Ontario News

TORONTO — The City of Toronto says signage for Yonge-Dundas Square was decommissioned earlier this month and signage reflecting the site's new name is expected to be installed by the end of the year.

BRADFORD WEST GWILLIMBURY, ONT. — Police in a town north of Toronto are investigating after they say a man killed his wife and then killed himself in a case of intimate partner violence.

A 56-year-old has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after live ammunition exploded in a fire in Haldimand County, Ont.

KINGSTON, ONTARIO — Three people are dead and five others injured after a speed boat and a fishing boat collided Saturday night on Bobs Lake north of Kingston, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say the crash occurred around 9:30 p.m.

BARRIE, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a woman who passed out while officers were taking her to jail.

TORONTO — A major seizure of baby eels at Toronto's Pearson International Airport that federal officials say were destined for shipment overseas are estimated to be worth between $400,000 and $500,000.

TORONTO — The federal government should put a pin in approving new sites that supply safe opioids, Ontario Premier Doug Ford wrote in a letter to the prime minister, while also calling for a review of the Health Canada-approved sites across the count

Public Health Ontario says a young child has died after being hospitalized for measles — the first such death in more than a decade. A report published Thursday says the child was under five years old and not immunized against the virus.

TORONTO — The Toronto police hate crimes unit is investigating after a local synagogue was vandalized for the second time in four weeks.

TORONTO — The father of an 11-year-old boy with autism and the daughter of a senior with Alzheimer's disease, who both died after going missing, are among those urging the Ontario government to create a new alert to keep people like them safe.