In events taking place at Ford Canada facilities in Kanata and Oakville, Ont., Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford are expected to make a joint announcement concerning investments in the manufacturing of electric vehicles. Jo
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Despite warnings to limit travel and physically distance from others, Ontarians are driving, shopping and going out for recreational purposes at levels approaching what they were before the pandemic, according to mobile phone data.
After going 12 days with a total of 20 minutes time spent outside, prisoners in a Toronto East Detention Centre unit are on a hunger strike — at least the seventh launched by inmates during the pandemic in protest of frequent lockdowns and harsh conditions in Ontario jails.
Ontario’s Ministry of Education is proposing changes to child-care regulations that would allow operators to group infants and toddlers together, reduce staff-to-child ratios for some age groups and lower qualification requirements for staff.
Shedding new light on the horrors of COVID-19 in long-term care last spring, Premier Doug Ford’s own patient ombudsman is pushing for more support for nursing homes with outbreaks and emergency plans for crippling staff shortages, the Star has learned.
As Canada faces a second wave of COVID-19, here’s a timeline of statements made about the coronavirus from Doug Ford, Justin Trudeau, John Tory, and health officials since September 22:
Only celebrate Thanksgiving with the people you live with, Toronto’s mayor and top doctor warned on Wednesday, after presenting harrowing forecasts for the near future if the spread of COVID-19 in the city isn’t slowed down.
Toronto Public Health has promised to start releasing neighbourhood-level data on the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests — an indicator of where the virus is spreading fastest.