Ontario News

A growing number of rural municipalities in Ontario are expressing interest in implementing a four-day work week, a group that supports local governments says, as another community in the province begins offering the model to staff.

Southern Ontario is bracing for another spell of winter weather with heavy snow in the forecast. Environment Canada has issued winter storm watches for most of southern Ontario where it's forecasting up to 20 centimetres.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say an 18-year-old man and six youth have been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing outside a school in Brampton, Ont., this week.

TORONTO — Justin Bieber is wiping the last of his Justice tour dates from the calendar. A run of concerts that include stops in Europe, the United States and Australia all changed to a "cancelled" status on Ticketmaster this week.

TORONTO — An industry coalition is calling on Ottawa to broaden its trusted traveller pilot program and roll it out across the country.

Ottawa police have laid 12 charges against a 35-year-old man in connection to an explosion last month that injured 12 people. People in the Orleans area were awoken in the early morning of Feb.

TORONTO — DesRosiers Automotive Consultants Inc. says light vehicle sales in Canada were up 5.1 per cent in Februrary from a year earlier. The automotive industry research firm estimates 103,771 new light vehicles were sold in the month.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The case of a Toronto police officer charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault in the death of a 19-year-old has been put over to next month. Const.

TORONTO — Indigo Books & Music Inc. is refusing to pay a ransom after current and former employees' data was hijacked in a cyberattack last month.

TORONTO — The Art Gallery of Ontario is embarking on a multi-million dollar expansion project that will see the addition of 13 new galleries across five floors.