17 people were taken to hospital after a lightning strike at a food festival in Whitby.
Officials say none of their injuries are life-threatening.
Calls to 911 were made after 2:00pm Sunday, not long after Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for areas including the GTA.
The lightning struck the main pole of the dining tent at the Whitby Ribfest.
Event chairman Colin O'Regan says the lightning storm "came out of nowhere'' and that there was no prior sign the weather was about to change.
Sunday was the last day of Whitby Ribfest.
Its had been on since Friday at Iroquois Park, across from the Whitby GO station.
(with files from The Canadian Press)
Toronto Police confirm a young woman has died after collapsing near the Molson Ampitheatre.
She was found lying on the grass around 12:30pm Sunday.
The 19-year old wasn't breathing and showed no signs of a pulse.
Paramedics performed CPR on the scene before she was taken to hospital, where she later passed away.
Police say its not immediately clear why she died but they do not suspect foul play.
The woman and was out for a day of live music at the Vans Warped Tour.
3 Ontario children have died while swimming since Friday evening.
All the victims are no older than 12.
On Friday, a 10-year old girl and a 7-year old boy drowned in Lake Erie.
Niagara Regional Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old North York boy at Sherkston Shores.
"Its just heartbreaking," says Barbara Byers with the Royal Life Saving Society, adding that the drownings could have been prevented.
Byers says keeping children safe in the water can be as easy as keeping them in arm's reach at all times.
You should also have floatation devices for your children.
She says there's a sort of 'Hollywood myth' when it comes to what drowning looks and sounds like and Byers says that's why people expect it to be blatantly obvious when someone is having trouble in the water.
"Its very quiet, its very silent ... they're trying to keep their head above water so there ...
A man is lucky to be alive after being plucked from Lake Ontario.
Officers with the Toronto Police marine unit pulled him from the water around 7:00am Sunday after kayakers spotted him clinging to a sea wall near the Queen's Quay ferry.
The man was conscious and alert but was hypothermic.
He was taken to hospital to get checked over and is expected to be alright.
There are reports the man spent several hours in in the Lake but EMS officials were not able to confirm exactly how long the man had been in the water or how he got there.
(with files from Justine Lewkowicz)
The seven cooling stations in Toronto will no longer be open today.
The chief medical officer has called off the Extreme Heat Alert for the city. An Extreme Heat Alert is called when forecast weather conditions suggest the likelihood of a high level of mortality is at least 50 percent greater than what would be expected on a typical day.
It's still going to be hot and humid the next few days, with temperatures remaining in the 30s until Tuesday.
The humidex is expected to reach 42 on Tuesday.
Environment Canada says if the humidex in fact does surpass 40 the next couple of days, it might issue a humidex advisory.
Niagara Regional Police are investigating the death of a 12-year-old North York boy at Sherkston Shores.
Police say he was swimming with two friends at the Quarry beach yesterday when he appeared to start struggling and then went under and didn't resurface.
An Underwater Search and Recovery Unit later recovered the body.
The boy's family has asked that his name not be released.
(The Canadian Press)
A 21-year-old could be in a lot of trouble after a fire started reportedly at his dad's boss's house.
A fire destroyed a multi-million-dollar waterfront house in Pickering on Saturday.
The 21-year-old was house sitting at the time.
Officials say the blaze started in the barbeque, and the sitter was the only one home at the time.
The blaze caused $1-million in damages.