Ontario gives police sweeping powers as Covid crisis spirals out of control

New measures to enforce stay-at-home order with hospitals bursting at the seams' but civil liberties campaigners cry foul

Ontario has announced sweeping new police powers to enforce an extended stay-at-home order, in the latest sign that officials in Canada's most populous province have lost control of the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

With a record number of new cases, there is growing worry among experts that the already-strained healthcare system is being further pushed to the brink.