Maple Express | November 7, 2026 — Sister of Whitby crash victim speaks out: 'I can't even look at her body'

1. Whitby crash victim's sister: 'I can't even look at her body for the last time'

Source: CP24

Nataly Tucci, 43, was killed in a three-vehicle collision on westbound Highway 401 near Thickson Road in Whitby on Nov. 1. In an interview published by CP24 on Nov. 7, her sister Oricia Maletic said her sister's body was so badly burned that the family had to identify her by dental records. "I can't even look at her body for the last time to say goodbye," she said.

Two of the vehicles caught fire. Tucci was pronounced dead at the scene, and two other people suffered minor injuries. At the time, she was driving from the Kingston home she shared with her fiancé to Toronto, where she had worked since July as an assistant art director at the Director's Guild of Canada. Maletic, who lives in Windsor, described her sister as a "normal" person who tried to do good and help others, who loved to travel with her partner and had plans to one day live overseas. "Now, all of that is gone," she said.

Ontario Provincial Police say Jaxon Christie, 20, of Lincoln, Ont., has been arrested and charged with dangerous and impaired driving causing death and with operating a vehicle with excess blood alcohol over 80 mg per 100 ml. Police say he was one of the other drivers in the "rear-end type" collision. Christie remains in custody, with a bail hearing set for next Monday. OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt said Thursday that investigators are also looking into speed as a possible factor. Maletic said she decided to speak out because impaired driving can affect any family, and she wants stronger laws and harsher punishments.

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2. Tractor-trailer crash on Highway 69 kills 30-year-old driver and an infant

Source: CP24 / The Canadian Press

Ontario Provincial Police say they are investigating a fatal collision involving a tractor-trailer that left two people dead, including an infant. Officers responded at around 8 p.m. Friday to reports of a collision between a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle on Highway 69 north of Key River.

Police say the driver of the passenger vehicle, a 30-year-old resident of York, Ont., was pronounced dead at the scene. An infant who was also in the passenger vehicle was brought to hospital by first responders but did not survive. The driver of the tractor-trailer did not sustain any life-threatening injuries.

Police say the investigation is ongoing. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2026, and was written by Sadeen Mohsen.

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3. Double stabbing in Oshawa leaves one person in serious condition

Source: CP24

Durham police say they initially received an "assist ambulance call" in the area of Ritson Road North and Adelaide Avenue East on Friday night. When officers arrived, they found two people with stab wounds.

One of them was taken to a Toronto trauma centre in serious, life-threatening condition. The other person was also transported to a Toronto trauma centre and was in stable condition.

Police have not released any suspect information, and the circumstances that led to the stabbing remain unclear.

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4. TTC closing part of Line 2 this weekend, with shuttle buses replacing subway service

Source: CP24

If you are taking transit this weekend, plan ahead: subway service on part of Line 2 Bloor-Danforth will be replaced by shuttle buses on Saturday, Nov. 7 and Sunday, Nov. 8 so crews can carry out planned track work.

The TTC says service between St. George and Broadview stations is affected. Crews will replace bridge components supporting subway tracks on the Prince Edward Viaduct, along with communication cables between Yonge-Bloor and Sherbourne stations. New security cameras will also be installed at Broadview and Castle Frank stations. Bay and Sherbourne stations will be closed during the work, as will the Yonge Street entrance to Line 2 at Bloor-Yonge Station; all other stations remain open. Wheel-Trans service is available on request, and TTC staff will be on hand to assist passengers.

Several other temporary route changes are also in effect. The 29 Dufferin bus will operate as far south as Dufferin Gate Loop until 6 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 16, due to road closures at Exhibition Place for the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. The 505 and 305 Dundas streetcars will be diverted along College Street and Spadina Avenue from Friday night until early Monday morning because of concrete repairs on Dundas Street West, with replacement buses running between Dundas West Station and Spadina Avenue and College Street. The 102 Markham Road bus will be rerouted along Wootten Way North between Parkway Avenue and Highway 7 on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the Markham District Veterans' Association Remembrance Day Parade.

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5. Man arrested for impaired driving after rollover collision in Toronto

Source: CP24

A man has been arrested for impaired driving after a two-vehicle crash in which one vehicle rolled over in Toronto on Friday night.

In a post on social media, Toronto police say officers responded to reports of a collision near Macpherson Avenue and Avenue Road at approximately 8 p.m. One of the vehicles rolled over, prompting officers to close the southbound lanes of Dupont Street while emergency crews responded. One person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police say an adult male was arrested for impaired driving in connection with the collision. Roads in the area have since reopened.

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6. York Region: 47 highway closures scheduled for Nov. 7 roadwork

Source: YorkRegion.com

According to Ontario 511 open data, 47 closures are scheduled for roadwork on provincial highways in York Region on Nov. 7, 2026. Highway 400, Highway 404, Highway 427, Highway 48 and Highway 7 are affected.

The closures are scheduled by the Ministry of Transportation for short-term or emergency repairs and maintenance. The disruptions may be intermittent or ongoing and can change due to weather, emergencies and other factors. The story was automatically generated using Ontario 511 open data.

The report also points readers who have further to travel toward scheduled highway closures outside York Region.

