Ontario News

HALIFAX — A tropical storm that has lashed parts of the eastern United States should be diminished in strength by the time it reaches eastern Canada, the Canadian Hurricane Centre says.

TORONTO — University of Ottawa law student Nina Haroune has paid thousands of dollars in rent over the past four months for a downtown apartment just minutes from campus, despite the fact she's been living with family in Mississauga.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police are appealing for help in the killing of a man at a restaurant in Vaughan, Ont. The incident occurred late Sunday afternoon. Officers say they found a victim outside the restaurant who had been fatally shot.

FRENCH RIVER, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a 25-year-old man has died after he and two other people went cliff diving in the French River on Saturday. They say the incident happened at about 5:30 p.m.

MONTREAL — Quebec reported 141 new COVID-19 cases and three more deaths linked to the novel coronavirus on Sunday as it gets ready to increase public gathering limits.

AURORA, Ont. — York Regional Police have launched a homicide investigation after a shooting that left one person dead and another injured in Vaughan, Ont.

HALDIMAN COUNTY, Ont. — Police in southern Ontario have launched a homicide investigation after finding a body inside an apartment damaged by fire this week.

OTTAWA — Emergency responders have recovered a body during a search for two missing men in the Ottawa River. Ottawa Police say the two went missing near Bate Island yesterday.

TORONTO — As rent cheques come due, some are warning that Ontarians should prepare for a wave of evictions now that protections put in place earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic have been lifted.

The Ontario government says it is investigating allegations of racism, bullying and harassment involving senior management at a Toronto-area child welfare organization.