Ontario News

Ontario's long-term care minister has announced that the province is making a paramedic program that helps keep patients out of hospital permanent.

Hilary Weston, an Irish-Canadian fashion mogul and former lieutenant-governor of Ontario who devoted time to issues tied to women, volunteerism and youth, has died at 83.

TORONTO — Toronto FC is close to acquiring attacking midfielder Djordje Mihailovic from the Colorado Rapids in a cash deal, according to a source.

BURLEIGH FALLS — Police say the search has ended for two people who went missing over the weekend on an Ontario lake with their bodies being recovered from the water.

Provincial police say a 35-year-old man is dead and four people are injured after a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the crash at around 9:20 p.m.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 37-year-old woman found lying on the pavement early Sunday morning has died. Police say the woman was found in the Lasalle borough of Montreal after someone placed a 911 call.

TORONTO — Police say a man has serious injuries after a shooting inside a karaoke bar in the north end of Toronto. Toronto police say they responded to reports of a shooting just after 12:45 a.m.

ST. CATHARINES — A rider of an electric bicycle is dead after colliding with a transit bus in St. Catharines, Ont. Niagara police say they responded to reports of a collision at the intersection of King and Carlisle Streets at around 6:30 p.m.

PICKERING — Police say a man wanted for murder on a Canada-wide warrant after a house fire in Pickering, Ont., nearly two months ago has been arrested. Durham police responded to the fire on June 11 at around 2:20 p.m.

Provincial police say a 46-year-old woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon in Huntsville, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash happened just after 2 p.m.