Ontario News

OTTAWA — Canada's special envoy on antisemitism says Ontario school boards need to take seriously incidents of anti-Jewish bigotry targeted at students in public schools.

TORONTO — Four men are facing mischief charges after police allege they forced their way into a member of Parliament's constituency office in northwest Toronto earlier this year.

A Toronto man has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder after two women were found dead in a west-end home last year.

TORONTO — The union representing hospitality workers at Toronto's CN Tower says members have voted to ratify a tentative agreement with the employer, ending a two-week lockout.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia government should be cautious as it considers giving mayors more power — authority that could create a “mini American presidency" in communities across the province — says a political scientist.

Police say a four-year-old child is dead after drowning in a pond in Proton Station, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say officers were called to a farm in Southgate Township, northwest of Toronto, just after 7 p.m. on Sunday.

HAMILTON — Hamilton police say they’ve identified a suspect in what they’ve described as a brazen daytime shooting in the city's downtown core.

MONTREAL — Police say a man in his 40s drowned Saturday in the St. Lawrence River, west of Montreal. Emergency responders were called in the afternoon to Pointe-des-Cascades, where the man went into the water in an area between two dams.

PETERBOROUGH — Police in Ontario say a 21-year-old boater is facing charges after a passenger fell overboard on a lake northwest of Kingston.

TORONTO — Thunderstorms are working their way through southeastern Ontario as a heat wave continues to blanket parts of the province.