🚑 Breaking & Incidents
- Cyclist, 68, dies after collision with parked trailer in Whitby. Durham police say the 68-year-old cyclist struck a parked trailer at Coronation and Lyndebrook roads on Friday around 12:30 p.m.; he was taken to hospital with life‑threatening injuries and later died, and investigators closed nearby roads while collecting evidence.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Work starts on Anaconda and Painter Lake roads to open Ring of Fire. Ontario and Aroland First Nation announced ground was broken on upgrades to the Anaconda and Painter Lake roads as part of an all‑season Ring of Fire network that the Ford government says could unlock $22 billion in potential and 70,000 jobs.
🏥 Health
- 46% of Ontario students report moderate to serious psychological distress in 2025. CAMH’s 2025 Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey found 46% of grades 7–12 students reported moderate to serious distress (down from 51% in 2023); the survey also found one in 10 students placed sports bets in 2025, up from one in 100 in 2017.
💼 Economy & Business
- One in three Ontario children lives in a food‑insecure household, Breakfast Club of Canada reports. Breakfast Club data shows one in three Ontario children face household food insecurity and that Toronto’s program supports 863 breakfast programs reaching more than 250,000 children; Toronto plans to add 78 public schools to its Student Nutrition Program this fall.
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Niagara police renew plea for tips in case of eight horses stabbed in 2025. Niagara Regional Police say eight horses suffered stab‑type injuries at a Welland boarding farm between July 30 and July 31, 2025; one horse died and investigators ask anyone with information to call 905‑688‑4111 ext. 1009487 or Crime Stoppers.
- OPP warn of phone scammers spoofing Sudbury OPP number 705‑564‑6900. Ontario Provincial Police say fraudsters are posing as officers, asking for personal or financial details and repeatedly calling to pressure people; OPP remind the public police will never request sensitive financial information by phone.
📰 Also Today
- Trump threatens 50% tariffs on cars, parts and steel starting Jan. 1, 2027.
- Doug Ford called Trump a ‘bully’ during a Hamilton news conference.
- Doug Ford called Trump a ‘loser’ and ‘dictator’ in Hamilton remarks.
- Return‑to‑office mandates become an issue in Ottawa mayoral race.
- Woman's death in Ottawa being investigated as a femicide, police say.
- Riley Brockington acclaimed as president of Association of Municipalities of Ontario.
- Doug Ford to speak in Hamilton amid Canada‑U.S. trade war.
- Ottawa school breakfast program to feed 1,300 more students this September.
- Canada won't disclose cost of fighting First Nations over water and housing in court.
- Candidates contest all OCDSB trustee zones despite provincial supervision.
- Soccer fans boo U.S. anthem amid trade negotiation breakdown reaction.
- Winless Ottawa Redblacks fire VP of football operations.
- Rural Ottawa ward kept its councillor without a vote; residents react.
- (Duplicate) Woman's death in Ottawa being investigated as a femicide, police say.
- (Duplicate) Cyclist, 68, dies after collision with parked trailer in Whitby.
