Ontario News

TORONTO — The union representing more than 10,000 full-time college support staff at Ontario's 24 public colleges has reached a tentative agreement after nearly five weeks on strike.

TORONTO — Seven people were injured, four of them critically, after a natural gas fire broke out at a building under construction in Toronto's north end Tuesday morning.

TORONTO — The Ontario Medical Association is concerned that a new provincial government policy meant to give priority for residency positions to Ontarians could lead to fewer doctors in the system.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he threatened to beat up a Home Depot shoplifter over the summer. Ford told an audience at the Empire Club in Toronto that bail needs to be strengthened because criminals have become emboldened.

As debate around speed cameras in Ontario heated up this summer, residents may have received suspicious text messages saying they had been caught speeding by the cameras and needed to pay a fine.

The Ontario government pushed forward TC Energy’s proposal to build a large pumped storage project on Georgian Bay, despite early expert advice it would be costly and not meet the province’s current energy needs.

PRINCE EDWARD — Ontario Provincial Police say one person has died in Prince Edward County after a car crash on a local highway. OPP say first responders were called to the scene near Wellington around 8:15 a.m. on Monday.

CHAPLEAU — Police on a First Nation in northern Ontario are urging residents to shelter in place as they search for an individual they believe to be armed and dangerous.

BRAMPTON — Peel Regional Police say they have arrested and charged a 49-year-old man following an alleged online child luring investigation. Officers say they arrested a Brampton, Ont., resident on Oct.

SIMCOE — Ontario Provincial Police say they’ve arrested one person in a homicide investigation in Simcoe and continue to search for a missing person as part of the investigation.