Skip to content

Ontario News

Ontario regions face ambulance pressures; province won't release offload delay data

Ontario regions face ambulance pressures; province won't release offload delay data

Several Ontario municipalities say their paramedic services are under immense pressure, with worrying stretches of times during which no ambulances are available to respond to calls – but the province doesn't track the problem.
Read more >
Ottawa's troubled light-rail train service remains closed after yet another shutdown

Ottawa's troubled light-rail train service remains closed after yet another shutdown

Ottawa's beleaguered light-rail transit system remained shut down Wednesday after it was abruptly halted during rush hour earlier in the week, causing ongoing disruptions to all who use it.
Read more >
In first motion as mayor, Chow gets unanimous support for refugee shelter response

In first motion as mayor, Chow gets unanimous support for refugee shelter response

TORONTO — Olivia Chow placed Toronto's asylum seeker shelter crisis at the top of the agenda on Wednesday, securing unanimous approval on a motion to tackle the issue during her first city council meeting as mayor.
Read more >
Toronto council approves pilot project to allow alcohol consumption in 27 parks

Toronto council approves pilot project to allow alcohol consumption in 27 parks

Toronto residents will be allowed to consume alcohol in a select number of parks in the coming months after city council approved a time-limited pilot program. The pilot project will run from Aug. 2 to Oct.
Read more >
Pearson airport says 10,000 new hires, better technology have improved service

Pearson airport says 10,000 new hires, better technology have improved service

Toronto's Pearson airport says a staffing boost has significantly improved service, and issues that sparked chaos at Canada's largest airport last summer have been addressed.
Read more >
Ontario boosts pediatric health-care funding by $330M a year

Ontario boosts pediatric health-care funding by $330M a year

Ontario is boosting pediatric health-care funding by $330 million a year, in part to ease system pressures that saw children's hospitals strained last fall by a respiratory virus surge.
Read more >
Police investigating possible homicide after 'suspicious' downtown Ottawa fire

Police investigating possible homicide after 'suspicious' downtown Ottawa fire

Police are investigating a "suspicious" fire after finding one person dead just west of downtown Ottawa. The Ottawa Police Service says officers responded to an active fire on Booth Street just after midnight.
Read more >
15 alleged members of crime ring arrested after cargo, trucks worth millions stolen

15 alleged members of crime ring arrested after cargo, trucks worth millions stolen

Fifteen people who were allegedly part of an organized theft ring have been arrested after $9 million worth of cargo and tractor-trailers were stolen across the Greater Toronto Area, investigators said Wednesday.
Read more >
Advance voting starts in Toronto, Ottawa area provincial byelections

Advance voting starts in Toronto, Ottawa area provincial byelections

TORONTO — Advance voting is set to start today in provincial byelections in Kanata-Carleton and Scarborough-Guildwood. Eligible voters in those two ridings can cast a ballot at advance voting locations from Wednesday to Friday.
Read more >
Food delivery driver dies after violent carjacking, police investigate

Food delivery driver dies after violent carjacking, police investigate

A food delivery driver who was the victim of a violent carjacking in the Greater Toronto Area has died from his injuries and police are searching for suspects. Peel Region police say 24-year-old Gurvinder Nath, a Brampton, Ont.
Read more >