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TORONTO — Ontario introduced measures Thursday that would allow for more housing to be built beyond urban boundaries and in rural areas as projections suggest its target of building 1.5 million homes by 2031 is falling out of reach.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Three men are facing murder charges in the death of a 27-year-old man from Alberta in a shooting last year in Oakville, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's chief medical officer of health says people who are at greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection should get their next vaccine booster shot this spring. Dr.

There is no timeline in sight to get Ottawa's light rail transit up and running again, city staff say, after a freezing rain storm on Wednesday shut down the system for the second time this year.

KENORA, Ont. — Two police officers are facing assault charges after an investigation into the arrest of a suspect in Kenora, Ont., last year.

Toronto mayoral candidates, labour leaders and Ontario's Opposition NDP all urged various solutions Wednesday to a wave of violence on transit, including more operational funding, a task force, social supports, and physical barriers on platforms.

Renters will have new protections against so-called renovictions, Ontario's housing minister said Wednesday.

Several years before he allegedly stabbed a 16-year-old stranger to death on a Toronto subway platform, Jordan O’Brien-Tobin already had a multitude of interactions with the justice system, many of them for increasingly violent offences, and struggle

Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 35-year-old woman in the abduction of Elnaz Hajtamiri, the latest arrest in a sprawling 15-month-old investigation.

Thousands of people in Ontario are without power after a messy mix of freezing rain and thunderstorms pummeled parts of the province, with downpours and possible ice storms still in the forecast.