Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is appointing former federal Liberal health minister Jane Philpott to a new role overseeing attempts to connect every Ontarian to primary care within the next five years.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police say they're seeking at least one suspect after a man was shot and killed in his driveway in Markham, Ont. Investigators say they were called just after 6:30 p.m.

TORONTO — Toronto police say they've arrested a woman wanted in a fatal shooting last month. The shooting took place the morning of Sept. 1 in the midtown area. Police say they found a 37-year-old from Brampton, Ont., with gunshot wounds.

TORONTO — Ontario's legislature will resume sitting Monday after an unusually long summer break, and returns in the midst of intense speculation that Premier Doug Ford will call an early election.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say a woman has died and three other people are hurt after a shooting at a plaza in Brampton, Ont.

The union representing faculty at Ontario's 24 public colleges says its members have delivered a strong strike mandate.

Ontario Big City Mayors are asking the province to review mental-health laws and whether to expand the scope of involuntary treatment for people who are addicted to drugs and live on the streets.

TORONTO — Two suspects have been arrested in connection to a weekend shooting that targeted a Jewish school in the city's north end, Toronto police said Friday, as investigators look to establish the motive for the attack.

TORONTO — Ontario's education minister has asked officials to conduct a governance review of a Brantford-area Catholic school board after trustees spent $45,000 on a trip to Italy to buy $100,000 worth of art.

TORONTO — Advocates for breast cancer survivors and people who have had ostomy surgeries, such as colostomies, are calling for changes to the way an Ontario program covers certain medical devices, saying it leaves them paying a lot of money out of po