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Toronto police warn people participating in upcoming demonstrations to follow the law

Toronto police warn people participating in upcoming demonstrations to follow the law

Toronto police urged demonstrators on Friday to follow the law ahead of planned protests related to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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Minister to overrule Ontario Energy Board, says decision will raise cost of new homes

Minister to overrule Ontario Energy Board, says decision will raise cost of new homes

TORONTO — The Ontario Energy Board strayed "out of their lane" with a decision that would increase costs for new homes heated with natural gas, the province's energy minister said Friday as he promised to overturn it.
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Ontario Provincial Police investigating alleged homicide at long-term care home

Ontario Provincial Police investigating alleged homicide at long-term care home

IROQUOIS FALLS, Ont. — Police in a northern Ontario town are investigating an alleged homicide at a long-term care home after a 98-year-old resident's death.
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Toronto police officer arrested and charged with assault, force says

Toronto police officer arrested and charged with assault, force says

Toronto police say one of their officers has been arrested and charged with assault. The force says that a man and a woman were involved in a dispute on Wednesday and the man allegedly assaulted the woman.
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Brampton, Ont., man charged in alleged tech support scam targeting seniors

Brampton, Ont., man charged in alleged tech support scam targeting seniors

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say they have charged a 34-year-old Brampton, Ont., man in an international cyber crime investigation.
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PC attack ads show 'lack of civility,' new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says

PC attack ads show 'lack of civility,' new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says

TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, says she hasn't seen the attack ads the Progressive Conservatives have launched against her — but she has plenty of thoughts on them.
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Driver of maintenance vehicle who went on Pearson runway was distracted: TSB

Driver of maintenance vehicle who went on Pearson runway was distracted: TSB

TORONTO — A distracted maintenance worker who drove onto an active runway required an Air Canada plane to scrap an initial landing attempt to avoid a collision at Toronto's Pearson airport last year, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Wed
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Teachers in Ontario's French-language public school system to hold strike vote

Teachers in Ontario's French-language public school system to hold strike vote

TORONTO — Teachers in Ontario's French-language public school system will be voting next month on whether to give their union a strike mandate after nearly a year and a half of bargaining.
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'A blow': Some LGBTQ+ Catholics disappointed in Vatican statement on blessing couples

'A blow': Some LGBTQ+ Catholics disappointed in Vatican statement on blessing couples

TORONTO — Frank Testin was hopeful when he heard Pope Francis would allow priests to bless same-gender couples. He thought it was a small step toward LGBTQ+ acceptance in the Roman Catholic Church. Then he read what the Vatican actually said.
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One dead, six in hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Kitchener

One dead, six in hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Kitchener

KITCHENER, Ont. — One person is dead and six others were sent to hospital due to a carbon monoxide leak in Kitchener, Ont. Police say they were called to a home just after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a gas leak.
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