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Toronto, Peel enter lockdown, some residents welcome restrictions as cases rise

Toronto, Peel enter lockdown, some residents welcome restrictions as cases rise

Residents in Toronto and Peel Region appeared supportive of new COVID-19 measures Monday but were anxious about the course of the pandemic as the two hot spots entered a four-week lockdown aimed at curbing soaring infections.
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Procession carries body of slain OPP officer from Toronto to Manitoulin Island

Procession carries body of slain OPP officer from Toronto to Manitoulin Island

An escort home was held Monday for an Ontario Provincial Police officer killed in the line of duty last week. Const. Marc Hovingh died Thursday after an incident on Manitoulin Island that also resulted in the death of a civilian.
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Risk of death higher for multiple emergency room visits linked to alcohol: study

Risk of death higher for multiple emergency room visits linked to alcohol: study

TORONTO — A new study suggests people who visit a hospital emergency room at least twice in 12 months because of alcohol are more likely to die within a year.
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Shoppers face snow, crowds to get gifts and finish errands before lockdown in Toronto

Shoppers face snow, crowds to get gifts and finish errands before lockdown in Toronto

TORONTO — Residents of one of Ontario's COVID-19 hot spots rushed out into a snowstorm to tackle Christmas shopping, stock up on supplies or squeeze in last-minute haircuts on Sunday as they prepared to hunker down for a lockdown meant to curb the sp
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Quebec reports 1,154 new cases of COVID-19, 23 additional deaths linked to virus

Quebec is reporting 1,154 new cases of COVID-19 today and 23 additional deaths linked to the virus. The province says eight of those deaths took place in the last 24 hours, 11 occurred between Nov. 15 and 20, three were before Nov.
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Religious minorities say Quebec's Christmas gathering plan shows a double standard

Religious minorities say Quebec's Christmas gathering plan shows a double standard

MONTREAL — Members of religious minority groups in Quebec are decrying the provincial government's plan to allow Christmas-time gatherings in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling the move a sign of a double standard.
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Environment Canada issues snowfall warnings as storm hits Ontario, Quebec

OTTAWA — The first significant snowfall of the winter is expected to hit much of southern Ontario and Quebec today. Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings or weather advisories for a swath of Ontario stretching from London to Ottawa.
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Highway 401 collision in Mississauga, Ont. leaves two dead, one in critical condition

Two people are dead and a third is in critical condition after an early-morning collision in Mississauga, Ont. Provincial police say it happened shortly before 9 a.m. while a Ford and a Lexus were travelling westbound on a stretch of Highway 401.
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Quebec tribunal orders Montreal suburb to pay $12,000 in racial profiling case

MONTREAL — Quebec's human rights tribunal has found that a Black man who was stopped by police while dropping his son off at daycare was racially profiled.
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Civilian identified in fatal Manitoulin Island shooting that also killed OPP officer

Civilian identified in fatal Manitoulin Island shooting that also killed OPP officer

Ontario's police watchdog says it has identified the civilian killed in a shooting on Manitoulin Island which also left an Ontario Provincial Police officer dead.
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