Ontario News

TORONTO — A former correctional officer testifying at a coroner's inquest into the death of a mentally ill man at an Ontario jail on Wednesday recalled getting an "incredibly bad sinking feeling" as soon as he saw the man in his segregation cell.

TORONTO — Ontario has named a former General Motors executive as its new representative in Washington, D.C.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative government spent about $25 million — or three quarters of its total advertising spending — last year on ads the auditor general believes are partisan.

TORONTO — Ontario's government is not respecting or using public consultation on environmental impacts in its decision making, particularly in its now-reversed plan to open up the protected Greenbelt for housing development, the acting auditor genera

TORONTO — The Ontario auditor general's office published its annual report Wednesday.

TORONTO — The decision to move the Ontario Science Centre to Ontario Place was based on incomplete information and took into consideration the parking needs of a privately owned waterpark and spa, the province's auditor general said Wednesday.

TORONTO — Maple Leafs defenceman John Klingberg's season is over.

HAMILTON — Scott Milanovich has long been aware of the fierce support for the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats as both an adversary and as part of the family.

TORONTO — Durham Regional Police have released body camera footage showing the capture of a kangaroo that escaped from its handlers east of Toronto last week. The four-and-a-half minute video, which has a timecode of 7:10 a.m.

TORONTO — "Letterkenny" creator and star Jared Keeso has signed a multi-year content deal to develop spinoffs and new series for Crave. The deal comes as the 12th and final season of "Letterkenny" is set to premiere Dec. 25.