Ontario News

TORONTO — Around Christmastime, Wendle Beaton was trying to find cold medication for her adult son in Brampton, Ont.

Toronto Hydro says it has restored power to customers after large-scale outages in the city. The company blamed the outages on a loss of supply from Hydro One, which acknowledges the problem.

Ontario Provincial Police say they're working to determine whether they should investigate the government's plans to open up the protected Greenbelt to development.

TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats are moving up a vote to confirm Toronto-area legislator Marit Stiles as the party's leader. The NDP held a meeting of its provincial council on Thursday and decided to hold the vote on Feb.

TORONTO — As Canadian public health officials question China's transparency in sharing its COVID-19 surveillance information, scientists are stepping up airplane wastewater testing to try to get an early warning of potential new variants.

Toronto police are asking for the public's help in identifying two people accused of selling a home that wasn't theirs while the owners were out of the country.

A Hamilton school says two students and their mother were among the four people who died in a house fire in the city last week.

Ontario Provincial Police say two of three deaths following a house fire in the Town of New Tecumseth are now considered homicides. The force says officers were called for a well-being check to a home on Dec. 26 and found a fire at the residence.

TORONTO — Bail hearings are scheduled for later this month for four of eight girls facing second-degree murder charges in the death of a Toronto homeless man.

Hamilton police say they have arrested a fifth suspect in the death of a 38-year-old woman – the third teenager to be charged with second-degree murder in the case.