Ontario News

PORT DOVER — A swimmer has been rescued from a potential drowning incident in Lake Erie thanks to the actions of a 12-year-old family member.

Police are looking for witnesses following a fatal crash on a highway in Hamilton, Ont., on Friday. Hamilton police say a 47-year-old man stopped his car on the shoulder of the Lincoln Alexander Parkway shortly after 8 p.m.

Police say a toddler has died after drowning in the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ont., on Friday morning. Ontario Provincial Police say they were called to Wolfe Island at around 9:30 a.m. after an unresponsive toddler was found in the river.

Police say they are looking for five suspects, one as young as 11, after a potentially hate-motivated swarming attack in Oshawa, Ont.

Police are issuing a Canada-wide warrant for a 34-year-old man wanted for murder after a deadly house fire in Pickering, Ont., last month. Durham police responded to a house fire on June 11 at around 2:20 p.m.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 21-year-old man shot near a park in the city's Sud-Ouest borough last week has died.

Police say they are looking for a potential witness as they continue to investigate a suspected animal attack in eastern Ontario that left a young child with serious injuries.

TORONTO — Environment Canada has issued a heat warning for parts of southern Ontario this weekend, with humidex values expected to make it feel like 40 C.

Residents of a First Nation in northern Ontario will start returning home Friday after a wildfire threatened the community early last month and forced more than 2,000 people to evacuate, officials said.

Two teens are facing charges after police say rocks were thrown at moving vehicles in Markham, Ont., causing a serious crash last year.