Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is opening up a $1-billion fund aimed at giving relief to businesses affected by steel, aluminum and auto tariffs.

TURKEY POINT — Ontario's police watchdog says it's investigating after a fatal police-involved shooting in a town on Lake Erie.

Ontario Provincial Police say they have arrested and charged a 67-year-old man after his neighbours' dog was shot and killed in Peterborough County.

Extreme heat is expected to ease in many parts of Canada today, while the Atlantic provinces continue to bear the brunt of a multi-day heat wave.

ST. JOHN'S — Residents near Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city were ordered to flee a wildfire Tuesday, as thousands of other people across the province faced the prospect of leaving or losing their homes to flames.

TORONTO — An Ontario college has opened applications to newcomers for a free program intended to address what it describes as a "critical" shortage of building code officials in the province.

A man is dead after an alleged afternoon stabbing at an east-end home in Toronto, police said Tuesday. Police said they responded to a report that someone had been stabbed at a home near Woodbine Avenue and O'Connor Drive just after 2:30 p.m.

A new bylaw aimed at reducing renovictions in Toronto is already having noticeable effects, according to tenant and anti-poverty advocates, though some say it's too early to tell if it will be well-enforced.

An 18-year-old man from Oshawa, Ont., who was recently charged in a collision that killed a father of three is the same person facing a dangerous driving charge in a crash involving Premier Doug Ford, Ontario Provincial Police say.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to meet Monday with Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who says he plans to urge the prime minister to lower taxes in order to stimulate the economy.