Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario tabled a bill Monday that aims to shutter 10 supervised consumption sites the government deems too close to schools and daycares.

TORONTO — Ontario's transportation minister says he doesn't believe the City of Toronto's estimate that it will cost $48 million to remove bike lanes on three major roads in the city, but he was not able to provide an estimate of his own Monday.

TORONTO — Police say nine people were injured after an overnight collision between a Toronto Transit Commission bus and an alleged stolen car in the city’s north end. Police say they were called to the scene in North York shortly before 2 a.m.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Police in Peterborough, Ont., say a 38-year-old man has been charged with murder following an alleged altercation between two residents at an apartment building that left a man dead Saturday night.

TORONTO — Toronto police say a 22-year-old man has been arrested and charged for allegedly sex trafficking a female victim for several months in the city.

TORONTO — Toronto police say they're investigating after a collision between a pedestrian and a car left a 64-year-old man dead in the city's east end on Saturday night. Police say officers responded to the crash in Scarborough just after 5:30 p.m.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police in Durham Region say a 41-year-old man has been charged with murder after his wife was found injured Sunday in an Oshawa, Ont., home and later pronounced dead. Police say officers were called to the home around 12:30 a.m.

The abrupt closure of a Norwich, Ont., retirement home is highlighting the need for seniors' advocacy offices across the country, and more powers for regulators to act in such situations, advocates say.

Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names.

TORONTO — Ontario's plan to remove bike lanes on three major roads in Toronto will cost more than $48 million and likely lead to only minimally faster commutes for drivers, city staff say in a new report.