Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's two largest COVID-19 hot spots are asking the province to delay loosening restrictions in their regions for at least two weeks, saying easing measures earlier could lead to increased sickness and deaths.

Relatives of an Indigenous woman who died after being assaulted with a trailer hitch in Thunder Bay, Ont., told a court they'd lost an irreplaceable loved one as well as a sense of personal safety with her passing.

TORONTO — A fire at an encampment in downtown Toronto left a man dead Wednesday morning and renewed calls for changes to the way the city treats its homeless residents. Toronto Fire deputy chief Jim Jessop said the fire occurred around 6 a.m.

MONTREAL — Quebec health officials said Wednesday there were no COVID-19-related deaths reported in the past 24 hours, but sobering new modelling suggested new variants of the novel coronavirus could surge in Montreal by March.

INNISFIL, Ont. — Investigators are sifting through the debris of a deadly house fire in Innisfil, Ont. First responders found the home ablaze and shrouded in thick smoke mid-morning on Wednesday.

TORONTO — A judge was inadvertently assigned cases to hear while on a trip outside the province that was approved despite COVID-19 guidance on travel, Ontario's Superior Court said on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is being criticized for directing what's being called a "misogynistic" remark towards the leader of the Opposition.

HALTON HILLS, Ont. — Halton regional police say that two people were found dead in a house fire early this morning. Police say emergency services were called to the home in the community of Georgetown in Halton Hills, Ont., at 5:35 a.m.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Public health authorities say a person has died after being infected with a COVID-19 variant in an outbreak at a North Bay, Ont., apartment building.

TORONTO — One in 20 babies born in Ontario has been exposed to opioids during pregnancy, a new study indicates.