Ontario News

TORONTO — The union representing Toronto's police officers is urging the city to pull an annual grant to Canada's largest Pride parade after the event banned police floats.

Toronto's newborn capybara triplets are in need of names and zoo officials are asking for ideas. The pups were born last month to the High Park Zoo's wandering capybara couple, who escaped last year and was on the lam for several weeks.

OTTAWA — The Sobey Art Award has announced its long list of 25 artists from across the country vying for the top prize of $50,000.

TORONTO — Starley was almost ready to acknowledge defeat when a last-ditch effort at writing a hit song delivered in spades.

OTTAWA — "Time and again, Canada has demonstrated its disregard of its dairy commitments to the United States — hampering America's exports to Canada — while pursuing ways to use its government-controlled system to unfairly dump greater Canadian expo

TORONTO — It's a song that came effortlessly to Ron Hawkins and quickly struck a chord with his audience. "And it strikes a chord with me when I sing it," said the veteran Toronto musician.

Six stories in the news for Thursday, April 20 ——— ONTARIO HOUSING PACKAGE COMING TODAY The Ontario government will unveil a much-anticipated package of housing measures today aimed at cooling a red-hot market.

Toronto police are searching for a 25-year-old suspect described as "armed and dangerous" following a homicide early this week. Investigators say they were called to an address near Queen St. East at about 1:50 a.m.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Niagara Region police say they have shut down an illegal marijuana dispensary operating in St. Catharines, Ont., and have laid charges against two people.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) has been hit with a $100,000 fine after a worker in Brampton, Ont., was injured on the job in April 2013 and for "systemic problems" at that outlet northwest of Toronto.