Ontario News

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police north of Toronto are looking for witnesses after a private jet was hit by a suspected arsonist at Buttonville Municipal Airport. York Regional Police say it happened late Thursday night outside a hangar in Markham, Ont.

TORONTO — Police say three people are in serious condition after being hit by a car in Toronto's north end. The vehicle then slammed into a building and gas line, causing a leak. Officers say the crash happened just after 8 a.m. in North York.

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals won two Ottawa-area byelections in convincing fashion Thursday night, hanging onto the ridings with more than 50 per cent of the vote. Stephen Blais won Orleans for the party while Lucille Collard took Ottawa-Vanier.

TORONTO — Ontario's Catholic teachers will hold another provincewide strike next week after efforts to resume labour negotiations with the provincial government broke down, the union representing the educators said Thursday.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is moving ahead with controversial changes to the way provincial judges and justices of the peace are appointed in the province, a move critics fear will open the process to political interference.

TORONTO — Ontario's largest school board is telling parents this week about upcoming changes to elementary school start times.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say a citizen who brought in a vintage grenade for disposal at the force's headquarters caused a brief evacuation of its lobby today. They say a person brought in the grenade around 11 a.m.

TORONTO — An investigation into a false alarm about a nuclear incident at the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station has found it was the result of human error.

TORONTO — Ontario is set to release a report today on what led to a false alarm being issued about a nuclear incident last month and the response to it.

ORILLIA, Ont. — A popular casino north of Toronto says it has reopened after being evacuated due to a threat. Casino Rama says the anonymous threat was called into the Ontario Provincial Police on Wednesday afternoon.