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Ontario to open housing-enabling infrastructure funding to more municipalities

Ontario to open housing-enabling infrastructure funding to more municipalities

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is opening up funding for housing-enabling infrastructure to more municipalities. Municipalities had asked the province to change criteria for its $1.
11 charged in alleged car theft ring operating in GTA, southwest Ontario, police say

11 charged in alleged car theft ring operating in GTA, southwest Ontario, police say

Police say they have charged 11 people with close to 100 offences after a months-long investigation into an alleged car theft ring operating in the Toronto area and other parts of southwestern Ontario.
Toronto officer charged, suspended with pay for allegedly assaulting woman in dispute

Toronto officer charged, suspended with pay for allegedly assaulting woman in dispute

Toronto police say one of their officers has been suspended with pay and is facing criminal charges after a woman involved in a landlord and tenant dispute was allegedly assaulted and robbed.
Two men arrested in connection with December pro-Palestinian Toronto protest

Two men arrested in connection with December pro-Palestinian Toronto protest

Toronto police have arrested two men in connection with a December pro-Palestinian protest at the downtown Eaton Centre mall.
Ontario municipalities push for frank talk with province on who pays for what

Ontario municipalities push for frank talk with province on who pays for what

TORONTO — Steep property tax increases being proposed across the province are partly the result of Ontario offloading various costs to local governments in the 1990s, municipalities say, and it's time for a frank talk about who pays for what.
Almost 2 kilometres of Ottawa's Rideau Canal to open for the first time this winter

Almost 2 kilometres of Ottawa's Rideau Canal to open for the first time this winter

OTTAWA — The Crown corporation that manages Ottawa's Rideau Canal says a section of the famous skateway is to open on Sunday for the first time this winter.
Man rescued after vehicle crashed through ice on Toronto waterfront dies: police

Man rescued after vehicle crashed through ice on Toronto waterfront dies: police

TORONTO — An 18-year-old man pulled from an ice-covered stretch of Toronto's waterfront hours after his vehicle plunged into the depths died in hospital shortly after being rescued, city police said Saturday.
Ontario should commit to clean energy economy by 2050: government-commissioned panel

Ontario should commit to clean energy economy by 2050: government-commissioned panel

TORONTO — A new government-commissioned report says Ontario should commit to achieving a clean energy economy by 2050.
Boy, 16, arrested after stabbing at west-end Toronto high school: police

Boy, 16, arrested after stabbing at west-end Toronto high school: police

Toronto police say a teenage boy has been arrested in the stabbing of another teen at a city high school.
Ontario township overturns ban on Pride flag, allows it on community flagpole

Ontario township overturns ban on Pride flag, allows it on community flagpole

A township in southwestern Ontario has voted to allow Pride flags on a community flagpole, essentially overturning a controversial decision made last year to ban the flags on municipal property.