Skip to content

Ontario News

Ontario judge seeking clarity on facts in supervised consumption site legal challenge

Ontario judge seeking clarity on facts in supervised consumption site legal challenge

TORONTO — The Ontario judge overseeing the legal challenge of the province's ban on supervised consumption sites that are within 200 metres of schools and daycares unexpectedly recalled court Monday in a bid to understand whether he had all the facts
Toronto's University Health Network aims to attract 100 scientists

Toronto's University Health Network aims to attract 100 scientists

TORONTO — University Health Network in Toronto is aiming to attract 100 early-career scientists, focusing on people whose research could fuel economic development.
Abortion access in Ontario rose to over 90% after the pill was approved: study

Abortion access in Ontario rose to over 90% after the pill was approved: study

TORONTO — A new study finds that access to abortion services expanded greatly in the five years after the abortion pill was approved and pharmacies began dispensing it in Ontario, but that surgical abortion services declined and need to be preserved.
'If we close, people die': Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty

'If we close, people die': Rural Ontario hospitals await ER staffing certainty

Rural and northern Ontario hospitals are anxiously awaiting word from the provincial government on a program that helps them keep emergency rooms open, after it ended last month.
Youth charged with sexual assault in Brampton: Peel police

Youth charged with sexual assault in Brampton: Peel police

BRAMPTON — Peel police say they have charged a youth in relation to multiple reports of sexual assaults and indecent acts in Brampton, Ont.
Over 80,000 Hydro One customers without power, number increases from Sunday morning

Over 80,000 Hydro One customers without power, number increases from Sunday morning

About 80,000 Ontarians are without power Sunday as Hyrdo One's efforts to get the lights back on after last week's ice storm.
83-year-old charged with murder in Clarence-Rockland, Ont.: OPP

83-year-old charged with murder in Clarence-Rockland, Ont.: OPP

CLARENCE-ROCKLAND — Ontario Provincial Police say an 83-year-old has been charged with second-degree murder after a person was killed in a small city east of Ottawa.
Nuclear safety commission OKs construction of Ontario small modular reactor

Nuclear safety commission OKs construction of Ontario small modular reactor

TORONTO — The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission has approved a plan by Ontario Power Generation to build a small modular reactor at the site of the Darlington Nuclear Generating Station.
Ontario man charged in alleged theft of Texas Republican Party data

Ontario man charged in alleged theft of Texas Republican Party data

An Ontario man is facing charges in an alleged theft and leak of Texas Republican Party data in 2021. The U.S. Department of Justice says the 37-old-man from Oshawa was arrested last week and is facing charges under Canadian law.
Nearly $20M spent on policing Toronto protests related to Israel-Hamas war: report

Nearly $20M spent on policing Toronto protests related to Israel-Hamas war: report

TORONTO — Toronto police say the cost of policing protests related to the Israel-Hamas war and proactively engaging with the city's Jewish and Muslim communities was nearly $20 million last year.