Ontario News

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the circumstances around the death of a 21-year-old woman found in a Thunder Bay home after it says officers did not respond to a 911 domestic disturbance call.

TORONTO — One of Toronto's deputy mayors says the suspected hate-motivated arson and vandalism of a Jewish-owned grocery store should serve as a wakeup call about a spike in antisemitism in the city.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says a 46-year-old man who died during his arrest in Sudbury had been shot by police with a stun gun. The Special Investigations Unit has shared more details about its investigation into the man's death.

Toronto police say a fire at a business in the city is being investigated as a suspected hate-motivated crime. Police say they were called Wednesday morning to International Deli Foods in the North York area for reports of a fire.

Ontario Provincial Police say a homicide investigation is underway in a remote northern First Nation after two people were found dead.

TORONTO — Fires sparked by lithium-ion batteries are increasing in Toronto and pose a "significant risk," the city's fire chief said after a blaze aboard a subway train demonstrated how quickly flames sparked by a faulty battery can spread.

TORONTO — Hospital workers are buckling under the pressure of heavy workloads largely brought about by a staffing crisis, an Ontario union said Wednesday as it urged the province to do more to support those working in the health-care system.

OTTAWA — The new year brought no fresh start for Ottawa's ill-fated light rail train system, after concrete debris found on the tracks of an LRT station tunnel forced a partial shutdown of the system.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating after a man died during his arrest by Sudbury police. Sudbury police say officers were called around 10:40 a.m. Tuesday in relation to an intimate partner violence incident.

TORONTO — The driver of a Mississauga transit bus carrying 13 passengers was the only person seriously injured when the bus hit another vehicle and crashed into a ditch in Toronto's west end, police said on Tuesday.