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  Man charged with two break-ins in one night: OPP

  Thanks to video surveillance, police busted a man for two break-ins Monday.

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  Police investigate $90,000 worth of stolen golf carts

  Police continue to investigate a golf cart theft in the Township of Oro-Medonte, as eleven carts were stolen from Settlers' Ghost Golf Club just over a week ago.

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  County Road 27 has reopened after gas leak

  County Road 27 has reopened after a collision investigation.

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  Local school boards praise new rules on vaping and cellphone use

  As school boards across the province learn more about the bans on vaping and cell phone use, many are preparing for the change they say is long overdue.

• Search and recovery teams look for missing man on Lake St. George

  Search and recovery teams resumed their efforts on Lake St. George in Severn Township to find a missing 30-year-old man who disappeared on Friday afternoon.

• Winner of US$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer

  One of the winners of a historic US$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot last month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.

• Driver accused of stunt driving: 160km/h on Highway 400

  The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a driver on Highway 400 with alleged stunt driving.

• This is how many dentists have actually signed up for Canada's new free dental program

  A new Canadian dental care program is offering the hope of free care to millions, but while 1.7 million people have signed up for the plan, only about 5,000 dentists have done the same.

• Air Canada walks back new seat selection policy change after backlash

  Air Canada has paused a new seat selection fee for travellers booked on the lowest fares just days after implementing it.

• Province boots mayor and council in small northern Ont. town out of office

  An ongoing municipal strike, court battles and revolt by half of council has prompted the province to oust the mayor and council in Black River-Matheson.

• New cancer treatment approved, but not everyone thinks it's what's best for patients

  A new cancer treatment recently approved in Canada promises to cut treatment time down to just minutes, but experts have differing opinions on whether it's what's best for patients.

• Dump truck rollover closes northbound Highway 400 lanes

  Police say the Highway 400's northbound lanes are still closed after the crash early Monday.

• Woman charged after refusing breath sample following ATV rollover

  Wasaga Beach woman has been charged after failing to give a breath sample following an ATV rollover.

• Archeologists search for remnants of Halifax's 250-year-old wall that surrounded the city

  Archeologist Jonathan Fowler is using ground-penetrating radar to search for historic evidence of the massive wall that surrounded Halifax more than 250 years ago.