Ontario News

TORONTO — A third-floor condo fire sent thick clouds of black smoke over part of downtown Toronto on Thursday, forcing scores of people from their homes.

TORONTO — Ontario is calling in military assistance and expanding testing as it battles the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes, where nearly 3,000 people have been infected and almost 450 residents have died.

MONTREAL — Unable to address a major shortage of front-line staff at its long-term care homes hit hard by COVID-19, Quebec asked the federal government Wednesday to send 1,000 Canadian Forces members to work at vulnerable residences.

KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. — Provincial police say they've made an arrest in the alleged homicide of a 73-year-old man from Kawartha Lakes, Ont. They say they were called to a local home on Tuesday and found the man's body outside.

Toronto's High Park will be closed during cherry blossom season in an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19. The city says the park's Sakura trees typically draw tens of thousands of visitors during peak bloom times.

TORONTO — Canadian Broadway star Nick Cordero's recent leg amputation due to complications from COVID-19 is an example of a constellation of things that can go wrong during severe bodily infections, say doctors.

TORONTO — Pediatricians are urging parents to maintain their children's vaccination schedule amid the COVID-19 scare, cautioning that even a slight dip in inoculation rates could jeopardize herd immunity for a host of other ailments.

MONTREAL — The son of a 94-year-old Quebec woman who died of COVID-19 at one of the province's hardest-hit long-term care homes has filed a class action lawsuit application against the government-run residence, where at least 68 others have died from

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford tried to pump the brakes Tuesday on enthusiasm for reopening the economy, a day after encouraging new modelling was released, urging patience to avoid a resurgence of COVID-19.

MONTREAL — A federal inmate who contracted COVID-19 has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit over Correctional Service Canada's handling of the pandemic at its Quebec-based prisons.