Ontario News

MONTREAL — The number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Quebec continues to decline as the province prepares to resume several activities on Monday.

Ontarians who rely on prescription medication will hopefully see an onerous COVID-19 precaution lifted by the end of June.

Hamilton police say they're investigating after a man was shot to death Saturday night. Police say they responded to the incident just before 11 p.m., ET when they found the man on the ground at a parking lot outside an apartment complex.

Ontario has proposed extending an exemption to the Endangered Species Act for the forestry sector, a move that environmental groups say is another step towards decimating species at risk.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government says parks and pools will be permitted to reopen across the province as health authorities reported the fewest number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 since late March on Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario is extending its COVID-19 residential electricity rate relief for another five months, but the fixed price will be going up by nearly three cents per kilowatt hour.

MONTREAL — A wayward humpback whale has strayed from her usual habitat and ended up in the Montreal area on Saturday — a first according to marine mammal experts.

TORONTO — The scene at a downtown Toronto park was much calmer on Saturday than a week earlier when thousands of people defied physical distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario will begin allowing campers to return to provincial parks on Monday. The province says backcountry camping will resume under physical distancing measures that limit the number of people who gather.

TORONTO — A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a downtown Toronto shooting earlier this week.