Workers at six Ontario casinos may hit the picket line at 12:01 a.m. on July 23 while workers at two others may strike in the next two weeks, their union advises.

More than 2,000 workers may strike by July 22 if a deal isn't reached with issues including wages and converting part-time jobs to full-time.

A 35-year-old woman and a 58-year-old man faces child abandonment charges after they allegedly left their two young children inside a van while both of them gambled at a casino northeast of Toronto.