Ontario News

An animal rights activist has been charged under a new Ontario law for allegedly interfering with a truck carrying pigs to slaughter.

COLLINGWOOD, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a provincial police officer fatally shot a man in Collingwood, Ont.

TORONTO — The Toronto District School Board is again delaying the start of classes in many high schools in the city. The board says due to the complexities of staffing and timetables most students will return to school on Thursday, Sept. 17.

TORONTO — A Toronto high school teacher has been charged after police say he sexually assaulted two female students.

The COVID-19 pandemic is placing Ontario's already precarious school bus industry under additional strain, parents and advocates argued Wednesday amid mounting reports of masse route cancellations and overcrowded vehicles.

Toronto police are investigating four alleged attacks against people of South Asian descent reported in the city's west end over the past three weeks. Police allege the incidents began around Aug. 25, but say the most recent were reported on Sept.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says there are no plans to follow British Columbia's lead in tightening restrictions on bars and nightclubs, even as the number of COVID-19 cases has steadily risen in the province in recent weeks.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,099.52, down 118.49 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down two cents, or 0.11 per cent, to $18.50 on 14.

TORONTO — North American stock markets enjoyed a broadly based bounce-back midweek after a three-day correction driven by the technology sector. All 11 sectors of the TSX were higher led by materials, consumer staples and technology.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford promised Wednesday to publicly disclose COVID-19 infection rates in the province's schools and allow municipalities to reimpose public health restrictions if needed.