Ontario News

TORONTO — Police say a man is dead after a shooting in northwest Toronto. Toronto police say officers were called to the Rexdale neighbourhood around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday for reports of a shooting.

Toronto city council declared gender-based violence and intimate partner violence an epidemic in the city on Thursday, while calling on Ontario and the federal government to do the same.

Several Ontario municipalities say their paramedic services are under immense pressure, with worrying stretches of times during which no ambulances are available to respond to calls – but the province doesn't track the problem.

Ottawa's beleaguered light-rail transit system remained shut down Wednesday after it was abruptly halted during rush hour earlier in the week, causing ongoing disruptions to all who use it.

TORONTO — Olivia Chow placed Toronto's asylum seeker shelter crisis at the top of the agenda on Wednesday, securing unanimous approval on a motion to tackle the issue during her first city council meeting as mayor.

Toronto residents will be allowed to consume alcohol in a select number of parks in the coming months after city council approved a time-limited pilot program. The pilot project will run from Aug. 2 to Oct.

Toronto's Pearson airport says a staffing boost has significantly improved service, and issues that sparked chaos at Canada's largest airport last summer have been addressed.

Ontario is boosting pediatric health-care funding by $330 million a year, in part to ease system pressures that saw children's hospitals strained last fall by a respiratory virus surge.

Police are investigating a "suspicious" fire after finding one person dead just west of downtown Ottawa. The Ottawa Police Service says officers responded to an active fire on Booth Street just after midnight.

Fifteen people who were allegedly part of an organized theft ring have been arrested after $9 million worth of cargo and tractor-trailers were stolen across the Greater Toronto Area, investigators said Wednesday.