Ontario News

TORONTO — Child-care centres in Ontario will be allowed to reopen Friday with a long list of restrictions in place, including on the number of people per room, extra cleaning and COVID-19 screening measures.

MONTREAL — A new report on employment equity by the Quebec Human Rights Commission suggests there are still too few visible minorities and Indigenous Peoples working in the province's public institutions.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said he won't release a list of medical experts guiding his pandemic response because of privacy concerns, as opposition legislators called on the government to release a full roster of its health advisers.

MONTREAL — Quebec's premier apologized as the province surpassed 5,000 COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, vowing to take lessons from the loss of life.

TORONTO — A coalition of activist groups wants to hear if Toronto is failing to do what it should for homeless people during the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, they have set up a website that allows anonymous reports.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a man died after an "interaction" with police in Vaughan, north of Toronto. The Special Investigations Unit says York Regional Police were called to a home around 11 p.m.

Toronto police have released photos of an SUV they say was involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash over the weekend. Investigators say the collision took place in the city's northwest shortly after midnight on Sunday morning.

MONTREAL — Restaurants in Quebec will be able to open up dining rooms beginning next week after being shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic, government and health officials announced Monday.

TORONTO — A proposed law to protect farmers from aggressive protesters will trample freedom of speech, say animal rights activists who are calling on the Ontario government to reverse course on the bill.

OTTAWA — A survey by the Canadian Medical Association found almost half of those asked sought medical advice by phone, email, videoconference or text during the COVID-19 pandemic but that most people still prefer in-person visits.