Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is moving to overhaul the way it collects and analyzes data on opioid overdoses and deaths in an effort to get a better understanding of the extent of the problem in the province, officials said Tuesday.

VANCOUVER — A law professor who filed a complaint against a British Columbia Supreme Court judge hearing a sexual assault case has issued an apology, saying there were no grounds for the claim.

HAMILTON — A Canadian accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails was denied bail on Tuesday after the judge rejected his parents as supervisors and found he had both the incentive and the means to seek refuge abroad.

HALIFAX — An American woman has pleaded guilty in a plot to kill shoppers at a Halifax mall on Valentine's Day, a potential massacre avoided by a Crime Stoppers tip to police.

OTTAWA — New findings suggest high-priced specialty drugs are increasingly dominating the new drug landscape in Canada.

OTTAWA — The federal government has imposed new airline security measures on certain Canada-bound flights, but it provided precious few details Tuesday, citing a need for secrecy.

CALGARY — When last year's ferocious Alberta wildfire threatened Suncor Energy's oilsands upgrader near Fort McMurray, the rush to safely remove hundreds from the area provided a rare large-scale test of technology that can let companies know the loc

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Police in Brantford, Ont., say a man who suffered a fentanyl overdose was revived by a friend who used an opioid antidote.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says more varieties of Wholesome Farms' sundae cups have been recalled due to possible Listeria contamination.

TORONTO — The CBC apologized Tuesday in the wake of accusations of inaccuracies in its docu-drama "Canada: The Story of Us.