Ontario News

MONTREAL — The Quebec government will allow some residential construction to resume as an essential service during the COVID-19 shutdown that has brought much of the provincial economy to a halt.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he won't put children at risk after blowback from parents and teachers over talk of sending kids back to school and daycare in the coming weeks after an extended COVID-19 shutdown.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after it says a man was struck by a Toronto police cruiser during his arrest. The Special Investigations Unit says officers were responding to a robbery in the city's downtown core around 6:40 p.m.

A refugee shelter in downtown Toronto is reporting four cases of COVID-19, a problem the organization managing the facility said extends to other shelters in the city.

MONTREAL — Quebec recorded its lowest number of new COVID-19 cases in over a week on Sunday, even as health officials announced 39 new deaths.

TORONTO — Thousands of Ontario businesses have answered the call to help manufacture supplies for the fight against COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford said on Saturday as the province extended emergency measures for two more weeks.

Toronto police are ramping up their crackdown on people who aren't taking physical distancing seriously.

TEMISKAMING SHORES, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who was shot multiple times by two officers in Temiskaming Shores, Ont.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government isn't ruling out a return to school and daycare for the province's youth before the summer.

TORONTO — Ontario will quadruple its COVID-19 testing capacity over the next month while shifting focus to those most vulnerable, officials announced Friday as a group home for disabled adults reported an outbreak led all but four caregivers to walk