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TORONTO — A retired priest has been charged in an alleged historical sexual assault that investigators say occurred in the Toronto area four decades ago.

CALEDONIA, ONT. — More than two years after a group of Indigenous demonstrators started occupying a proposed development site in southwestern Ontario, a provincial court has again granted an injunction permanently barring them from the land.

Toronto's recently approved housing plan is a good step forward but it could take years before the increase in supply makes renting more affordable in the city, urban planners and experts say.

HAMILTON — Police are investigating after two people were found dead at a home southwest of Toronto. Hamilton police say the investigation began at 1 p.m. after it found two dead people at a residence in the city's east end.

TORONTO — Ontario is not providing enough funding to allow proper protection of the Niagara Escarpment, where nearly all development permit applications have been approved in the last five years, the province's auditor general says.

TORONTO — Parts of southeastern Ontario could see between 15 and 30 centimetres of snow by Saturday morning as a pre-winter storm continues its path eastward.

TORONTO — The flu has returned with a vengeance after being absent for a couple of years during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's hitting children especially hard. Here's what doctors say is happening, and why.

TORONTO — Southwestern Ontario will soon see beer and wine in a corner store -- though not exactly the way Premier Doug Ford envisioned in his 2018 campaign promise.

TORONTO — Ontario can fully eliminate natural gas generation in its electricity system by 2050, starting with a moratorium in 2027, but it will require about $400 billion in capital spending and new, large-scale nuclear plants, a report said Thursday

TORONTO — A winter storm descended on Ontario on Thursday, causing a snowy, wet and icy evening commute in some regions.