Ontario News

TORONTO — More than 200 advocacy groups have signed an open letter asking the Ontario government to double disability support payment rates and ensure they keep up with the soaring cost of living.

Ontario's Liberal caucus has selected Ottawa legislator John Fraser as the party's interim leader. Fraser is expected to temporarily step in to replace Steven Del Duca, who resigned as leader after last month's provincial election.

TORONTO — Thousands of people are without power after a severe thunderstorm swept through much of southern Ontario Sunday evening. Hydro One's outage map showed nearly 40,000 customers without power as of midnight Monday.

A meteorologist with Environment Canada says there's a chance Quebec could be hit with more severe weather today after a possible tornado whipped through the Laurentians.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police are looking for witnesses to a shooting at a nightclub north of Toronto that left two men dead and sent a woman to hospital.

LONG SAULT, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man during an arrest in the eastern part of the province.

A tentative agreement has been reached between the Great Canadian Gaming Corporation (GCGC) and the union representing workers at several Ontario casinos.

KITCHENER, Ont. — A hospital in Kitchener, Ont., says it's postponing some elective surgeries and temporarily closing an operating room as 120 staff members have to stay home due to COVID-19.

Public health units and hospitals in Ontario are planning kid-friendly COVID-19 vaccination settings for babies and preschoolers when shots become available next week.

DEER LAKE FIRST NATION — Police say they've laid a first-degree murder charge in a death at Deer Lake First Nation Provincial police says officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service responded last weekend to a report of a person in medical distre