Ontario News

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say a 10-year-old girl has died after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle.

TORONTO — A judge has delayed her decision in the case of a Toronto teacher accused in the drowning of a 15-year-old boy on a canoe trip.

TORONTO — Ontario has seen a spike in demand for COVID-19 jabs since announcing a provincial vaccine certificate program, the health minister said Thursday.

SOUTHWOLD, Ont. — Toronto police say they have found the remains of a murder victim in a landfill. Investigators say they found Nathaniel Brettell's body on Aug. 26. Officers had been searching a waste management site in Southwold, Ont.

PRESCOTT, ONTARIO, CANADA — Two freight trains collided in eastern Ontario on Thursday, leaving one person with minor injuries. Authorities said the collision between two CN Rail trains took place near Prescott, Ont.

FORT ERIE, Ont. — Niagara Region police say they've made a third arrest in connection with a double homicide in Fort Erie, Ont. Police say a 29-year-old Toronto man was arrested on Wednesday. He's been charged with accessory to murder after the fact.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A 50-year-old man is charged with aggravated assault following a stabbing in St. Catharines Wednesday afternoon. Police were called to the Geneva and Church Street area around 1 p.m.

Ontario will not require colleges and universities to enforce physical distancing or capacity limits in most classrooms when school resumes, according to new guidance issued by the province.

TORONTO — Ontario will once again require residents to renew driver's licences, ID cards and licence plate stickers that were due to expire during the pandemic.

Technical experts will be heading to a small community in southwestern Ontario to find the source of a recurring gas leak suspected of causing an explosion last week, officials said Wednesday.