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• Ontario monkeypox cases triple in two weeks, surpass 100

  The number of lab-confirmed cases of Monkeypox in Ontario tripled in the past two weeks, likely reflecting a greater emphasis on surveillance and testing as global infection figures rise.

  

• Blue-green algal bloom reported in Garden River lake

  Algoma Public Health said Wednesday that a possible blue-green algal bloom has been spotted in Echo Lake in Garden River.

  

• GTA home prices dropped for fourth consecutive month in June

  June sales of Toronto homes fell by just over 41 per cent compared with the same month last year as higher borrowing costs weighed on the market, the region's real estate board said Wednesday.

  

• Another Ont. homeowner raises red flag over driveway paving work

  As police try to track down the man believed to have paved a Puslinch woman’s driveway without her permission, another person has come forward claiming to be the victim of a similar alleged fraud.

  

• Two young ER doctors quit Montreal jobs, blaming Quebec's broken health-care system and Bill 96

  Two young emergency room doctors, raised and trained in Montreal, are leaving their jobs after only two years to move back to Toronto – and they say the Quebec health-care model and Bill 96 are to blame.

• Boy, 2, orphaned after both parents killed in Fourth of July parade shooting

  Kevin McCarthy, 37, and Irina McCarthy, 35, the parents of a two-year-old boy, were among seven people killed in the Chicago-area mass shooting on July 4.

• Brown campaign accuses Conservative party of acting in favour of Poilievre after disqualification from leadership race

  Patrick Brown has been disqualified from the federal Conservative leadership race, after ballots have already begun to be mailed out, and his campaign is fighting back against what it calls anonymous allegations.

• 'Most stressful experience': Express Entry draws resume, but long waits take toll

  Canada's immigration department is restarting all Express Entry draws for immigration applications Wednesday, after pausing the program 18 months ago during the pandemic.

• Meet the giant Shediac lobster's new keeper, artist Jared Betts

  Artist Jared Betts is putting his talents and his passions to use in Shediac, N.B., as the newest keeper of the town's giant lobster statue.

  

• Northern First Nation nursery school turns bear encounter into learning opportunity

  A close encounter with a bear at a northern Ontario First Nation nursery school turned into a good learning experience for the children.