Ontario News

MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — Police west of Toronto say a 14-year-old girl was shot and killed in Mississauga, Ont., last night. Peel police say someone called 911 at about 9 p.m. on Wednesday to ask officers to check on a girl's wellbeing.

Ontario is reporting 2,939 people in the hospital with COVID-19 and 555 people in intensive care. That's down from 3,091 hospitalized patients and 568 people in ICU on Tuesday. The province is also reporting 67 more deaths from the virus.

L'ORIGNAL, Ont. — The case of an eastern Ontario doctor facing a murder charge has been adjourned for several weeks. Dr. Brian Nadler is accused of killing 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital last year.

Police in Sudbury are searching for the driver of a vehicle involved in a fatal hit and run collision Tuesday evening. Officers were called to the intersection of Walford Road at Ramseyview Court shortly before 7 p.m.

One man is dead after a shooting in Markham Tuesday evening. York Regional Police were called to Purple Finch Road near Ninth Line and Highway 407 at around 6:45 p.m. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds.

Just one Ontario hospital out of dozens that wrote to Doug Ford over a possible COVID-19 vaccine mandate was opposed to the idea before the premier decided against implementing it for the sector.

TORONTO — A group of suspected thieves carjacked 28 high-end vehicles in north Toronto over several months and tried to ship them to destinations overseas, police said Tuesday as they announced seven arrests in the case. Insp.

TORONTO — COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase again following this week's reopening, Ontario's expert science advisers said Tuesday in new modelling that shows "prolonged" pressure on the health system.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Police say a 10-year-old girl has died after being hit by a vehicle near a school in Kingston, Ont. Local police say a pickup truck hit the girl around 3:40 p.m. on Monday, as she was crossing a street near the school.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Officials say no one was injured after a small plane leased by the Royal Canadian Air Force crashed at the airport in Thunder Bay, Ont., on Monday.