Ontario News

TORONTO — Olivia Chow says it's time for the display of congratulatory cards behind her desk in the mayor's office to be put away.

TORONTO — A New Democrat legislator has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Ontario Premier Doug Ford over comments made about her statement on the conflict between Israel and Hamas, while the Ontario legislature debates a motion to censure her.

TORONTO — A second Ontario teachers union has now taken a step toward a possible strike, with members voting overwhelmingly in favour of job action, if necessary, to spur movement at the bargaining table.

TORONTO — Even before she set foot in Israel, Erin Lehrer knew it was home. That's what her mother told her — though she hadn't been to Israel either — and what she was taught at the Jewish day school she attended in Montreal, Lehrer said.

The man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., told a jury Thursday he knew his actions were considered a terrorist attack. On the stand in the Windsor, Ont.

Ottawa paramedics are seeking provincial approval for a new program that would see some patients with non-urgent concerns taken to hospital in a taxi, in a bid to ease the crushing demands on ambulance crews.

TORONTO — Ontario's official Opposition requested Wednesday the integrity commissioner probe the relationship between a minister, members of the premier's inner circle and a prominent developer whose land was removed from the protected Greenbelt.

The man accused of killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., in an alleged act of terrorism told a jury Wednesday that he researched fatality rates of pedestrians hit by vehicles a day before his attack.

TORONTO — The ex-husband of a woman who has accused Peter Nygard of sexual assault has testified that he and the complainant agreed she was taken advantage of but they struggled to determine whether what happened could be considered rape at the time.

TORONTO — Ontario's public elementary school teachers have voted 95 per cent in favour of a strike, their union announced Wednesday.