Ontario News

TORONTO — Encouraging Ontario residents to get the flu shot is the first part of the province's plan to combat COVID-19 this fall, Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday, as critics said rising case counts warranted far more decisive action.

TORONTO — Canadian television producer Mark Montefiore says the historic Emmys sweep by "Schitt's Creek" has "blown the doors wide open" on the possibilities for the next generation of homegrown TV creators.

MONTREAL — The second wave of COVID-19 in Quebec will be younger, more spread out across the province, and possibly more challenging for the health network compared to the first wave, Health Minister Christian Dube said Tuesday.

BRANT COUNTY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a man has died after an accident involving a tractor at a farm in Brant County. OPP have identified the man as Donald Gunn, 75, from Waterloo, Ont.

MONTREAL — Quebec's hydro utility says five people are facing charges of fraud and of identity theft for allegedly stealing $300,000 worth of electricity.

Hamilton police have charged a man with second-degree murder after a woman was found dead in his apartment. They say officers and paramedics responding to a 911 call found a man who needed medical attention on Monday night.

TORONTO — Canadian actor Robbie Amell is set to produce and star in a film based on Kate Marchant’s hit Wattpad teen love story "Float.

TORONTO — Nothing was holding Shawn Mendes back from making history at this year's SOCAN Awards. The Pickering, Ont.

Hamilton police say a teenage horseback rider has died after an accident in a marsh on Monday evening. Police say the 14-year-old girl was riding with her mother when the girl's horse became trapped in a "marshy bog.

HALDIMAND COUNTY, Ont. — Provincial police in southern Ontario say a 59-year-old is dead after being hit by a car at a race track.