Ontario News

TORONTO — Police in Toronto have charged ten people following an investigation into suspected drug trafficking in a west-end apartment building. Police say they began their investigation in February following reports of alleged drug activity.

LONDON, Ont. — A 17-year-old girl has died after she was allegedly attacked by three dogs at a home in Middlesex County, Ont.

Some essential workers fear the latest "shutdown" Premier Doug Ford is imposing on Ontario will do little to protect them from COVID-19.

MONTREAL — Quebec's public health institute says the majority of new COVID-19 cases in the province likely involve variants of concern as the government reported the highest number of new daily cases since January.

MONTREAL — Quebec's agency probing police-involved deaths in the province says it's investigating after officers in Trois-Rivieres, Que. allegedly did not respond to a report of a person in a local river.

MONTREAL — Health experts and politicians are blaming a more virulent novel coronavirus variant and the public's waning adhesion to health orders for rapidly rising infections in three Quebec cities.

TORONTO — Ontario residents aged 55 and older can now book Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine appointments at pharmacies across the province, the government announced Thursday.

An Ottawa police officer convicted of assault and uttering threats against four women was handed three years probation on Thursday and has resigned from the force. Const.

AURORA, Ont. — York Region District School Board says it's pulling police officers out of its schools. The school board says it's pausing programs with York Regional Police, including school resource officers and youth education officers.

TORONTO — The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario is expected to announce a 28-day provincewide "shutdown" today to stop the spread of COVID-19 as an alarming spike in cases threatens the critical care system.