Ontario News

TORONTO — A man who built small shelters to keep Toronto's homeless population warm in the winter says he won't revive the initiative this year after a legal fight with the city.

Ontario is reporting another jump in its daily COVID-19 case count, recording levels not seen since early June.

TORONTO — City police say a man is dead and two women are in hospital after an early morning shooting in downtown Toronto. Sgt. Angela Theriault says it happened at around 5 a.m. in the area of Richmond and Duncan streets.

KILLALOE, Ont. — Provincial police say a woman is dead after crashing her motorcycle near Killaloe, Ont. The accident happened early Thursday evening on Schutt Road, near Brodofske Road.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to announce a COVID-19 vaccine certificate system early next week, The Canadian Press has learned, marking a significant reversal from Premier Doug Ford on the issue.

The mayor of a rural region in southwestern Ontario called for the province's help Friday after a suspected gas leak caused an explosion that levelled a building and left 20 people requiring medical attention.

TORONTO — Several Ontario universities will be going hybrid for orientation week next month.

TORONTO — Ontario's long-term care minister is defending the province's decision not to mandate COVID-19 shots for nursing-home workers after some of the largest operators in the sector announced plans for stricter policies.

Toronto police are asking for help in their investigation of a murder. The body of 41-year-old Varsha Gajula of Caledon, Ont., was found Wednesday morning. Police were called to a suspicious incident near Keele Street and Hillary Avenue.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Police have been searching through the night for a boater they believe went missing on Lake Ontario in the Oakville, Ont., area.