Ontario News

TORONTO — Peel Regional Police are reviewing how they engage with people with autism after officers used a stun gun on a non-verbal autistic teen earlier this month. The force has said police used a stun gun on 19-year-old Abdullah Darwich on Nov.

TORONTO — The Canada-Belgium World Cup soccer game garnered plenty of attention on the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp.'s Proline betting service.

TORONTO — The Grey Cup party continued Thursday for cornerback Shaquille Richardson and the Toronto Argonauts. The Argos were honoured at a rally following their 24-23 Grey Cup victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Sunday in Regina.

TORONTO — Dense fog descended on much of southern Ontario on Thursday, posing hazardous driving conditions and affecting operations at airports.

TORONTO — Hall of Fame defenceman Borje Salming, who starred for the Toronto Maple Leafs over 16 NHL seasons and was a trailblazer for Europeans who later made their mark in the world's top pro hockey league, has died at 71 after a battle with amyotr

TORONTO — The rate of opioid deaths in Ontario decreased by more than 10 per cent in the first two quarters of this year compared to the year before, new data shows, with the chief coroner saying the decline brings some hope.

A high school student and his parents were among four people killed in a crash northeast of Toronto earlier this week, school officials say. Deb Callahan, the principal at Thomas A Stewart Secondary School in Peterborough, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to move jury duty questionnaires online. That's one part of a large red tape reduction bill the government introduced this week, which also includes increasing the amount of time retired judges can serve.

TORONTO — As pediatric hospitals fill up with young children sickened by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), doctors are worried that older adultswill be the next wave to become seriously ill.

TORONTO — More consumer protection is needed as new entrants in the fast-growing payments space get ahead of regulation, the head of the Canadian Bankers Association said.