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Doug Ford gets polite welcome at plowing match but Greenbelt anger simmers

Doug Ford gets polite welcome at plowing match but Greenbelt anger simmers

BOWLING GREEN, ONTARIO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford received a polite welcome Tuesday at a rural and farm expo, but underneath the smattering of applause and cheers lay a quiet undercurrent of anger about his plan to open parcels of protected Greenbel
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Ford, Chow agree ‘new deal’ is needed to help tackle Toronto's massive deficit

Ford, Chow agree ‘new deal’ is needed to help tackle Toronto's massive deficit

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed Monday that the city of Toronto needs a "new deal" to address its growing financial pressures, but shot down two of the mayor's key requests for how to achieve that.
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Trial hears London attack accused was motivated by white nationalism

Trial hears London attack accused was motivated by white nationalism

The man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in Ontario told police hours after his attack that he had been motivated by white nationalist beliefs he had kept private in order to avoid detection by authorities, his trial heard Monday.
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Two 13-year-old girls charged after teen stabbed in Vaughan

Two 13-year-old girls charged after teen stabbed in Vaughan

Police say two 13-year-old girls have been charged with assault after another teen girl was stabbed in an altercation in a Vaughan, Ont., parking lot over the weekend. York Regional Police say they received a call just before 8 p.m.
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Man stabbed at east-end Toronto transit station, police investigate

Man stabbed at east-end Toronto transit station, police investigate

Toronto police are investigating after a man was stabbed at a transit station in the city's east end. Police say officers responded to the bus bay at Victoria Park station on Sunday evening and found a 50-year-old man had been stabbed in the torso.
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Ontario elementary teachers hold strike votes until Oct. 17

Ontario elementary teachers hold strike votes until Oct. 17

TORONTO — Monday marked the start of strike votes for Ontario's public elementary school teachers, with their union and others frustrated with the slow pace of more than a year of bargaining for a new contract.
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Police say attack in Toronto's Entertainment District sends four to hospital

Police say attack in Toronto's Entertainment District sends four to hospital

TORONTO — Police say an attack in downtown Toronto's Entertainment District has sent four people to hospital. Toronto police were called to the area around Adelaide and Simcoe Streets shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday.
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Stabbing at west-end Toronto apartment building sends one to hospital

Stabbing at west-end Toronto apartment building sends one to hospital

TORONTO — One man is in hospital and another person is in police custody following a stabbing at an apartment building in Toronto's west end. At about 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police were called to a building near South Kingsway and Ormskirk Avenue.
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Officer injured while responding to assault call at Toronto subway station

Officer injured while responding to assault call at Toronto subway station

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer has been injured while responding to reports of an assault at a subway station. Police were called to the Kipling TTC station in Toronto's west end shortly before 7:30 p.m.
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Winemakers, NDP call for removal of Ontario retail winery tax

Winemakers, NDP call for removal of Ontario retail winery tax

TORONTO — Jakub Lipinski recounts a long-running joke in Ontario's Niagara Region: if you want to make a small fortune in wine, you start with a big fortune.
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