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Ontario's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says

Ontario's opioid strategy outdated, auditor general says

TORONTO — Ontario's opioid strategy, even with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people, the auditor general found in her annual report released Tuesday.
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16-year-old charged with murder in Couchiching First Nation death

16-year-old charged with murder in Couchiching First Nation death

Ontario Provincial Police say a teenager has been charged with second-degree murder after a death in Couchiching First Nation in northern Ontario.
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Communities hit by weekend storm should brace for more snow: Environment Canada

Communities hit by weekend storm should brace for more snow: Environment Canada

Some Ontario communities still digging out after a severe storm last weekend should brace for round two as snow squalls coming off the Great Lakes are expected to bring heavy snow to a swath of the province over the coming days.
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Ontario's ministerial zoning order process needs overhaul, auditor general says

Ontario's ministerial zoning order process needs overhaul, auditor general says

TORONTO — Ontario's auditor general says the province's ministerial zoning order process needs to be overhauled. Minister's zoning orders allow the housing minister to make changes to land zoning rules, overriding municipal decisions.
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TTC e-bike ban would disproportionately affect marginalized groups: report

TTC e-bike ban would disproportionately affect marginalized groups: report

TORONTO — A new report submitted to the Toronto Transit Commission says low-income individuals and marginalized groups would be disproportionately affected by a proposed seasonal ban on electric bikes and scooters.
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Highway 11 north of Toronto reopening, Gravenhurst still digging out of weekend storm

Highway 11 north of Toronto reopening, Gravenhurst still digging out of weekend storm

TORONTO — Snow-clearing crews are slowly making progress after an intense weekend storm battered parts of Ontario, allowing Highway 11 north of Toronto to reopen on Monday.
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A hammer instead of a scalpel: experts say youth social media ban could drive it underground

A hammer instead of a scalpel: experts say youth social media ban could drive it underground

TORONTO — A new law in Australia is poised to ban social media platforms from offering profiles to teens 16 and under, but some experts are calling the measure misguided.
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Man charged with murder after allegedly assaulting his mother in Pickering: police

Man charged with murder after allegedly assaulting his mother in Pickering: police

PICKERING, Ont. — Durham Regional Police say a man has been charged with murder after allegedly assaulting his mother in Pickering on Sunday morning. Officers were called for reports of a collision on Weyburn Square at around 5 a.m.
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Fake cosmetic surgeon charged after allegedly injecting four women he met at dog park

Fake cosmetic surgeon charged after allegedly injecting four women he met at dog park

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man has been charged after allegedly posing as a surgeon, then injecting four women with what they believed were Botox, Salmon DNA and Ozempic treatments.
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Storm buries parts of Ontario under nearly a metre of snow, thousands without power

Storm buries parts of Ontario under nearly a metre of snow, thousands without power

A blast of winter weather delivered a "rude awakening" to parts of Ontario, an Environment Canada meteorologist said, as some communities dug out from nearly a metre of snow on Saturday with more in the forecast.
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