Ontario News

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is assessing trees in a popular park after a woman who was struck by a falling branch last week died of her injuries.

TORONTO — As a teen and into her 20s, Debra Wells-Hopey bought women's magazines by the dozen and devoured all the articles about weight loss she could find. She tried diet after diet and counted every calorie.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says a 25-year-old man is in critical condition after he was shot by a Toronto police officer. The Special Investigations Unit says Toronto police responded around 2:30 a.m.

TORONTO — School boards in Ontario will be required to publicly report the details of their professional development sessions, among several other performance indicators, under legislation that gives the education minister greater control over boards

A man has died after falling from a cliff in the Mount Nemo Conservation Area. Halton Region police say the man was hiking with friends on Sunday when he fell from a cliff in the conservation area in Burlington, Ont.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a police officer in Port Hope, Ont., fired a gun at a suspect and was injured by a ricochet bullet.

Police say they are searching for a boy who went missing in Lake Ontario near Hamilton on Saturday.

Two people are facing a murder charge after an alleged homicide near Bishop Lake in eastern Ontario. Provincial Police say they responded to an unspecified disturbance call just before 6:30 p.m. on Saturday in North Frontenac Township.

TORONTO — Several Metro locations across the Greater Toronto Area remain closed today as thousands of workers at the grocery chain enter day two of a strike.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow is calling on newly minted federal cabinet members to visit churches that have been housing refugees and asylum-seekers in recent weeks.