Ontario News

KENORA, Ont. — A city in northwestern Ontario has issued an evacuation order in response to a flood risk that's expected to grow in the coming days. Officials in Kenora, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's Liberals and New Democrats are both pledging to reintroduce rent control, taking slightly different tacks on the policy they say would help lifelong renters and would-be homeowners alike.

TORONTO — Two Ontario political parties are promising to explore a four-day work week if they form government, an idea that has met with great success in one southwestern township, but business groups are wary.

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LONDON — Police in London, Ont., have charged a second man with first-degree murder in the death of a woman in the city last year. Lynda Marques, a 30-year-old nurse, was shot while parked in the driveway of her northwest London home on Sept. 10.

CHATHAM, Ont. — Ontario's New Democrats would implement property tax deferrals for seniors if elected next month, Leader Andrea Horwath said Friday.

TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives May 13: Continue to accelerate five electricity transmission lines to southweste

Ontario is reporting 18 new deaths linked to COVID-19 today, after reporting 14 new deaths on Thursday. The province says there are 1,453 people hospitalized with the virus today, up slightly from 1,451 the previous day.

Here's where the leaders of Ontario's main political parties are today: ____ Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Windsor : Makes an announcement. 9:30 a.m.

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals dropped a third candidate in as many days Thursday over Facebook comments he made when he was 13 that used a slur for gay people, leaving the party short of running a full slate.