Ontario News

TORONTO — A top official at a major hospital in London, Ont., announced her resignation on Thursday, a day after the facility's CEO sued for wrongful termination related to his travels to the United States.

SARNIA, Ont. — Police are investigating the death of a woman in Sarnia, Ont., early Thursday as the city's second homicide of the year. They say officers found the seriously injured victim in a home at about 12:30 a.m.

Toronto Police are investigating after man died from his injuries after a stabbing. Police say the incident was reported yesterday at a building in the city's east end. The injured man was taken to hospital, where he died shortly after.

Ontario's courts have been instructed to limit in-person proceedings as much as possible in light of the province's new COVID-19 restrictions.

TORONTO — Ontario's premier defended his government's new stay-at-home order on Wednesday as critics called it unclear and officials in the province's largest city said they were still seeking details on the rules.

MONTREAL — A major Montreal synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti Wednesday afternoon.

Montreal is once again the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec, Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante said Wednesday as the city's hospital network scrambled to open more beds for a rising number of patients.

Two teachers unions are calling for a provincewide extension of online learning during Ontario's state of emergency, saying the current regional approach doesn't do enough to protect students or teachers from the ravages of COVID-19.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — Halton police say three men have been charged with theft for allegedly stealing over $300,000 worth of personal protective equipment. Police say the three men are employees of a business in Burlington, Ont.

TORONTO — A proposed class action against a prominent nursing-home company now covers all its facilities, including those hit hardest by COVID-19, and seeks more than $200 million in damages, according to a fresh statement of claim.