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HALIFAX — A researcher says an experimental gene therapy for a rare inherited disorder is saving almost as much money for the treatment of five patients as the study itself costs.

TORONTO — A Public Health Ontario report released Thursday suggests a continuing downward trend in new measles cases. The health agency reported 12 new cases in the province, down from 33 additions last week and 96 the week before that.

OSHAWA — A swarming attack on a business owner in Oshawa, Ont.

Toronto police have arrested a suspect in an alleged sexual assault of a 62-year-old woman last month in a west-end park. The woman was approached from behind while she was walking in High Park around 10:40 p.m.

LUCAN, ONTARIO — Severe weather researchers say a weak tornado touched down in a community north of London, Ont., on Monday afternoon. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University says the tornado in Lucan, Ont., started around 3:20 p.m.

One person is dead after a fire at an encampment site in the city's north end early Thursday morning, officials said.

Toronto police are investigating after two men were found dead in the city's east end Wednesday night. Police say they were called to an address near Birchmount Road and Chelwood Road in Scarborough just before 6:30 p.m.

In early October 2023, a senior bureaucrat in the Ontario Energy Ministry emailed an Enbridge official with a “sort of urgent” request.

A driver who was stuck on a major highway in Ontario's cottage country on Canada Day as police searched for suspects in a home invasion says the situation put stranded commuters at risk.

A landmark sign at a popular Ontario beach was changed just before the arrival of Canada Day visitors to reflect a First Nation's ownership of the land.