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Was the lack of a newer arena facility the reason Medicine Hat lost out on CBC's Hockey Day in Canada? Fire crews attend to a fire at a retirement home in Hawkesbury, Ont., on Friday, May 25, 2012.

Steady showers are expected to bring much-needed relief to northern Ontario communities battling dangerous forest fires for the past week.

JoA l Gauthier of Rockland, Ont., was killed Friday evening after lightning struck a tree he was taking shelter under on a bike path in Vincent Massey Park.

Sex assault. Angelino Aguas, 44, of Brampton is facing sexual assault charges in connection with an incident earlier this week at Toronto Western Hospital.

MILTON CRASH Halton police survey the wreckage of a small car which rolled over on No.

NEWS RELEASE KIRKLAND LAKE COMMUNITY CONTROL GROUP ***************************** Kirkland Lake fire update KIRKLAND LAKE - The Kirkland Lake Community Control Group, working with the Ministry of Natural Resources, will be allowing a limited return of residents to the Goldthorpe Road and Goodfish Road areas over the next 24 hours.

The president of Ontario's Association of Fire Chiefs is confirming there were no sprinklers in a Hawkesbury retirement home where an elderly couple died in a fire Friday night.

Emergency officials in northern Ontario say the powerful winds that have fanned the flames of fierce wildfires and pushed smoke and ash toward Timmins have calmed down.

A man in his mid-30's is dead following a shooting in a home on Stevenson Road North in Oshawa Friday night.

The Canadian arm of German food processing firm Dr. Oetker has picked up $12 million in federal "repayable contributions" for a new frozen pizza plant to be built in southern Ontario.

In this Jan. 15, 2012 file photo, singer Elton John arrives at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards, in Los Angeles.

Corp has halted operations at its Timmins West mine in northern Ontario, making the miner the latest to stop or curtail work because a spate of forest fires in the region.

Drivers in the Toronto area will have a new route reaching east of the city, but it's expected to be more than three years before the new toll road is built.

A 54-year-old Oakville man has been arrested in connection with alleged sexual assaults, which date back to the early 1980s.

A forest fire that has been threatening the community of Kirkland Lake in northeastern Ontario appears to be almost out but dangerous hot spots continue to keep the town on high alert.

In the Conservative motion, the party argues the challenges should be thrown out because the Council of Canadians is not an elector and has brought the legal action to damage the Conservative brand.

"It just seemed like an excellent opportunity for us." said Sheldon Carter, creative director of the studio in London, Ont.

Canadians take great pride in the country's history of creativity, citing Alexander Bell's telephone, Frederick Banting's insulin, Peter Robertson's screw, Spar Aerospace's Canadarm, Mike Lazaridis' BlackBerry and Louise Poirier's Wonderbra.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper, right, and Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty address a news conference in Toronto, Monday, June 1, 2009 to discuss details on the future of GM Canada.

A defeated Liberal MP isn't content to revel in a court ruling that overturned the election results in his Toronto riding on procedural grounds.