Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario students will be sent home for the December break with five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each as part of the province's plan to ramp up testing over the holidays.

TORONTO — Ontario's transportation minister says a public inquiry examining Ottawa's light rail transit system will look into issues regarding safety, technical elements, value for money and accountability.

TORONTO — A school board official says a Toronto high school teacher who dressed in blackface is "no longer employed" at the board.

TORONTO — Ontario's health minister defended a plan Wednesday to allow people with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested for the virus in pharmacies, after some experts raised safety concerns.

TORONTO — Amaresh Tesfamariam's heart stopped beating several times over the past three and a half years.

Ontario wants to ramp up domestic production of electric and hybrid cars over the next decade, but the government isn't planning to offer incentives for residents to buy them.

TORONTO — The Ontario government is providing an additional $3.8 million in funding to support the community of Wheatley as it recovers from an explosion that occurred at a building this summer. The Aug.

LONDON, Ont. — A London, Ont., man facing terror-related murder charges for allegedly killing four members of a Muslim family has had his case adjourned for a month.

Toronto police have identified the person who died from a stabbing at a high school in North York as 15-year-old Maahir Dosani. Officers responded to a report of a stabbing at Victoria Park Collegiate shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday.

TORONTO — A person under the age of 20 is among 12 new COVID-19 deaths the province is reporting today.