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TORONTO — A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar told a coroner's inquest Monday that having a stun gun would have "changed everything.

Toronto police say one person has been sent to hospital as they look for a suspect reportedly carrying a machete.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is opening up funding for housing-enabling infrastructure to more municipalities. Municipalities had asked the province to change criteria for its $1.

Police say they have charged 11 people with close to 100 offences after a months-long investigation into an alleged car theft ring operating in the Toronto area and other parts of southwestern Ontario.

Toronto police say one of their officers has been suspended with pay and is facing criminal charges after a woman involved in a landlord and tenant dispute was allegedly assaulted and robbed.

Toronto police have arrested two men in connection with a December pro-Palestinian protest at the downtown Eaton Centre mall.

TORONTO — Steep property tax increases being proposed across the province are partly the result of Ontario offloading various costs to local governments in the 1990s, municipalities say, and it's time for a frank talk about who pays for what.

OTTAWA — The Crown corporation that manages Ottawa's Rideau Canal says a section of the famous skateway is to open on Sunday for the first time this winter.

TORONTO — An 18-year-old man pulled from an ice-covered stretch of Toronto's waterfront hours after his vehicle plunged into the depths died in hospital shortly after being rescued, city police said Saturday.

TORONTO — A new government-commissioned report says Ontario should commit to achieving a clean energy economy by 2050.