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SIU clears Peel cop in arrest, death of 34-year-old Brampton man

Ontario's police watchdog has cleared a Peel Region officer of any potential criminal wrongdoing in the death of a 34-year-oldman in the midst of a mental health crisis last year.

Severe Toronto storm causes flooding, major power outages

A severestorm on Tuesday left many of Toronto's streets flooded, including the Don Valley Parkway, and tens of thousands without power.

Mississauga byelection ad targets Parrish on land transfer tax

DipikaDamerlais targeting her Mississauga city council colleague Carolyn Parrish on social media and her website, saying the frontrunnerhas "mused at city council about doubling land transfer taxes."

Toronto woman who uses wheelchair carried off Air Canada flight

A Toronto woman is calling for more accessibility in air travel after she had to be carried off an Air Canada plane in a badly broken aisle chair, an experience she says was unsafe and undignified.

Multiple arrests, 19 charges laid in $22.5M Pearson gold heist

Police say they have arrested multiple people and laid 19 charges in connection with what investigators are calling the largest gold heist in Canadian history.

Vaughan, York police launch crackdown on illegal car rallies

Vaughan and York Regional Police formally launched a new effort Tuesday to crack down on unsanctioned car rallies the city's mayor says have evolved into dangerous and "completely unacceptable" events.

Ford doubles down on refusal to allow fourplexes provincewide

Premier Doug Ford doubled down Wednesday on his refusal to force municipalities to allow fourplexes on residential land, a move that could jeopardize Ontario's access to billions of dollars in federal housing funds.

Ford government to scrap online licence plate renewal, will be done automatically instead

The Ontario government says it intends to scrap the requirement for drivers in the province to re-register their licence plates online each year, with the process being done automatically instead.

Ford, Trudeau sign $3.1B health-care funding deal that will see Ontario hire more health workers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford signed an agreement on Friday that details how the province must spend $3.1 billion in federal funding earmarked for health care.

Peel police extortion task force investigating 29 cases, lays 2 dozen charges

A specialized Peel police task force is investigating 29 extortion cases and has laid charges against five more people in connection with some of those incidents, the service says.