Lucas Powers

Senior Writer

Lucas Powers is a Toronto-based reporter and writer. He's reported for CBC News from across Canada. Have a story to tell? Email lucas.powers[at]cbc.ca any time.

Latest from Lucas Powers

Ontario calls for further bail reforms, including no chance of bail for some charges

Ontario is calling on the federal government to make several bail-related changes to the Criminal Code, including eliminating bail for certain offences and implementing a "three strike rule" for repeat offenders.

SIU clears Peel cop in arrest, death of 34-year-old Brampton man

Ontario's police watchdog has cleared a Peel Region officer of any potential criminal wrongdoing in the death of a 34-year-old man in the midst of a mental health crisis last year.

Severe Toronto storm causes flooding, major power outages

A severe storm on Tuesday left many of Toronto's streets flooded, including the Don Valley Parkway, and tens of thousands without power.

Mississauga byelection ad targets Parrish on land transfer tax

Dipika Damerla is targeting her Mississauga city council colleague Carolyn Parrish on social media and her website, saying the frontrunner has "mused at city council about doubling land transfer taxes."

Toronto woman who uses wheelchair carried off Air Canada flight

A Toronto woman is calling for more accessibility in air travel after she had to be carried off an Air Canada plane in a badly broken aisle chair, an experience she says was unsafe and undignified.

Multiple arrests, 19 charges laid in $22.5M Pearson gold heist

Police say they have arrested multiple people and laid 19 charges in connection with what investigators are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history.

Vaughan, York police launch crackdown on illegal car rallies

Vaughan and York Regional Police formally launched a new effort Tuesday to crack down on unsanctioned car rallies the city's mayor says have evolved into dangerous and "completely unacceptable" events.

Ford doubles down on refusal to allow fourplexes provincewide

Premier Doug Ford doubled down Wednesday on his refusal to force municipalities to allow fourplexes on residential land, a move that could jeopardize Ontario's access to billions of dollars in federal housing funds.

Ford government to scrap online licence plate renewal, will be done automatically instead

The Ontario government says it intends to scrap the requirement for drivers in the province to re-register their licence plates online each year, with the process being done automatically instead.

Ford, Trudeau sign $3.1B health-care funding deal that will see Ontario hire more health workers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed an agreement on Friday that details how the province must spend $3.1 billion in federal funding earmarked for health care.