Ontario News

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford announced Friday he intends to keep a key campaign promise to lower hydro rates by 12 per cent, saying the details of the much-anticipated plan would be coming within weeks.

TORONTO — Police have charged five guards from the Toronto South Detention Centre with aggravated assault. The alleged the incident occurred on Dec. 20. Police say six correctional officers at the centre assaulted a prisoner.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in northern Ontario arrested 32 people during a months-long investigation into allegations of drug trafficking and organized crime.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Ontario says it will spend $202 million more over the next five years to fight human trafficking in the province.

MONTREAL — Earthquakes Canada has reported a magnitude 3.3 earthquake that was lightly felt on the island of Montreal early this morning.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Peel regional police say someone has been shot on a public transit bus in Brampton, Ont. They say the male victim was being taken to hospital, but his condition is unknown. Police say the shooting happened at about 6:30 p.m.

TORONTO — Ontario's premier ramped up criticisms of the province's teachers on Thursday, demanding they resume regular work even as major unions forged ahead with widespread strikes.

TORONTO — The internet is awash in lists of things that many of us get wrong on a regular basis: the way we peel bananas, the direction we hang toilet paper, the way we fold clothes.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Police say crews are still working to repair and remove parts of a train that derailed in an industrial area of Kingston, Ont., on Wednesday.

TORONTO — A clinical aide has been charged in alleged sexual assaults on two patients at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital.