Ontario

One of the most polarizing figures in Ontario politics is officially launching his bid for the leadership of the provincial Tories on Saturday, February 3, 2018, with an expected attack on both the party he hopes to lead and the one he wants to topple.

Premier Kathleen Wynne fired up her troops on Saturday, February 3, 2018, at the Ontario Liberal annual general meeting — the last party gathering before the spring election — by urging them not to focus on their uncertain opponent, but on the principles they're fighting for.

Inside this southern Ontario greenhouse, workers delicately clip each stem of a potted orchid onto thin, black stakes jutting out from its soil, marking the finishing touches on the final floral harvest before turning over a new leaf: marijuana.

More than 80 complaints have now been received against two former RCMP doctors under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct spanning decades, police in Ontario and Nova Scotia say.

A high-level political volunteer with Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and former senior aide to Stephen Harper has confirmed he had known that there were "rumours" about Patrick Brown's conduct, and that he urged a Tory legislator to take action.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative caucus will meet today, January 26, 2018, to choose an interim leader following Patrick Brown's resignation in the face of sexual misconduct allegations.

J. Miles Dale, who shares the best picture nomination with director Guillermo del Toro, noted the film was shot in Toronto and Hamilton and is a Canadian production almost top to bottom.

Nick Cluley and his wife, who have always paid their Coffee Public employees more than minimum wage, have boosted everyone’s pay by $1.25 an hour since Jan. 1 — not just those earning below $14, as a new Ontario law required.

Dolores O'Riordan, the defiant voice of Irish rock band the Cranberries who died on Monday at 46, found a certain solace in her second home — a remote town in Ontario.

The premier of Ontario lashed out at the children of Tim Hortons' billionaire co-founders on Thursday, January 4, 2017, for reducing the benefits of their employees in response to the latest minimum wage increase, calling it a "clear act of bullying."

Federal Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale says Ottawa is working with Toronto and Ontario officials to help ease an unprecedented strain on Toronto's homeless shelter system as temperatures fall to new lows.

The freezing drizzle had already been falling for four days when Normand Chaput left his home in St-Hyacinthe, Que., on Jan. 9, 1998.

Organizers cancelled two New Year's Day polar bear dips in Ontario because of the frigid temperatures, but not even a layer of ice could stop hundreds of people from plunging into the freezing waters of Herring Cove, N.S.

Environment Canada says it's not about how cold it is, but how long this wave of frigid air will stay around that's unusual.

Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says a national price on carbon won't be imposed on any province for at least another year.