Ontario News

TORONTO — Metrolinx says protests have affected bus service at three Toronto-area GO Transit hubs this morning, including Toronto's busy Union Station. The agency that operates GO Transit says demonstrators gathered around 7:20 a.m.

Ontario is reporting 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 today and 209 in intensive care. Both are slightly up from Thursday, when the province reported 1,661 in hospital and 202 in ICUs.

Ontario's election campaign has all but begun now that the Progressive Conservative government has adjourned the legislature following the tabling of their latest budget.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives are veering off a path to balance with an election budget loaded with billions of dollars in hospital, highway and transit investments.

A new five-year deal between the federal government and Ontario designed to protect the province's beleaguered caribou is a "spectacular failure" to the species, environmental groups say.

Police west of Toronto say they have broken up an alleged theft ring and recovered more than $80,000 in stolen property. Peel Regional Police say they've charged 12 people, including three teenage girls and a teenage boy, in the months-long probe.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives want to spread the public service workforce across the province in a bid to stimulate local economies and save money.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives want to tweak auto insurance rules to allow more choice, ensure fairness and crack down on fraud.

Ontario's Progressive Conservative government tabled a budget Thursday that effectively doubles as its platform for the spring election. Here are the highlights: OFF THE PATH TO BALANCE The budget lays out $198.

Ontario is reporting 1,661 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, and 202 in intensive care. That's compared with 1,734 hospitalizations and 211 people in ICUs on Wednesday. The province is reporting 21 new deaths from COVID-19.