Ontario News

Ontario is planning to make changes to a housing fund for municipalities that many have said unfairly measures their progress on building, the minister signalled in a speech Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Canadian defence manufacturer Roshel is partnering with a Swedish steel company so it can produce ballistic-protection steel domestically for the first time.

NORFOLK COUNTY — A string of alleged cemetery thefts in southwestern Ontario has police appealing for help. Ontario Provincial Police say thefts have been reported at four cemeteries in Norfolk County since last week.

OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu tells The Canadian Press that the federal government is launching a probe into allegations of unpaid work in the airline sector as a work stoppage at Air Canada stretches on.

TORONTO — Extreme heat is endangering students, workers, renters and some of Ontario's most vulnerable residents, a network of civil society groups said Monday as they urged the province to better prepare for sweltering temperatures.

Provincial police say they are investigating after human remains were found in a remote area of the Bruce Peninsula.

Police in northern Ontario say four young people have died in a weekend collision involving an ATV and a commercial vehicle. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened at around 3:20 a.m. Saturday on Highway 11 near Moonbeam, north of Timmins.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is putting $1.6 billion more toward funds for municipalities to help them get housing built.

Police in Peel Region say a woman is dead after being struck by a pickup truck west of Toronto early this morning. Police say they were called to the scene near Countryside Road and Airport Road in Brampton, Ont., at around 7:15 a.m.

TORONTO — There's a deepening divide among consumers, even as the rate of missed credit payments dipped, a new Equifax Canada report shows. It shows 1.4 million Canadians missed a credit payment in the second quarter.