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Suspect arrested after catalytic converters stolen from food charity's trucks
Suspect arrested after charity's trucks vandalized
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Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a 29-year-old man accused of breaking into a charity's parking lot over Thanksgiving weekend and stealing several catalytic converters from their trucks.
Police say they arrested the man after executing a search warrant at an Oakville residence on Wednesday and charged him in connection with the thefts at Second Harvest, a charity that rescues food en route to landfills and redistributes it to people in need.
Police say they were called to Second Harvest's headquarters in the city's west end just after midnight on Sunday after an unknown number of suspects broke into the charity's parking lot and stole truck parts.
Police say the accused, who faces three counts of breaking and entering, is also believed to have pulled off other catalytic converter thefts in the area.
Police allege the Oakville man was involved in thefts at nearby businesses in September and October that caused vehicle damage.
At a Wednesday news conference, Second Harvest CEO Lori Nikkel said the charity has received an influx of support in the wake of the thefts, and that local food importing business Aurora Foods donated $60,000 to help cover the cost of the truck repairs.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Parts of Ontario could get the first snow of the season from a fall storm this weekend
Temperatures near or below zero are forecast in some places.
A fall storm that includes a wintry mix of precipitation is in Ontario's weather forecast.
Some places could get the first snow of the season as temperatures drop to near or below zero and rain turns to snow.
According to The Weather Network, a "classic" fall storm with rain, gusting winds, a temperature drop and snowflakes is expected from Thursday, October 15 to Saturday, October 17.
The forecast has called for a blast of Arctic air that could turn rain showers into a wintry mix and bring the first lake-effect snow of the season to southern Ontario.
A low-pressure system is expected to move through the province on Thursday evening, which means it will be rainy and windy in most of Ontario, with 10 to 30 millimetres expected in southern and central parts of the province.
The Weather Network said rainfall will continue overnight into Friday between Toronto and Ottawa and taper off by the morning, but scattered showers are possible throughout the day.
Then, colder air from the north will surge into the province after the low-pressure system moves out. A "rapid drop" in temperatures and northerly wind gusts around 50 kilometres per hour are forecast on Friday evening.
Some parts of the province could have temperatures near or below 0 C on Friday evening, with the wind chill making it even colder overnight.
The Weather Network said colder air over the relatively warm waters of the Great Lakes could cause lake-effect precipitation and bands of showers downwind of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
As temperatures drop, some of the precipitation could turn into snow on Friday evening and overnight into Saturday.
While there is uncertainty about the mixed precipitation and how much of it southern Ontario will get, parts of cottage country and places south and east of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay could get the first snow of the season this weekend.
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Competition Bureau says Quebec real estate board violated abuse of dominance rules
Quebec brokers agree to share data after ruling
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
The Competition Bureau says it has reached a settlement with Quebec's real estate industry association to loosen data-sharing restrictions that violated the Competition Act.
The watchdog says the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers and its subsidiary, Société Centris, broke abuse of dominance rules by refusing to provide its members with a real estate data feed, while also restricting how such data could be used.
The bureau says lack of access to that data was likely meant to "impede innovation and limit competition in the real estate brokerage services market."
As part of a consent agreement reached with the association, it will now provide its members with a real estate data feed containing information about sale prices, listing history and property characteristics.
Pierre-Olivier Simard, president of the QPAREB board of directors, says in a statement that the solution is "tailored to the Quebec reality," given that Quebec’s laws are more restrictive than those in the rest of Canada when it comes to the protection of personal information.
The bureau launched its investigation into QPAREB's data-sharing practices in 2023 after a previous case against the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, in which the watchdog challenged rules that prevented brokers in that region from sharing certain real estate data with their clients through secure online platforms.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 15, 2026.
By Sammy Hudes | Copyright 2026, The Canadian Press. All rights reserved.
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Un jackpot de 70 M$ est en jeu ce soir au Lotto Max et oui ça change le monde
Ça fait beaucoup de pleins d'essence! 🚗
Si le montant de 500 $ qui sera remis aux citoyens par le gouvernement du Québec t'as rendu heureux.euse cette semaine, imagine-toi maintenant un chèque de 70 millions de dollars. C'est le montant du jackpot au tirage au Lotto Max, ce soir, le 25 mars. La cagnotte atteint au total 83 millions $ si on compte les 13 « maxmillions » (lots de 1 million $).
Le gros lot de 65 millions n'a pas été gagné au tirage du mardi 22 mars et le montant du gain est donc bonifié à 70 millions, la somme maximale pour une loterie au Canada.
Il faut vraiment être « au bon endroit au bon moment » lorsque tu prends ton billet et être très chanceux.euse puisque la probabilité de gagner avec une combinaison de sept chiffres est de 1 sur 99 884 400.
Tu pourrais donc vivre la même chose que ces gagnants favorisés par les lois du hasard ou cet emballeur de 22 ans de Saint-Romuald qui a remporté 70 millions de dollars qu'il a partagé avec sa famille en février 2020 ou encore cette joueuse pour qui le tout premier billet de loterie s'est avéré le bon.
Depuis le tout premier tirage du Lotto Max le 25 septembre 2009, plus de 3 021 millions de dollars ont été remis à des gagnant.es du Québec.
Pour jouer au Lotto Max, une loterie pancanadienne, tu peux t'acheter un billet en ligne avec son compte Loto-Québec ou chez un détaillant avant 22 h 30 aujourd'hui le 25 mars. Les numéros gagnants seront affichés sur le site Web de Loto-Québec quelques heures après le tirage des numéros bénis.