Ontario News

BRAMPTON, Ont. — One person is dead and three others are in hospital after a house fire in Brampton this morning. Peel Regional Police first reported the blaze near the intersection of Hollybush Street and Fernforst Drive shortly after 9:30 a.m.

Ontario's police watchdog says a teenager who was struck by a vehicle last week after fleeing from a police officer at Canada's Wonderland has died in hospital.

TORONTO — Registered sex offenders in Ontario would not be able to legally change their names if a bill that's before the legislature passes.

TORONTO — Olivia Chow says it's time for the display of congratulatory cards behind her desk in the mayor's office to be put away.

TORONTO — A New Democrat legislator has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford over comments made about her statement on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while the Ontario legislature debates a motion to censure her.

TORONTO — A second Ontario teachers union has now taken a step toward a possible strike, with members voting overwhelmingly in favour of job action, if necessary, to spur movement at the bargaining table.

TORONTO — Even before she set foot in Israel, Erin Lehrer knew it was home. That's what her mother told her — though she hadn't been to Israel either — and what she was taught at the Jewish day school she attended in Montreal, Lehrer said.

The man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., told a jury Thursday he knew his actions were considered a terrorist attack. On the stand in the Windsor, Ont.

Ottawa paramedics are seeking provincial approval for a new program that would see some patients with non-urgent concerns taken to hospital in a taxi, in a bid to ease the crushing demands on ambulance crews.

TORONTO — Ontario's official Opposition requested Wednesday the integrity commissioner probe the relationship between a minister, members of the premier's inner circle and a prominent developer whose land was removed from the protected Greenbelt.