Ontario News

TORONTO — Mayors in an Ontario COVID-19 hot spot are joining calls for the government to reduce the vaccine dosing interval for Oxford-AstraZeneca recipients as a more infectious variant spreads in the province.

TORONTO — Ontario is extending a wage increase for personal service workers for another two months. It was set to expire on June 30 but that period is being extended to Aug. 23.

Ontario is reporting 574 COVID-19 cases and four deaths from the virus today. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there were 109 cases reported in Toronto, 84 in Peel Region, 79 in Waterloo and 51 in the Porcupine Health Unit.

TORONTO — Ontario legislators interrupted their summer break to kick off a marathon sitting Thursday as the government prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause to restore parts of a law that restrict third-party election advertising.

TORONTO — Ontario is accelerating second shots of COVID-19 vaccines for people in Delta variant hot spots but health authorities said on Thursday they would not shorten the 12-week dosage interval for those who initially received an Oxford-AstraZenec

Police in Guelph, Ont., say they have identified a suspect in two sexual assaults that took place more than 20 years ago. Investigators say the incidents occurred months apart in 1999.

Ontario is launching a new integrated system of employment services it says will make it easier for residents to restart their careers.

LONDON, Ont. — The man accused of deliberately running over and killing four members of a Muslim family in London, Ont., had his case adjourned to next week.

TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the province's economy will rebound over the next two years but the government is unlikely to reach its goal of a balanced budget by the start of the next decade.

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO — A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a Mississauga, Ont., man wanted in a shooting at a restaurant that left one man dead and four others injured.