Ontario News

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford has backtracked on his comments that Canada doesn't have the same "systemic, deep roots'' of racism as the United States, acknowledging that Ontario has a history of racism stretching back decades.

More than a dozen inmates at an Ottawa jail are on a hunger strike over conditions at the institution, which they say have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Paediatric Society has issued guidelines to help doctors screen teenage patients for problematic use of recreational cannabis.

Toronto police say they've found a missing woman who they said posed a risk to "public health." They say the woman was found on Thursday, after having last been seen on Wednesday evening in the city's west end.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has launched a program meant to fast-track the opening of restaurant and bar patios, once provincial guidelines allow it.

TORONTO — Casey Palmer's hands were already full keeping his family safe from the COVID-19 pandemic when the killing of George Floyd provoked a flurry of emotions he's still trying to unpack.

SMITHS FALLS, Ont. — Provincial police in eastern Ontario say one of their officers is facing charges of sexual assault and sexual interference on a minor.

TORONTO — A Toronto judge says a former bar owner and his manager who were convicted in a violent, hours-long sexual assault saw women as "disposable instruments" for their sexual gratification.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is using an opportunity created by the COVID-19 pandemic to fast-track land expropriations, environmental reviews and work permits for public infrastructure projects across the province.

TORONTO — A worker shortage could threaten the harvest of some crops across Ontario, groups that advocate for farmers said Wednesday, as Premier Doug Ford acknowledged his government has discussed creating incentives to address the issue.