve sports fields
The city says it's planning to meet increasing demand for sports fields by adding features such as lights to extend their hours.

Water flows freely despite York Region ban
Residents in parts of York Region have been banned from irrigating their lawns and filling their swimming pools as a hot spell depletes reserves, but not all residents are obeying the bylaw.

Ontario teen rescued from B.C.'s Mount Seymour
Search-and-rescue crews airlifted a 17-year-old Ontario teen off a North Vancouver mountain Sunday after he slipped into a crevasse while "downclimbing" a steep snow pitch, a search manager says.