Ontario News

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A police officer with the Thunder Bay Police Service is facing a criminal charge after the alleged assault of a 61-year-old man. Ontario's police watchdog says the officer is facing one count of assault causing bodily harm.

TORONTO — Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the province is putting $12 million toward helping people with criminal records find employment.

TORONTO — Kris Langenfeld has run for mayor in Toronto twice already – and has lost both times – but that isn't stopping him from trying his luck again.

Toronto Fire Services says an explosion at an industrial site in the east end of the city has caused significant damage. The fire department says crews were called to a two-alarm blaze near the Scarborough Convention centre shortly before 1 a.m.

TORONTO — Inmates at a Thunder Bay jail received inadequate mental health services, a psychiatrist who treated a renowned Indigenous artist who died at the facility told an inquest on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford mused Tuesday about putting a school or community centre on the current east Toronto site of the Ontario Science Centre, just one week after touting a plan for thousands of housing units there.

TORONTO — Ontario will eliminate the post-secondary education requirement to become a police officer, expand enrolment for its basic training program and axe tuition fees at the Ontario Police College, the premier said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Ontario's largest conservation authority says it was not consulted on the decision to move the Ontario Science Centre, despite owning the land it currently sits on.

TORONTO — The federal government and the City of Toronto are jointly funding the purchase of 340 zero emission transit buses for the city.

No one has been fined in Ontario so far under a new law that can require patients to pay a daily $400 penalty if they refuse to move from a hospital to a long-term care home not of their choosing, the province and its hospitals say.