Ontario

• Some Ontario grocers to end alcohol sales over empty collection requirement

  A number of independent grocers are threatening to stop alcohol sales ahead of the January 1 deadline that will require them to take back empties.

  Consumer

  Sep 23
  
• Province responds after Ontario township moves to suspend services with $2.5M in accumulated debt

  Fauquier-Strickland plans to halt all municipal services Aug. 1 due to a financial crisis. The province has responded, but the township’s future remains uncertain.

  Economy

  Jul 18
  
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• Environment Canada issues heat warnings for parts of Ontario, Quebec amid heat wave

  Environment Canada issued its first significant heat warning of the season on Saturday for southern and eastern Ontario and southern and western Quebec.

  Canada

  Jun 21
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• OB/GYN patient complaints up 29% over previous year: Ontario’s patient ombudsman

  OB/GYN complaints in Ontario rose 29%, citing poor communication, lack of trauma-informed care, and neglect, raising concerns about women's healthcare standards.

  Health

  Jun 12
• Manslaughter charges laid in 2023 death of Ontario infant

  Provincial police say they have charged two people with manslaughter in the 2023 death of an infant in northern Ontario.

  Crime

  Jun 12
• How Mennonite women are building bridges between public health and community amid measles outbreak

  Low German-speaking Mennonites face language, trust barriers amid Ontario’s largest measles outbreak in decades, as health workers push to bridge the gap.

  Health

  Jun 5
• First Nations leaders pledge ‘confrontation on the ground’ over Ontario mining bill

  Ontario says it will consult First Nations on Bill 5, which would suspend provincial and municipal laws in areas it designates as so-called special economic zones.

  Canada

  May 22
• Measles cases increase by 173 in Ontario, bringing outbreak’s total close to 1,800

  Ontario reports 173 new measles cases this week, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to almost 1,800 since the outbreak began in October 2024.

  Canada

  May 22
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• ‘Trapped’: Ontario man cleared of charges in Dominican Republic still can’t come home

  Despite all charges being dropped, an Ontario man remains stuck in the Dominican Republic, caught in a web of slow systems and limited Canadian intervention.

  Canada

  May 8
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• Jury begins deliberations in trial of pair accused of killing OPP officer

  Defence lawyers are continuing their closing arguments today in the trial of two people accused of fatally shooting a provincial police officer more than two years ago.

  Crime

  Apr 23