Ontario News

TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board has released its report into a crash between a Jazz Aviation LP flight and a fuel tanker in 2019 detailing how passengers ignored and threatened staff to be let off the plane.

TORONTO — Veronica Gerber was set to go before Ontario's human rights tribunal on Monday in a bid to see her mother more often during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario clarified visitor rules for long-term care homes on Wednesday, saying the updated guidelines will even the playing field so families and caregivers across the province have greater access to residents.

MONTREAL — Health officials in Quebec City said they're fighting a spike in the number of infections in the region after a karaoke bar was linked to dozens of COVID-19 infections, including at three local schools.

LONDON, Ont. — Western University says one of its fraternities has cancelled plans to hold an unofficial version of frosh week.

MONTREAL — A Quebec teachers' union said Wednesday it's going to court to demand the government put in place a rapid COVID-19 testing strategy in the school system and to divulge the number of infections among students, teachers and staff.

An aquarium in the U.S. has received federal approval to import five beluga whales from Marineland, but the move is still awaiting final approval from the Canadian government.

TORONTO — Ontario's ombudsman must review the government's back-to-school plan to ensure it's living up to vital safety standards, the province's official Opposition said in a formal request for the watchdog to investigate the reopening strategy.

TORONTO — They may hug you in all the right places, but your favourite pair of jeans could be contributing to the pollution of Canada's waters, a new study suggests.

George Markow took off his red-and-white baseball cap and placed it over his heart, to the cheers of onlookers, as he finished walking his 100th kilometre to help raise funds to fight COVID-19.