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7. HarbourFrost brings a new winter festival to Toronto's waterfront, lighting a 33-foot tree Nov. 20

Source: blogTO

Toronto's waterfront is getting a new holiday celebration this month. HarbourFrost, formerly known as WinterFest, opens at Harbourfront Centre and runs from Nov. 20 to Dec. 20, kicking off with a free tree-lighting ceremony at 6:45 p.m. on Nov. 20 that will light up the centre's 33-foot pine tree.

Opening night will feature live performances by Toronto gospel and R&B choir Inkloosiv Voices, stilt entertainers from Hala Circus Arts, and fire and aerial acts by Illuminair Entertainment. The month-long outdoor festival also brings back The Redpath Express, the classic train that takes guests on a tour of the winter wonderland and its light displays, along with Frostbite Lane, a marketplace with a vintage market feel that is open every day.

Special performances include The Alpine Merry Sheep Choir, The Caribbean Christmas Mixtape and acts by Illuminair Entertainment, as well as curated shows such as Sleeping Beauty: A Merry Magical Pantomime and musical performances by local singers Noah Malcolm and Jade Hilton. The event will culminate with Under the Winter Sky, a song, dance and storytelling performance paying homage to Indigenous culture. HarbourFrost runs Fridays from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Sundays from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

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8. Ontario post-secondary students walk out over OSAP cuts and tuition hikes

Source: The Green Line

Students at York University and post-secondary institutions across Ontario walked out on Thursday, Nov. 5 to protest changes by the provincial government affecting education funding, including OSAP cuts, tuition increases and Bill 33.

Earlier this year, the province lifted a seven-year tuition freeze, allowing institutions to raise fees by up to 2 per cent each year over the next three years. York University is one of many institutions increasing fees by 2 per cent for the 2026/2027 year. In February, Premier Doug Ford announced changes to OSAP: loans increased, while the non-repayable grant portion was reduced from a maximum of 85 per cent to 25 per cent.

Bill 33, the Supporting Children and Students Act introduced in 2025, would give the provincial government authority to regulate or limit ancillary fees, which include campus services, student life, health plans and student group and union activities. The Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario says the bill does nothing to address the lack of funding for Ontario's colleges and universities, and calls on the ministry to respect the autonomy of students, students' unions and campus groups and to immediately rescind Bill 33 and the oversight on ancillary fees. The York Federation of Students says the changes risk leaving communities with fewer resources when students need them most. Video producer Anthony Lippa-Hardy, who visited York University, saw close to 100 students holding signs and walking outside the university's buildings.

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9. Federal budget is 'silent' on foreign assistance, aid sector says

Source: CP24 / The Canadian Press

Canada's aid sector is expressing dismay over the first federal budget in more than 15 years to make no mention of foreign aid, and is calling on Ottawa to outline its vision in an upcoming foreign policy review.

"The budget is largely silent on issues of international development co-operation and humanitarian action," said Kate Higgins, head of Co-operation Canada, whose coalition includes most Canadian aid groups operating abroad. She argued this is the wrong approach "at a time when the stakes around and the world are very high."

The budget tabled Thursday by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government makes no mention of international assistance, foreign aid or international development. The Canadian Press reviewed all budgets tabled since 2010 and found references to those terms in each of those documents. Thursday's budget mentions Ukraine only in reference to drone production, and mentions aid workers only in passing, in a section on an existing permit program for aid organizations operating in areas under the control of groups Ottawa lists as terrorist entities. Higgins said the sector assumes Ottawa will stick with its plan announced last year to cut $2.7 billion in foreign aid over four years. She said development funding plays an important role in addressing crises abroad, such as the humanitarian plight of Palestinians in Gaza and the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Friday on Parliament Hill that the foreign policy update will come "in a matter of weeks" and will include "our approach on development," adding that development assistance is a priority for Global Affairs Canada.

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10. Ottawa commits more than $50 billion to double Canada's electricity grid by 2050

Source: The Hub

The federal government committed more than $50 billion in its Nov. 5 budget to expanding Canada's electricity grid, most of it through tax credits meant to help double the size of the system by 2050. Ottawa is betting the incentives will pull private capital into new generation and transmission, but the new money is aimed at the biggest power lines inside provinces, and the budget makes no new funding commitment for the lines between them.

The budget books the cost of the extended credits at $2.4 billion this decade and $36.1 billion from 2031-32 to 2041-42, for a total of about $38.5 billion. Both the Clean Technology and Clean Electricity investment tax credits would now run through 2040. The Clean Technology credit had been set to phase out in 2034, and its rate will drop to 15 per cent from 30 per cent in its final year.

Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin told The Canadian Press the measures came out of consultations on the government's electricity strategy. "This is what was told to us is what was needed, and I think that this is a huge step forward for how we build up clean energy for our country," she said. The centrepiece is an expansion of the Clean Electricity credit, worth up to 15 per cent of eligible capital costs, to large transmission lines inside a single province, applying to property acquired on or after budget day. Eligibility is tied to voltage, with the bar set at the highest voltage now used in each province: 735 kilovolts in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador; 500 kilovolts in Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia; 345 kilovolts in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; 230 kilovolts in Saskatchewan; and 69 kilovolts in the territories. The budget also signalled changes to the Clean Electricity Regulations to give natural gas plants more room to operate, with Prime Minister Mark Carney arguing that under some interpretations of the current regulations it would be difficult to build additional natural gas that would complement much bigger builds.

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