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TORONTO — Ontario’s highest court dismissed multiple murderer Dellen Millard’s conviction appeal for his father’s killing Friday, while applying a recent Supreme Court decision entitling him to seek parole after 25 years, not 75.

TORONTO — Ontario's long-term care minister says the province is giving $1.25 billion in the next fiscal year to homes for hiring and staff retention.

Toronto saw an average of more than three deaths per week among people experiencing homelessness last year, totalling 187 deaths in 2022 according to new city data.

TORONTO — Military reservists would see their civilian jobs protected even if they need time off to recover from mental or physical injuries under upcoming Ontario legislation.

Ontario NDP candidate Sarah Jama won a provincial byelection Thursday in Hamilton Centre, securing a party stronghold represented for many years by former party leader Andrea Horwath.

Toronto police say a man has been charged in what they allege was a hate-motivated assault on a woman who was riding a subway train last week.

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo has shut down some of its bird enclosures after an avian flu case was detected at a southern Ontario poultry farm.

TORONTO — Ontario's integrity commissioner has temporarily set aside a request from the NDP to issue an opinion on Premier Doug Ford's daughter's stag-and-doe event, which was attended by some developers. Integrity Commissioner J.

An Ontario board of health is asking the province to amend the building code to mandate higher standards for ventilation, in light of the spread of COVID-19. The chair of the board of health in Peterborough, Ont.

TORONTO — Multiple murderer Dellen Millard said he was cast as the "perfect villain" in Tim Bosma's murder, asking Ontario's highest court Wednesday why he would be so "sloppy and careless" if he had planned to kill the 32-year-old father.