Ontario News

Toronto police say a fire at a business in the city is being investigated as a suspected hate-motivated crime. Police say they were called Wednesday morning to International Deli Foods in the North York area for reports of a fire.

Ontario Provincial Police say a homicide investigation is underway in a remote northern First Nation after two people were found dead.

TORONTO — Fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries are increasing in Toronto and pose a "significant risk," the city's fire chief said after a blaze aboard a subway train demonstrated how quickly flames sparked by a faulty battery can spread.

TORONTO — Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system.

OTTAWA — The new year brought no fresh start for Ottawa's ill-fated light rail train system, after concrete debris found on the tracks of an LRT station tunnel forced a partial shutdown of the system.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating after a man died during his arrest by Sudbury police. Sudbury police say officers were called around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday in relation to an intimate partner violence incident.

TORONTO — The driver of a Mississauga transit bus carrying 13 passengers was the only person seriously injured when the bus hit another vehicle and crashed into a ditch in Toronto's west end, police said on Tuesday.

TORONTO — A fight on a Toronto subway train that took it out of commission not long after the new year was rung in contributed to crowds at the city’s largest transit hub as revelers were travelling home, Toronto's transit operator said Tuesday as it

CALEDON, Ont. — An Ontario woman has been charged after police allege she threw bottles at cars while standing in the middle of a rural highway on New Year’s Eve and then bit two officers during her arrest.

TORONTO — Daycare safe-arrival rules and tow-truck industry changes are among several new laws and regulations taking effect in Ontario today.