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HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they’ve shut down an alleged ”open air" drug market after a five-week project that led to the arrests of 57 people and more than 100 charges.

TORONTO — Legislation aimed at dismantling homeless encampments in Ontario will soon be introduced, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, along with a pledge to use the notwithstanding clause if the courts "interfere.

Police say they are investigating a shooting outside a home in Brampton, Ont., that left one man dead and another injured. Peel Regional Police received reports of a shooting in the area of Odeon Street and Concorde Drive just after 11:30 p.m.

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission says fare inspectors in plain clothes are now patrolling the system and issuing tickets as part of its efforts to curb fare evasion.

Environment Canada has issued a weather advisory for parts of Ontario, saying some areas in cottage country could get another significant burst of snow Wednesday after last weekend's blizzard that downed trees and power lines and left hundreds of dri

SARNIA, Ont. — Sarnia police say a 22-year-old international student is dead and a man has been charged with murder following an alleged stabbing over the weekend.

FORT SEVERN, Ont. — A man who jumped onto a polar bear that lunged at his wife has been seriously injured but is expected to recover, police in a northern Ontario First Nation said Tuesday.

THREE HILLS, Alta. — A B.C. woman charged in connection with a 60-thousand-dollar meat scam last year has been arrested in Ontario.

TORONTO — Ontario's ministerial zoning order process needs to be overhauled, even after the introduction of a new framework for the land use planning tool, the province's auditor general said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Ontario's opioid strategy, even with its new abstinence-based model for treatment, is outdated and does not serve the current needs of the people, the auditor general found in her annual report released Tuesday.