Ontario News

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Police have been searching through the night for a boater they believe went missing on Lake Ontario in the Oakville, Ont., area.

SARNIA, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says a police officer with the Sarnia, Ont., force has been charged with sexual assault.

SOUTH BRUCE PENINSULA, Ont. — Provincial police say three people are dead after two vehicles collided Thursday afternoon in southwestern Ontario. South Bruce OPP say the collision happened around 2:45 p.m.

TORONTO — Ryerson University, named after an architect of Canada's residential school system, has agreed to change its name.

TORONTO — Faced with the province's refusal to implement a COVID-19 proof-of-vaccination system, local public health units in Ontario are considering regional vaccine certificates, though they acknowledge the measure would be less effective. Dr.

Several Ontario universities are strengthening their COVID-19 vaccine policies before classes begin next month following a recommendation from a group representing public health officers across the province.

TORONTO — Ontario's largest school board will require its staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19, going a step further than the province's current plan for education workers.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — First Nations leaders in Northern Ontario are calling on the federal and provincial governments to help a remote community in the midst of a mental-health crisis.

TORONTO — The Special Investigations Unit is looking into the death of a man following an interaction he had in Brampton, Ont., earlier this year with two Toronto police officers.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Three men have been charged and police are looking for a fourth in a human trafficking investigation involving a minor west of Toronto.