Ontario News

TORONTO — Several months after Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine rollout began, about 20 per cent of eligible residents have yet to get fully immunized against the virus.

TORONTO — A fourth person is now facing charges in connection with alleged fraud involving Ontario COVID-19 relief funding. Ontario Provincial Police say 41-year-old Manish Gambhir of Brampton, Ont.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Police say a historic bronze statue has been stolen from a cemetery in Niagara Falls, Ont. Investigators say they believe the theft took place sometime between early Monday and Wednesday morning at the Drummond Hill Cemetery.

Hamilton police are searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle involved in a fatal collision.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A Brampton, Ont., man has been arrested in connection with two separate assaults in city parks earlier this month. Peel Regional Police say shortly before 11 a.m. on Sept. 15, a woman was grabbed while in Massey Park.

TORONTO — Ontario says a program offering free rapid COVID-19 tests is for businesses only, after groups of parents across the province were using them to organize testing for their school-aged kids.

TORONTO — An increase in cases of a rare heart condition in young adults who received the COVID-19 Moderna vaccines has prompted Ontario to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech shots for those aged 18 to 24.

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to add Indigenous learning to the social studies curriculum for grades 1 to 3, the education minister announced ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A 19-year-old Brampton man has been arrested on dangerous driving charges in connection to a vehicle collision last month that killed a 71-year-old pedestrian. Peel Regional Police say shortly before 8 p.m. on Aug.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police say they're looking for a 35-year-old man wanted for first-degree murder in the deaths of a missing Markham, Ont., couple.