Ontario News

TORONTO — Upcoming changes to the way judges and justices of the peace are selected in Ontario have sparked concerns among opposition politicians who say the move could be an attempt by the Doug Ford government to politicize the process.

TORONTO — Education Minister Stephen Lecce called on Ontario's major teachers' unions to enter into mediation Monday, as one took another step toward a potential strike and another voted overwhelmingly in favour of one.

LONDON, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of 28-year-old woman in London, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit says London Police Service arrested the woman on the afternoon of Nov. 2 and lodged her in a cell.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say two men are recovering from stab wounds after an altercation at a coffee shop in Markham, Ont.

MONTREAL — One child is dead and another is fighting for her life after a crash involving two vehicles and a moose in western Quebec.

TORONTO — City officials say an emergency shelter for hundreds of people who were displaced after an apartment fire in Toronto has been moved to a nearby university.

SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD, Que. — A Quebec woman is dead and her husband is in custody following an alleged domestic violence incident southwest of Montreal.

Toronto police say they have charged six people with a number of weapons offences after allegedly discovering a semi-automatic rifle during a raid last week.

TORONTO — Dozens of mourners laid teddy bears and said prayers Saturday for a two-year-old girl who died after being hit by an air conditioner that fell from an apartment window on Monday.

TORONTO — One person is dead and hundreds have been evacuated from their homes after fire erupted in a highrise apartment building in north Toronto on Friday afternoon and quickly spread to several floors.