Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is proposing to more than triple the number of mayors who have so-called strong mayor powers, looking to add 169 municipalities to the list.

Some 17,000 customers are still without electricity more than a week after a powerful spring storm encrusted parts of central and eastern Ontario with ice.

MONTREAL — A 35-year-old man is facing a second-degree murder charge after he allegedly got into an altercation with a driver who had just hit a pedestrian in the Montréal-Nord borough.

TORONTO — Ontario says it is open to a compromise with the City of Toronto on plans to remove three bicycle lanes. Premier Doug Ford's government passed legislation last year to take out bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue.

Police say a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a woman they allege abducted her five-year-old son and took him to South America. Police in Durham Region allege the 41-year-old woman took her child to Colombia and refused to return.

WATERLOO, ONTARIO — Police say five people have been charged in an alleged string of butter thefts in the Waterloo, Ont., region.

Toronto police say a driver is facing charges after a fuel hose still attached to his vehicle was ripped from a gas station pump, striking and severely injuring a man in his 60s.

TORONTO — Ontario schools are starting to issue suspensions to some of the thousands of students who aren't fully vaccinated, as measles continue to spread and the outbreak breathes new urgency into a call for the province to digitize its immunizatio

TORONTO — As a player, Steven Beitashour lifted trophies with Toronto FC. Now an assistant coach, he hopes to help bring the ailing MLS franchise back to its glory years.

Another blast of wintry weather hit parts of Ontario on Tuesday, resulting in multiple collisions during the morning commute and snowfall warnings in some areas.