Ontario News

EDMONTON — A commercial food processing company is facing 26 charges after an Edmonton worker became trapped in a smokehouse and died. Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. is charged with offences under Alberta health and safety laws.

TORONTO — Ontario passed divisive legislation Monday that will prevent municipalities from adding certain new bike lanes and remove others on three main Toronto roads – a sign, the opposition says, that the premier is too focused on fighting Toronto

Niagara Regional Police say a man is facing murder and attempted murder charges after two people were shot in St. Catharines, Ont. Police say officers responded to reports of gunshots in the area of Division and Riordon streets on Friday afternoon.

TORONTO — Ontario failed to meet its own legislated target this past year for the average number of hands-on hours of care that long-term care residents receive, a newly updated document shows.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — York Regional Police say they have arrested seven suspects, including a 13-year-old, in a case of a violent, targeted home invasion. Police say officers were called at about 9 p.m.

Provincial police say they have concluded there's no merit to a report of a razor blade found in a child's Halloween candy in Cochrane, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario has signed an agreement with the federal government for $108 million in funding for school nutrition programs, which officials say will allow the province's program to serve more children.

Firefighters in Ontario are set to get easier access to Workplace Safety and Insurance Board coverage for certain cancers.

ALTONA, MANITOBA, CANADA — Manitoba RCMP have issued an arrest warrant for an Ontario truck driver who was allegedly involved in a crash that killed a woman and an eight-year-old girl. Brampton, Ont.

TORONTO — Toronto police say a man is dead and his adult son has been arrested after an alleged stabbing. Officers were called around 11 p.m. to a stabbing at a home in the city's east end, near Finch Avenue and McCowan Road.