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WHITBY, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has roundly rebuffed calls from the mayor of Markham, Ont., to consolidate the 10 municipal governments of York Region into one city.

Mississauga, Ont., Mayor Bonnie Crombie has launched a bid to become leader of the Ontario Liberals, saying she wants to renew, rebuild and re-energize the party.

The mayor of Markham is asking the province to consolidate the 10 municipal governments of York Region, including his, into one city. Mayor Frank Scarpitti says the move would bring significant savings and streamline governance.

TORONTO — Multiple murderers Dellen Millard and Mark Smich had their convictions upheld on Wednesday for the killing of Tim Bosma, with Ontario's top court ruling they had been treated fairly at trial.

TORONTO — Ontario hospital workers are set to get additional wage increases over two years, the latest in a series of similar arbitration decisions after the province's wage-restraint law was found unconstitutional. An arbitrator has awarded 3.

Toronto saw a nearly 12 per cent increase in ballots cast during the advance voting period for the city's mayoral byelection compared to last year's municipal vote.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Police in Sudbury, Ont., say a 17-year-old boy was killed and another young person was injured in an early-morning stabbing. Greater Sudbury Police say officers responded shortly before 3 a.m.

TORONTO — York Regional Police say an officer was sent to hospital after a Canada Post truck collided with a police vehicle. They say the officer was being treated for serious injuries at a Toronto hospital.

TORONTO — Burned out and fed up with working conditions they say are unfair, Ontario's coroners are pushing to be allowed to unionize – despite their first raise in more than a decade and a law preventing them from doing so.

A Toronto woman is facing charges in what Peel Regional Police allege was an advanced fee lottery scam that took place over a six-month period beginning in August of 2022.