Ontario News

73 year old motorcyclist killed in collision with car in St. Albert, Ont.

ST-ALBERT, Ont. — Ontario provincial police are investigating a fatal crash in the town of St. Albert, Ont., southeast of Ottawa.

Nov 9, 2020 7:47 AM Read more >

Quebec reports 1,397 new COVID-19 cases, highest one-day total since pandemic began

Quebec Premier Francois Legault urged Quebecers to reduce their contacts to stem the spread of COVID-19 on Sunday as the province recorded its highest single-day total of infections since the start of the pandemic.

Nov 8, 2020 4:44 PM Read more >

Ontario posts another record number of daily COVID-19 cases with 1,328 in past day

TORONTO — Ontario reported another record high in daily COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with 1,328 new infections in the previous 24 hours. That's well above the record-breaking tally reported Saturday, when the province announced 1,132 new cases.

Nov 8, 2020 4:43 PM Read more >

Ontario reports record high 1,132 COVID-19 cases as new restriction criteria roll out

Ontario notched a new single-day peak in COVID-19 cases on Saturday just as the province implemented a new colour-coded assessment system that one public health unit rejected as too lenient.

Nov 7, 2020 8:41 PM Read more >

Two boys, aged 12 and 17, among those injured in daylight shooting in north Toronto

TORONTO — Police say a 12-year-old boy is in critical condition and a 17-year-old has life-threatening injuries after a daylight shooting in Toronto's north end.

Nov 7, 2020 6:46 PM Read more >

Legault pens open letter of hope to Quebecers urging unity this winter amid COVID-19

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault is urging residents to stay united and maintain their efforts to keep COVID-19 at bay with the tougher winter months around the corner.

Nov 7, 2020 4:45 PM Read more >

'Deeply disturbing,' judge says of Ontario man who killed entire family in their home

The crimes of a 24-year-old man who, one by one, slit the throats of his entire family to protect his secret double life are "deeply disturbing," an Ontario judge said Friday as she sentenced him to life in prison with no chance of parole for 40 year

Nov 6, 2020 5:21 PM Read more >

Absent funding details for long-term care standard in budget troubling: advocates

TORONTO — Health-care advocates criticized the Ontario government Friday for not providing any funding details in the provincial budget for a major pledge to improve long-term care, saying the promise will require significant investment.

Nov 6, 2020 5:05 PM Read more >

Peel Region only one in COVID-19 red zone as Ontario switches to colour-coded system

TORONTO — Peel Region will be under the highest COVID-19 alert level short of a lockdown as Ontario shifts to a tiered and colour-coded system for managing pandemic measures, though the restrictions it will face fall short of what local health offici

Nov 6, 2020 5:03 PM Read more >

Trial of man who killed pedestrians open to public at Toronto convention centre

TORONTO — The trial of a man who killed 10 people when he drove a van down a Toronto sidewalk starts next week by Zoom and will be streamed for the public at a convention centre.

Nov 6, 2020 4:23 PM Read more >