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PC attack ads show 'lack of civility,' new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says

PC attack ads show 'lack of civility,' new Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie says

TORONTO — Bonnie Crombie, the new leader of the Ontario Liberal Party, says she hasn't seen the attack ads the Progressive Conservatives have launched against her — but she has plenty of thoughts on them.
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Driver of maintenance vehicle who went on Pearson runway was distracted: TSB

Driver of maintenance vehicle who went on Pearson runway was distracted: TSB

TORONTO — A distracted maintenance worker who drove onto an active runway required an Air Canada plane to scrap an initial landing attempt to avoid a collision at Toronto's Pearson airport last year, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said Wed
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Teachers in Ontario's French-language public school system to hold strike vote

Teachers in Ontario's French-language public school system to hold strike vote

TORONTO — Teachers in Ontario's French-language public school system will be voting next month on whether to give their union a strike mandate after nearly a year and a half of bargaining.
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'A blow': Some LGBTQ+ Catholics disappointed in Vatican statement on blessing couples

'A blow': Some LGBTQ+ Catholics disappointed in Vatican statement on blessing couples

TORONTO — Frank Testin was hopeful when he heard Pope Francis would allow priests to bless same-gender couples. He thought it was a small step toward LGBTQ+ acceptance in the Roman Catholic Church. Then he read what the Vatican actually said.
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One dead, six in hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Kitchener

One dead, six in hospital after carbon monoxide leak in Kitchener

KITCHENER, Ont. — One person is dead and six others were sent to hospital due to a carbon monoxide leak in Kitchener, Ont. Police say they were called to a home just after 7:30 a.m. Tuesday on reports of a gas leak.
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Charges laid in 2022 Hamilton townhouse fire that killed four people

Charges laid in 2022 Hamilton townhouse fire that killed four people

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Fire Department has laid charges against two tenants who survived a townhouse fire last December that killed four people. Two adults and two children died in the fire in Hamilton on Dec. 29, 2022.
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Hate crime reports continue to rise in Toronto since Israel-Hamas war began: police

Hate crime reports continue to rise in Toronto since Israel-Hamas war began: police

TORONTO — Hate crime reports in Toronto have continued to rise since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the city's police chief said on Tuesday, noting that just over half of those were reports of alleged antisemitism.
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Man who did not disclose HIV status to partners denied day, full parole

Man who did not disclose HIV status to partners denied day, full parole

An Ontario man who did not disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners has been denied day and full parole as the Parole Board of Canada noted his preoccupation with sex and pornography remains "entrenched" in his behaviour.
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Two dead, three in hospital after crash involving SUV, school bus; student not hurt

Two dead, three in hospital after crash involving SUV, school bus; student not hurt

CALEDON, Ont. — Two people who were in an SUV have died and three others are in hospital after a crash involving their vehicle and a school bus in Caledon, northwest of Toronto.
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Ontario man accused of selling deadly substances online due back in court in January

Ontario man accused of selling deadly substances online due back in court in January

NEWMARKET, ONTARIO — The case of an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances to people who later took their own lives is due back in court next month.
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