Tag Archives: ontario
York Region public health warns of COVID-19 cases at four wedding events
TORONTO — Public health officials say 23 COVID-19 cases have resulted from four events related to a wedding in the Greater Toronto Area, as they continue to track close contacts of people who were in attendance. The York Region Public Health Unit
Lecce aims to reassure parents after Quebec schools see 47 COVID cases
TORONTO — Ontario's education minister is aiming to reassure parents that his province's school reopening plan is different than Quebec's, where 47 schools have at least one case of COVID-19 since opening. Stephen Lecce reacted Saturday to a repor...
Anti-carbon tax sticker law unconstitutional, Ontario court finds
TORONTO — Ontario's government had no right to "stick it to" the federal Liberals by forcing gas stations to display anti-carbon tax stickers, a Superior Court judge said Friday as he struck down the law as unconstitutional. Justice Edward Mo...
Ford ready to act to curb ‘slow creep’ in COVID-19 cases in hard-hit regions
TORONTO — A region west of Toronto comprising roughly three per cent of Ontario's population currently accounts for nearly half of the province's new COVID-19 diagnoses, Premier Doug Ford said Friday as he raised the prospect of rolling back ...
Nearly one-third of Toronto elementary students to learn from home: TDSB
TORONTO — The higher-than-expected interest in online learning for the coming school year means Canada's largest school board will be able to keep class sizes relatively low, the organization said Thursday. A spokesman for the Toronto District School B...
Ontario reports 132 new COVID-19 cases, bulk in Peel and Toronto
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 132 new cases of COVID-19 in the province today, with the bulk of the new diagnoses concentrated in the Greater Toronto Area. Health Minister Christine Elliott tweeted that the city itself recorded 31 new cases, with
Ontario, Quebec premiers, cabinet ministers to meet for two days next week
TORONTO — The leaders of the two provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 are due to meet during a two-day summit next week to discuss how they can work together to rebuild their economies while preparing for a possible second wave of the
Ontario clarifies long-term care home visitor rules
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. The new guideline...
U.S. allows aquarium to import Marineland belugas, but Canadian approval needed
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. In a deal that's been in the works for well over a year,
Toronto woman to continue pressing late mom’s human rights case
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. But three days before the case was to be heard, Dorothea Gerber, 82,