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Don't vote for candidates who want to defund police, Ford tells Toronto voters

Don't vote for candidates who want to defund police, Ford tells Toronto voters

Voters in Toronto's upcoming mayoral byelection should not support anyone who wants to cut police budgets, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday in the wake of an apparently unprovoked fatal stabbing of a 16-year-old at a city subway station.
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TTC increases outreach, expert calls for guaranteed income in response to violence

TTC increases outreach, expert calls for guaranteed income in response to violence

TORONTO — A rise in violence on Toronto's transit system signals an urgent need to better support people struggling with homelessness, mental illness and addiction, says a forensic psychiatrist with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
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Trucker guilty of careless driving causing 2020 death of animal rights activist

Trucker guilty of careless driving causing 2020 death of animal rights activist

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO — The truck driver who ran over and killed an Ontario animal rights activist pleaded guilty to careless driving causing death on Monday, a case the Crown lawyer said stood the "very reasonable" possibility of acquittal had it gone
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Other programs can help uninsured, Ontario health minister says as coverage to end

Other programs can help uninsured, Ontario health minister says as coverage to end

TORONTO — The decision to end funding for a program that provides care for patients without health insurance will not be reversed, Ontario's health minister said Monday as she defended the move that's come under fire from the province's doctors.
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Loved ones, strangers mourn teen who died after TTC stabbing

Loved ones, strangers mourn teen who died after TTC stabbing

TORONTO — On blue cardstock taped to the outside of a Toronto subway station, the messages of mourning grew.
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Ontario minister defends covering fewer eye exams for seniors

Ontario minister defends covering fewer eye exams for seniors

TORONTO — Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones is defending a move to reduce the frequency of eye exams for healthy seniors, saying Monday that changes to funding for optometry services involve "fine tuning" the coverage.
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Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise

Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise

Several public health units in southwestern Ontario say they've seen a spike in cases of whooping cough and are urging residents to get vaccinated against the respiratory illness that can be particularly severe in young children.
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Contract instructors, TAs go on strike at Carleton University after no deal reached

Contract instructors, TAs go on strike at Carleton University after no deal reached

A union representing about 3,000 teaching assistants and contract instructors at Carleton University says its members have gone on strike.
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Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

Ontario doles out $5.5M to small communities for storm clean up, recovery

TWEED, Ont. — Nearly two dozen small municipalities in Ontario will share $5.5 million to help with recovering from extreme weather.
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Toronto police say man seriously injured in stabbing on board TTC bus

TORONTO — Police say a man has been stabbed on board a Toronto Transit Commission bus in Toronto. Toronto police tweeted shortly after midnight Monday that they responded to reports of the stabbing at Keele St. and Donald Ave.
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