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TORONTO — Ontario’s information and privacy commissioner says Premier Doug Ford’s government broke its legal, record-keeping obligations amid its now-reversed decision to open up parts of the protected Greenbelt lands for housing. As part of Commissioner Patricia Kosseim’s annual report, she says that a number of freedom-of-information appeals her office received on Greenbelt-related requests revealed […]

TORONTO — New data shows more people are filing complaints about obstetrical and gynecological care in Ontario, with insensitivity, poor communication and lack of trauma awareness among the most common grievances. Ontario’s Patient Ombudsman Craig Thompson says his office received 168 complaints between April 2024 and March 2025, compared to 130 over the same period […]

TORONTO — A newly released report estimates Canada will need at least $30 billion in new capital investments by 2040 if it wants to meet domestic demand for the critical minerals key to a green economy transition. But the Canadian Climate Institute’s report says cutting back on environmental safeguards and Indigenous consultation to speed up […]

Provincial police say they have charged two people with manslaughter in the 2023 death of an infant in northern Ontario. OPP say they were called to a hospital in Wawa on Dec. 2, 2023, after family members brought in a baby with no vital signs. After a lengthy investigation, police say they have arrested a […]

TORONTO — Dozens of goats have returned to a Toronto park to munch on invasive and woody plants as part of an eco-friendly city project. After a successful pilot last summer, a herd of 50 goats is grazing a new section of the Don Valley Brick Works Park meadow over two days this week. “The […]

TORONTO — Canadian boxer Amanda (Bambola) Galle already holds the IBO bantamweight title. Now the 36-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., wants to add to her collection. Galle (11-0-1) will get a bigger platform to do so, having signed with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) co-founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian. “I know it’s going to put […]

TORONTO — Dozens of goats have returned to a Toronto park to munch on invasive and woody plants as part of an eco-friendly city project. After a successful pilot last summer, a herd of 50 goats is grazing a new section of the Don Valley Brick Works Park meadow over two days this week. City […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s financial accountability officer says in a report today that the province’s housing starts for the first quarter of this year were at the lowest levels since 2009. The FAO’s economic monitor report says the latest economic indicators are largely positive, with employment, retail and wholesale trade, manufacturing sales and exports all seeing […]

A Toronto court has ruled that a woman accused of killing three people in three Ontario cities last year is fit to stand trial. Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested in October and charged with one count of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder. The charges relate to three deaths police have said took place […]

A man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was shot by police in a Markham, Ont., condominium early Wednesday morning following a reported dispute, the province’s police watchdog said. York Region police said they responded to a welfare check call on Buchanan Drive at around 4:40 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a […]