Ontario News
Ontario accelerates return-to-play plans for professional, elite-amateur sports
TORONTO — Top tier athletes in Ontario can expect to be back in action by the end of the summer.
Ontario said it has accelerated...
Frustration in Ontario over lack of spots for 2nd COVID-19 vaccinations
TORONTO — Residents in several of Ontario's COVID-19 hot spots expressed frustration Monday at their inability to book vaccinations close to home amid a...
‘Really good news’: Ontarians celebrate reopening with patio visits, shopping trips
TORONTO — Ontario stores and restaurants were teeming with customers Friday as the province lifted some of its COVID-19 restrictions for the first time...
Ontario extending $3 wage increase for personal service workers to August
TORONTO — Ontario is extending a wage increase for personal service workers for another two months.
It was set to expire on June 30 but...
Ontario calls back legislators as government to invoke notwithstanding clause
TORONTO — Ontario legislators interrupted their summer break to kick off a marathon sitting Thursday as the government prepared to invoke the notwithstanding clause...
Ontario targets Delta hot spots but won’t shorten AstraZeneca dose interval
TORONTO — Ontario is accelerating second shots of COVID-19 vaccines for people in Delta variant hot spots but health authorities said on Thursday they...
Ontario unlikely to balance budget by 2030 despite post-pandemic growth: report
TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the province's economy will rebound over the next two years but the government is unlikely to reach its...
Northeastern Ontario health unit won’t reopen Friday amid COVID-19 surge
A northern Ontario health unit won't be loosening pandemic restrictions this week as it battles an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases that's spreading among...
Man who killed Indigenous woman with trailer hitch in T’Bay, Ont., gets 8 years
TORONTO — A man who pitched a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman from a moving car in Thunder Bay, Ont., was given eight...
School task force on Egerton Ryerson legacy won’t speed up report despite protests
TORONTO — A Ryerson University task force reviewing the legacy of the school's namesake said Monday it would not speed up its work despite...
