Ontario News

OTTAWA — The Prime Minister has gotten in on the April Fools' Day spirit with a lighthearted tweet aimed at former "Friends" star — and classmate — Matthew Perry.

TORONTO — The union representing employees with the Canadian Hearing Society says talks aimed at ending an Ontario-wide strike have broken down.

TORONTO — Ontario is setting up a new service for people seeking medically assisted death that will allow them to reach out for help directly, bypassing health-care providers who object to assisted suicide on conscience grounds.

HANOVER, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is looking for people who may have witnessed a crash involving an all-terrain vehicle that left a man critically injured in Hanover, Ont.

Hamilton's homicide squad has its first case of 2017. Police say officers responding to a disturbance call in the city's east end on Saturday found a male suffering from life-threatening injuries.

TORONTO — The Independent Police Oversight Review under Court of Appeal Justice Michael Tulloch is scheduled to release its report and recommendations on police oversight and accountability in Ontario on Thursday.

TORONTO — Just how Ontario's police should be policed is the topic of a major report expected Thursday in which a judge with the province's top court will reveal the results of his comprehensive review of the issue.

TORONTO — Canada's money-laundering watchdog drafted a document warning the real estate sector to be on guard for "specific ethnic communities" dealing with terrorism and war, before removing the reference at the behest of an industry association, do

TORONTO — Five things to watch this week in Canadian business: Positive economics: The week will kick off Monday with the release of the Bank of Canada's business outlook survey, and it wraps up Friday with the job figures for March.

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick wants to be your marijuana supplier. The Liberal government, led by 34-year-old Brian Gallant, sees weed as green gold — an important creator of revenue and jobs in a province that badly needs both.