Ontario News

DUNDALK, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's a strong believer in public health care, but his government is going to "get creative" when looking at how it can be delivered as the province deals with a staffing crisis in hospitals.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford created a bit of a buzz after swallowing a bee during a news conference on Friday. The premier was answering a question on health care when an insect flew around his face and disappeared into his mouth.

TORONTO — A woman is dead after being hit by a freight train in Mississauga, Ont., Friday morning. Peel Regional Police say an adult woman was struck by the train around 6 a.m.

Toronto Hydro and Hydro One say power was restored Thursday night to remaining customers after a large swath of the city's downtown core including office buildings, a major mall and a university campus was left without electricity.

TORONTO — Ontarians will not have to pay out of pocket for health-care services, the province's health minister said Thursday, a day after she came under fire for refusing to rule out further privatization in the system.

TORONTO — A union representing Ontario education workers is planning to talk about organizing strike votes at a meeting later this month, a move the education minister calls "needless escalation.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont. say they will look into why officers addressed a popular online streamer and transgender activist by the wrong name and gender while she was in police custody.

A hospital in southwestern Ontario says it has been forced to cancel several surgeries this week to create capacity as it deals with ongoing staff and bed shortages.

Temporary emergency room closures and increased wait times have become increasingly common in Ontario as the province's health-care system grapples with staffing shortages.

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to give the mayors of Toronto and Ottawa veto powers over bylaws that conflict with provincial priorities, such as building housing.