Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,281 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 352 in intensive care. That's down slightly from 1,342 hospitalized patients and 356 people in ICU on Thursday. The province is reporting 30 more virus-related deaths.

TORONTO — The overnight snowfall and icy roads in the Greater Toronto Area have caused major traffic and public transit delays and forced some school boards to cancel buses and close buildings.

The Ontario government is calling on people 16 years of age and older to join a program that will help the province be better prepared for emergencies including public health crises and natural disasters.

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor wants to end workplace COVID-19 vaccination policies by early next month when proof-of-vaccination rules will lift in other businesses and indoor settings.

The mayor of Windsor, Ont., is calling for residents to treat one another as human beings after police charged a woman for allegedly threatening to bomb his home over COVID-19 mandates.

TORONTO — Vaccination requirements for restaurants, gyms and other public settings in Ontario may soon be lifting, but mandates for staff and even visitors in some hospitals will likely be in place much longer.

TORONTO — Ontario will require school boards to offer virtual learning as an option for one more school year, given the evolving nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, but will bring back standardized testing.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative government will not fulfil its 2018 election promise to lower electricity bills by 12 per cent. From 2018 to 2021 the average ratepayer's bill increased by 4.

Police in Windsor, Ont., say officers intercepted a transport truck convoy suspected of attempting to occupy a busy international bridge that was recently cleared of protesters.

A professional group representing Ontario doctors is recommending that the province fund a new model of outpatient health-care centres to help tackle a growing backlog of surgeries and other procedures.