Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario reached a tentative contract deal Friday with its largest teachers' union following a highly contentious round of bargaining.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford pointed parents and students toward online learning resources while schools are closed due to COVID-19, while acknowledging Friday those closures may have to be extended and more services "shut down.

MONTREAL — A Montreal suburb with a high proportion of seniors in its population has confirmed its first four cases of COVID-19, leading local authorities to extend a state of emergency and raise the possibility of sealing off the community.

All family and criminal trials before the Ontario Court of Justice are being suspended in light of growing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has introduced some new infrastructure to protect the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — The union representing Ontario's correctional workers says an employee at a Toronto jail is being tested for COVID-19.

Toronto police say they're investigating after a man with two swords attacked a person at a business in the city's north end. Police say they were able to arrest the suspect, who was still at the scene when they arrived on Friday morning.

TORONTO — A local health unit reported a second death in Ontario linked to COVID-19 on Thursday, saying it may be a case of community transmission, as the premier strongly urged people to practise social distancing and self-isolation.

TORONTO — Canadian health officials are trying to calm fears that anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen can worsen COVID-19 symptoms by stressing the lack of concrete evidence.

MONTREAL — A woman who says her grandmother was the first Quebecer to die of COVID-19 has published an impassioned plea urging people to follow recommendations of public health officials.