Ontario News

TORONTO — Investigators say a 28-year-old Toronto man is facing multiple charges in three separate hate-motivated assaults targeting members of the Muslim community.

TORONTO — The Toronto police hate-crime unit has charged a woman who allegedly vandalized a Starbucks in a Jewish neighbourhood. Police say they were called to the coffee shop on Thursday and found the storefront littered with posters and writing.

RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say a man is dead after being shot in a plaza parking lot in Richmond Hill, Ont. York Regional Police say officers were called to the parking lot of a restaurant around 11:20 p.m. Friday.

LONDON, Ont. — A day after a jury convicted a man of murdering a Muslim family in London, Ont., the verdict – and what it meant – was part of the conversation among worshippers who packed a mosque in the southern Ontario city for afternoon prayers.

OTTAWA — A string of events in Ottawa linked to antisemitism is creating alarm among Jewish people in the capital city, with a community leader saying the Israel-Hamas war is exposing hatred that has existed for years.

TORONTO — Ontario is boosting the minimum wage of early childhood educators in most licensed child-care centres to $23.

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TORONTO — Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra has tabled legislation that will reverse course on urban and regional boundary expansions.

TORONTO — Police say a 79-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly hitting three people with a vehicle in northeast Toronto, killing one. Investigators say the suspect is also facing two charges of attempted murder.

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