Ontario News

TORONTO — A debate between the leading Toronto mayoral candidates saw the front-runner Olivia Chow face repeated attacks from the other contenders over taxes, as the candidates looked to build momentum with less than a month left in the campaign.

Toronto's over-stretched shelter system cannot cope with the high numbers of refugee claimants seeking bed spaces and will begin referring them away from at-capacity shelters towards federal programs, said deputy mayor Jennifer McKelvie.

The City of Ottawa is applying for federal funding in a bid to respond to rising demand for affordable housing. A memo city staff sent to councillors last week shows the municipality is looking to qualify for support from a $4-billion fund.

Ontario has charged Marineland over the care of its black bears, but the Niagara Falls, Ont., tourist attraction denies any wrongdoing.

TORONTO — Some workplaces in Ontario will be required to carry a kit used to temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

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Urgent care centres in the southern Ontario communities of Port Colborne and Fort Erie will no longer operate overnight as Niagara Health faces physician shortages, the hospital network announced Wednesday.

TORONTO — A shortage of family doctors in the province is only going to get worse if burnout and growing administrative burdens are not addressed, the Ontario Medical Association is warning. As of March 2022, there were 2.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police in Peel Region say 13 people have been rescued and five suspects have been charged after an investigation into alleged human trafficking in Mississauga, Ont. Det.

TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the province has $4.4 billion more allocated to health-care than what's needed to fund current programs and commitments made until 2026.