Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's elementary teachers are set to resume contract talks with the government on Wednesday, but they're warning that if bargaining doesn't produce an agreement, the union will resume job action after March break.

Ontario's new flooding strategy is focusing on increasing public awareness and preparedness, but it's not clear if it will come with any new funding. Natural Resources Minister John Yakabuski announced in Minden, Ont.

HAMILTON — Police have identified two people killed when a man opened fire in a Hamilton bar over the weekend, but say they are unable to find a connection between them or two other people injured in the shooting.

TORONTO — This week could be a key one in the ongoing and contentious contract talks between Ontario teachers and the government.

TORONTO — Provincial and local health officials announced four new cases of the novel coronavirus in the Greater Toronto Area on Sunday, bringing the total in Ontario to 32. All four of the new patients had recently travelled outside of the country.

TRENT LAKES, Ont. — Provincial police say recovery divers have found the body of a man who fell through the ice on a lake in southern Ontario. Police say he fell through the ice on Saturday afternoon in the Municipality of Trent Lakes, Ont.

HAMILTON — Two people were gunned down and two others were wounded early Sunday morning after attending a memorial for a murder victim, Hamilton police said as they called on witnesses to come forward.

MONTREAL — Unionized home daycare workers in Quebec have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a general strike as of April 1. The union representing some 10,000 workers said today that its members voted 97.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Health Department has announced another presumptive case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total of confirmed and presumptive cases in the province to four.

LAVAL, Que. — A mother in her 40s suffered serious injuries in a fire at a Laval home on Saturday morning. The Laval fire department says it received a call at around 1 a.m.