Chris Fox

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Chris Fox

Environment Canada removed the severe thunderstorm watch for Niagara Region as southern Ontario braces for another period of unsettled weather on Thursday afternoon. The weather agency had said the conditions would be favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms across Niagara Region on Thursday afternoon through the early evening. It said the storms could be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour and that hail could measure up to three centimetres in diameter.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Chris Fox

A 41-year-old Vaughan man is facing charges after he allegedly committed sexual assault while posing as a massage therapist. Police say that the victim attended the suspect’s residence for a massage on March 31. It is alleged that during the massage the suspect touched the victim for a sexual purpose. Police say that the suspect was arrested the following day.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Chris Fox

General Motors says that it plans to hire an unspecified number of temporary employees at its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant in the wake of a U.S. tariff on imported vehicles that took effect this week. The assembly plant in Fort Wayne manufactures the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. The Silverado is currently the only vehicle produced at a GM assembly plant in Oshawa that employs more than 3,000 people.

2 months ago | bnnbloomberg.ca | Chris Fox

Premier Doug Ford says that he had a “very productive” conversation with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Wednesday night but received no assurances that any relief is coming from auto tariffs set to take effect next week. The call took place just before 11 p.m. and lasted for upwards of 25 minutes, Ford told reporters at Queen’s Park. During the phone call, Ford said that Lutnick outlined the contents of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order announced just hours before.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Chris Fox

An ongoing outbreak of measles in Ontario has been traced back to a large gathering in New Brunswick last fall that was attended by guests from Mennonite communities, the province’s top doctor says. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore sent a memo to Ontario public health units on March 7 in which he revealed the connection to the New Brunswick gathering, particularly as it pertains to a rise in measles cases in southwestern Ontario.