Ontario News

OTTAWA — Ontario public school board teachers have a Charter-protected right against unreasonable search and seizure in the workplace, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Jamieson Rees to a one-year, two-way contract extension, the NHL team announced Friday. The contract carries a value of US$775,000 in the NHL and US$85,000 in the American Hockey League.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — York Regional Police say they are investigating after one person died and three people were injured in a shooting in Vaughan, Ont. Police say officers responded to reports of gunshots in a home in the Woodbridge area just before 9 a.

OTTAWA — Canadian retail sales rose 0.7 per cent to $66.8 billion in April, helped by higher sales at gasoline stations as well as food and beverage retailers.

TORONTO — Police say they have charged a man with first-degree murder and are searching for an additional suspect after a shooting killed a teenage boy in east Toronto last weekend.

TORONTO — A Toronto detective is facing charges for the alleged workplace sexual assault and harassment of a number of his subordinates in cases spanning a three-year period.

TORONTO — The subject "secret musical" piqued Kimberly-Ann Truong's interest when it showed up in her inbox, and the email's contents sent her imagination running wild.

TORONTO — Ontario is considering revising its tallies of how many homes are built in cities and towns across the province, after some complained that undercounting has cost them millions in provincial funding.

OTTAWA — An Ontario Superior Court judge has found no documented evidence to support allegations made against former Liberal MP Han Dong in a series of Global News stories last year.

TORONTO — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian acting legend with a prolific film and TV career, has died at age 88.