Skip to content

Ontario News

Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar

Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar

TORONTO — Ontario will allow hospitals to transfer patients without their consent and redeploy home-care workers to the facilities as the number of COVID-19 patients in intensive care units hits new highs.
Read more >
Corrections officer charged with sex assault of two Milton, Ont., inmates

Corrections officer charged with sex assault of two Milton, Ont., inmates

Police say a corrections officer at a women's jail in Milton, Ont., has been charged with sexually assaulting two inmates. Halton Regional Police allege a sexual assault at the Vanier Centre for Women took place on March 5.
Read more >
Second straight day Quebec City reports highest number of new infections in province

Second straight day Quebec City reports highest number of new infections in province

MONTREAL — Health officials in Quebec City pleaded with residents on Friday to follow health orders after the capital region reported the highest number of new daily COVID-19 infections in the province for a second consecutive day.
Read more >
Migrant farm worker vaccine pilot to run at Toronto airport this weekend

Migrant farm worker vaccine pilot to run at Toronto airport this weekend

TORONTO — Ontario will start offering COVID-19 vaccines to migrant farm workers arriving at Toronto's international airport through a pilot project this weekend, The Canadian Press has learned.
Read more >
Three charged after two-year-old boy dies of overdose in Waterloo, Ont.

Three charged after two-year-old boy dies of overdose in Waterloo, Ont.

WATERLOO, Ont. — Police west of Toronto say they've charged three people after a toddler died of an overdose. Waterloo regional police say they responded to a report of a child in distress in Cambridge, Ont., on Dec. 1, 2020.
Read more >
Quebec restores 8 p.m. curfew in Montreal, extends lockdown order in Quebec City

Quebec restores 8 p.m. curfew in Montreal, extends lockdown order in Quebec City

MONTREAL — Quebec will bring back an 8 p.m. curfew in the Montreal area and extend a lockdown order in three cities and one region as it tightened COVID-19 restrictions Thursday for the second time in three days.
Read more >
Ontario science table recommends limiting use of COVID drug due to supply shortage

Ontario science table recommends limiting use of COVID drug due to supply shortage

TORONTO — An expert group is recommending Ontario clinicians ration doses of a drug used to treat COVID-19 as a supply shortage coincides with a third wave of infections that's sending more patients into intensive care.
Read more >
Plan for hot spot mobile vaccine clinics for 18+ still being developed in Ontario

Plan for hot spot mobile vaccine clinics for 18+ still being developed in Ontario

TORONTO — Ontario's plan to use mobile units to vaccinate those aged 18 and older in COVID-19 hot spots will take some time to launch, a member of the province's immunization task force said Thursday as residents in those areas searched for specifics
Read more >
Off-duty Toronto cop charged after allegedly hiring sex worker, bringing gun to hotel

Off-duty Toronto cop charged after allegedly hiring sex worker, bringing gun to hotel

AURORA, Ont. — Police say they've charged an off-duty Toronto officer for allegedly hiring a sex worker and bringing his gun to the rendezvous.
Read more >
Plans for 'life-and-death' ICU triage decisions not finalized, health minister says

Plans for 'life-and-death' ICU triage decisions not finalized, health minister says

TORONTO — Ontario's health minister says the province has not yet finalized the protocols to deal with who gets life-saving treatment should intensive care units get overrun with COVID-19 patients.
Read more >