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COVID-19: Ontario issues emergency alert on new stay-at-home order

COVID-19: Ontario issues emergency alert on new stay-at-home order

The message asks people to only leave their homes for essential purposes such as food, healthcare, exercise or work
ONTARIO: David Popescu sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years probation

ONTARIO: David Popescu sentenced to 30 days in jail, two years probation

‘I did not find him credible or reliable, and I rejected his evidence,’ says Justice Heather Ann Mendes
ONTARIO: Purveyor of hate speech David Popescu could be headed to jail today

ONTARIO: Purveyor of hate speech David Popescu could be headed to jail today

Perennial fringe election candidate who professes an extreme view of Christianity faces ‘very real prospect’ of jail time for attacks on LGBTQ2+
ONTARIO: Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today

ONTARIO: Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today

Health units say the measure will be reassessed depending on the COVID-19 situation at the end of the spring break next week
NORTHERN ONTARIO: In an effort to switch from diesel, natural gas station to open for trucks near Hearst

NORTHERN ONTARIO: In an effort to switch from diesel, natural gas station to open for trucks near Hearst

Nipigon and Cochrane will also have a station established
COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with rapid test

COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with rapid test

Spartan said it's laying off 60 employees, or around 70 per cent of its workforce
COVID-19: Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

COVID-19: Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should "urgently" vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms
COVID-19: Ontario's restaurant industry calls on financial support from provincial government

COVID-19: Ontario's restaurant industry calls on financial support from provincial government

Wasted inventory, staffing costs, and patio setup and takedown are some of the expenses restaurants have incurred
BEYOND LOCAL: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

BEYOND LOCAL: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

Sixteen people died, 13 more injured when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus near Tisdale, Sask., on April 6, 2018
CANADA: Humboldt planning $25M tribute centre to mark deadly Broncos bus crash

CANADA: Humboldt planning $25M tribute centre to mark deadly Broncos bus crash

The city says money for the project has to be raised and it will be at least a couple of years before construction gets underway