Ontario News

TORONTO — Nearly 100 employees at Toronto's Union Station are walking off the job, which could cause service disruptions at Canada's busiest transportation hub.

TORONTO — An Ontario Liberal government would ban handguns across the province in its first year in office, party leader Steven Del Duca announced Tuesday, though he offered few details of how that would be accomplished.

TORONTO — The operator responsible for the movement of passenger and freight trains at Toronto's Union Station says it's hoping to reach an agreement with the nearly 100 workers who are planning to go on strike just after midnight.

The Ontario government says it is one step closer to bringing two-way, all-day commuter train service to the Greater Golden Horseshoe region that includes Toronto and Hamilton.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,486 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, up 14 per cent from the previous day. The province is also reporting 206 COVID-patients in intensive care, a slight increase from Monday's 202.

A winter weather travel advisory remains in effect for parts of southern Ontario, although it has been lifted for the Greater Toronto Area, London, Hamilton, Windsor and Peterborough.

BROCKVILLE, Ont. — Provincial police are confirming three people have died in a collision between a semi and a passenger vehicle on Highway 401. Police say it happened early Monday evening just east of Maitland, in Augusta Township.

TORONTO — Police say they've made an arrest in a case where they've alleged a woman pushed another woman onto the subway tracks at Toronto's Bloor-Yonge station. Investigators say a 39-year-old woman was walking on the platform just after 9 p.m.

The search for two people on board a plane that has been missing in northern Ontario has entered its fourth day. Maj. Trevor Reid, a spokesperson for the Canadian Armed Forces, says the Piper Comanche aircraft left Delhi, Ont., around 3:45 p.m.

TORONTO — A spring snowstorm is expected to hit most of southern Ontario this evening through early Tuesday morning. Environment Canada has issued a winter travel advisory for the area today due to anticipated snowfall.