Ontario News

TORONTO — Family doctors are awaiting clear details of Ontario's plan to ramp up their involvement in the COVID-19 vaccination effort.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 179 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with eight additional virus-related deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 32 of the cases are in Waterloo, 27 are in Grey Bruce and 23 are in Toronto.

A Toronto teacher accused in the drowning of a student on a school canoe trip fell short of his responsibility to keep the kids in his care safe, even in his approach to planning the excursion, a prosecutor argued Friday as she delivered her closing

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is making walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations available at more of its mass immunization clinics.

TORONTO — The company that operates the famed Glen Abbey golf course in Oakville, Ont., has withdrawn from its attempt to get permission for a proposed housing and commercial development. TWC Enterprises Ltd.

Ontario will move to the third stage of its tiered reopening plan next Friday. Step 3 allows for more indoor activities including restaurant dining and gym use, while larger crowds are permitted for outdoor activities.

TORONTO — Ontario will move to the third stage of its reopening plan next Friday – several days ahead of schedule – allowing gyms and restaurants to open indoor operations and larger gatherings to take place.

TORONTO — Peel Region police say their homicide squad is investigating after a man was found injured on a Mississauga, Ont., sidewalk and died in hospital.

TORONTO — An Ontario home-care nurse is alleging systemic discrimination at the hands of her employer after she says the organization failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted by a patient.

TORONTO — More family doctors will be involved in Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the province works to reach those who haven't had a shot and eyes eventually winding down its mass immunization sites.