Ontario News

Ontario's police watchdog won't charge a Toronto officer who shot and killed a 70-year-old gunsmith near Port Dover, Ont., last year, saying the officer had split seconds to make a "life-or-death" decision.

Premier Doug Ford wants to fast-track potential Ukrainian refugees to Ontario, where he says jobs and settlement services will be waiting for them.

TORONTO — Crown liquor stores in several Canadian provinces were pulling Russian products from their shelves Friday in light of Russia's invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

Waterloo Region police say a man is facing assault and drunk driving charges following an alleged abduction that sparked an Amber Alert on Friday morning.

LONDON, Ont. — Ontario plans to introduce legislation that would limit the amount of time skilled workers from other parts of Canada have to wait to get their credentials transferred to the province.

Ontario is reporting 1,003 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 297 in intensive care. That's slightly down from Thursday, when the province reported 1,066 hospitalizations and 302 people in ICUs. Ontario also logged 35 new deaths from the virus.

Officials in Windsor, Ont., plan to ask for federal and provincial funds to pay for the costs of policing a border blockade, the mayor said Thursday as he lifted a state of emergency imposed after the protest.

TORONTO — A policy requiring that Ontario long-term care workers get vaccinated against COVID-19 is under review, the minister responsible for the sector said on Thursday.

TORONTO — Mask mandates are staying in place in Ontario for now, but when they are removed for public settings they will simultaneously be lifted in schools, the province's top doctor said Thursday. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario's Opposition New Democrats are criticizing the government for not following a rule that transit vehicles bought with provincial funding must have at least 25 per cent Canadian content.