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Quebec City gym linked to more than 400 cases of COVID-19, health authorities say

Quebec City gym linked to more than 400 cases of COVID-19, health authorities say

QUEBEC — A gym in Quebec City has now been linked to 419 cases of COVID-19 after staff and clients got infected and unknowingly carried the virus to grocery stores, homes, and workplaces, the regional health authority said Wednesday.
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Canadian scientist Drucker honoured with international award for diabetes research

Canadian scientist Drucker honoured with international award for diabetes research

TORONTO — Dr. Daniel Drucker didn't expect his decades-worth of groundbreaking research on gut hormones to garner so much attention in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today

Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today

Students at schools in Toronto are taking classes fully online today following an order from the city's top doctor. The public health unit says the measure is necessary as new COVID-19 variants pose a greater risk of hospitalization and death.
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Quebec tightens COVID-19 restrictions in Montreal two weeks after easing them

Quebec tightens COVID-19 restrictions in Montreal two weeks after easing them

MONTREAL — Less than two weeks after easing restrictions, Quebec is reversing its decision to reopen gyms and high schools in the greater Montreal area.
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'The boy was racially profiled': Family seeks help after police mistakenly swarm teen

A Toronto family is asking for the public's help after police swarmed a teenage boy last week, mistaking him for a suspect in a high-profile kidnapping case.
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Toronto, Peel opt to close schools amid worsening third wave of COVID-19 in Ontario

Toronto, Peel opt to close schools amid worsening third wave of COVID-19 in Ontario

Toronto is the latest COVID-19 hot spot in Ontario to order schools closed while the provincial government maintains that classrooms are safe for in-person learning. Chief medical officer of health Dr.
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Vaccinations in Ontario's COVID-19 hot spots to start for those 50+ in coming weeks

TORONTO — The second phase of Ontario's vaccine rollout will target people in COVID-19 hot spots aged 50 and older, the province announced Tuesday as Premier Doug Ford said new restrictions would be coming soon to fight the third wave of the pandemic
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Police watchdog investigating after Timmins teen dies in hospital

TIMMINS, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy in Timmins, Ont. The Special Investigations Unit says officers were called on reports of a youth in medical distress in the early hours of Sunday morning.
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Case of doctor accused of murder at eastern Ontario hospital adjourned for two weeks

Case of doctor accused of murder at eastern Ontario hospital adjourned for two weeks

L'ORIGNAL, Ont. — The case of an eastern Ontario doctor charged with murder in the death of a man at a hospital has been adjourned for two weeks. Dr. Brian Nadler, 35, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder.
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Officers cleared in shooting death of 62-year-old Brampton, Ont., man in crisis

Officers cleared in shooting death of 62-year-old Brampton, Ont., man in crisis

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog has cleared officers of wrongdoing in the shooting death of a 62-year-old man in crisis in his Brampton, Ont, home.
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