Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's top court has decided it will weigh in on the meaning of environmental damage after a town was convicted of harming the habitat of the piping plover on a popular Lake Huron beach.

TORONTO — Ontario has unveiled a three-step reopening plan that will lift public health restrictions based on vaccination rates and other indicators starting in mid-June.

TORONTO — A teen accused of sexually assaulting another student at an all-boys Catholic high school in Toronto argues he should be found not guilty because he was afraid he'd become the victim if he didn't participate.

Ontario has introduced a three-step plan for reopening the province that's set to take effect in mid-June. Restrictions will lift based on vaccination rates and other health indicators, with at least 21 days between each stage.

The family of two children who died after being hit by a car over the weekend set up a fundraising campaign with the SickKids Foundation, police announced on Thursday.

TORONTO — A high school principal says he didn't check the results of a mandatory swim test before a student canoe trip during which a teenager drowned nearly four years ago. Monday Gala, who was principal of C.W.

TORONTO — A police officer may now have to face a disciplinary hearing seven years after a Black teenager accused him of brutality, Ontario's police oversight agency decided in a case that set off a bruising years-long legal battle.

Toronto police are investigating after an SUV hit and critically injured a seven-year-old girl. Police say they were called to the incident — near Lawrence Avenue and Allen Road — on Wednesday evening.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is asking the public to report suspected pollution online in an effort to bolster enforcement, but critics say the move is a token gesture by a regime that has done little to help the environment.

TORONTO — Ontario hospitals were given the green light Wednesday to gradually resume non-urgent surgeries as COVID-19 infections decline across the province.