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Ontario giving police services $18M to fight auto theft

Ontario giving police services $18M to fight auto theft

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ontario is giving police services $18 million over three years to help them fight auto theft.
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Spike in hate crime reports in Toronto since Israel-Hamas war began: Police

Spike in hate crime reports in Toronto since Israel-Hamas war began: Police

Toronto has seen a "staggering" increase in hate crime reports since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas last month, the city's police chief said on Thursday.
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'Our reaction is very important:' Mosque, rabbi unite to condemn hateful attacks

'Our reaction is very important:' Mosque, rabbi unite to condemn hateful attacks

TORONTO — After a man allegedly yelled slurs and threw a rock at Muslims standing outside a Toronto mosque last week, a local rabbi felt the need to send over a message expressing sympathy.
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Ontario funding projects aimed at using hydrogen to power electricity grid

Ontario funding projects aimed at using hydrogen to power electricity grid

Ontario is putting nearly $6 million toward nine projects aimed at making use of hydrogen to power the province's electricity grid.
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Youth charged with second-degree murder after international student's death

Youth charged with second-degree murder after international student's death

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police in Peel Region say a youth has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of an international student working as a food delivery driver this summer.
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Proactive climate adaptation can cut Ontario public infrastructure costs: watchdog

Proactive climate adaptation can cut Ontario public infrastructure costs: watchdog

TORONTO — The dangers of a changing climate could add more than $4 billion per year to the cost of maintaining Ontario's public infrastructure over the rest of the century, the province's financial watchdog said Wednesday.
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Forensic psychiatrist testifies at coroner's inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri

Forensic psychiatrist testifies at coroner's inquest into death of Soleiman Faqiri

TORONTO — A video of Soleiman Faqiri taken by corrections staff at an Ontario jail a few days before his death shows a man "probably as unwell as you can get," a forensic psychiatrist told a coroner's inquest Wednesday.
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Developer asks for Greenbelt bill amendment; lawyers raise spectre of courts

Developer asks for Greenbelt bill amendment; lawyers raise spectre of courts

TORONTO — The owner of one of the 15 properties removed from the Greenbelt is asking the Ontario government to exclude its plot from a bill to return all that land to the protected area, with lawyers raising the prospect of a constitutional challenge
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Going to jail can disrupt health care for people with mental illness, inquest hears

Going to jail can disrupt health care for people with mental illness, inquest hears

TORONTO — People with mental illness can experience significant disruptions to their health care when they are taken into custody, Canada's former correctional investigator said Tuesday at a coroner's inquest for a mentally ill man who died in an Ont
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Ontario elementary teachers reach contract deal with province

Ontario elementary teachers reach contract deal with province

TORONTO — Ontario's public elementary teachers announced Tuesday they have reached a tentative contract with the provincial government, averting central strikes for the next three years, if the deal is ratified.
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