Volunteers are needed to help Toronto respond to COVID-19.

The Star regularly checked in with Coun. Josh Matlow, who was self-isolating at home after a potential exposure to COVID-19. March 20 was his last day in isolation.

The city is investigating its first reported cases of COVID-19 in a homeless person, a long-term care resident and a paramedic.

Finance staff will examine if city can provide further savings for taxpayers because of the health crisis.

Premier Doug Ford is warning he “won’t hesitate” to escalate the closure of shops and services if health experts recommend more extreme measures to contain COVID-19.

Hydro One is reporting power has been restored after an outage Friday afternoon impacted 615 customers in Flamborough.

The coronavirus can survive up to three hours in the air, the study found.

Up early Tuesday with her 14-month-old baby, Salomé Cerqueira heard a noise and went to her front window, where she saw something that would make anyone shudder in these contagious times.A man was criss-crossing the street, going from one recycli

Meals on Wheels, food bank continuing with modifications

Clients stranded overseas, trips cancelled, as local travel agencies face worst time since 9/11.

10 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Durham Region Thursday, March 19.

As people across the globe pull together to do their part amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many craft distilleries are realizing that they have a specific product that is extremely valuable right now: alcohol.

The number of unsafe work refusals across Ontario more than doubled in March as fears of COVID-19 infection in the workplace continue to grow, according to Ministry of Labour statistics requested by the Star.

"These are drastically difficult times for small businesses," says Mayor Fred Eisenberger.

Flamborough's Ken Forth says reports that the federal government will allow temporary foreign workers into the county, despite border restrictions designed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, are “incorrect.”

The United Way is asking the public to provide updates to 211 Ontario on services being safely offered in light of COVID-19.

Ontario is stepping up its fight against COVID-19 by allowing supermarkets to restock faster, asking more distilleries to make hand sanitizer and is preparing to waive the three-month wait for OHIP coverage for new and returning residents.

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York Regional Police arrest 2 suspects in Christmas Eve 2018 shooting death

The same day COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, Ontario woman Emily Spanton boarded a plane at Pearson International Airport and flew to Paris. The travel wasn’t for leisure or business — Spanton is the key witness in one of the highest-profile crimi

Like many restaurant and bar owners, Mark Hodge stocked up for what’s typically one of the busiest days of the year – St. Patrick’s Day.

Today, Oakville Mayor Rob Burton has cancelled a number of Council and Committee meetings in response to the continuing coronavirus outbreak.

Hamilton Public Health officials have confirmed one case of COVID-19 at a Stoney Creek nursing home.

The hospital systems that operate Etobicoke General Hospital and Queensway Health Centre have enacted enhanced screening and temporary visitor restrictions across all their hospital sites in the face of increasing cases of COVID-19 in Ontario.

The City of Hamilton's public health department says they "aren't going to be able to share any other details" after an employee at Waterdown's TD Bank tested positive for COVID-19, despite repeated requests for information around when customers at the bank may potentially have been at risk.

Stores are closing, events are being cancelled, and states of emergency have been declared as more cases of COVID-19 are reported every day. Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, is warning that the window to “flatten the curve” — s

As hospitals across Canada scramble to keep up with the fast-moving coronavirus outbreak, health-care workers returning from international travel this week have received varied and constantly-evolving instructions on how long to self-isolate — or, until recently in Ontario, even whether they should self-isolate at all.

Starting March 19 The Beer Store will no longer be accepting empties for the rest of March.The move was announced on March 18 as the seller of suds looks to protect employees from the novel coronavirus.Further, Monday to Saturday store hours h

A Georgetown man in his 40s has tested positive for COVID-19.

The Toronto Police Service announced today its parking enforcement officers have will stop issuing tickets for a number of parking offences, effective immediately.

The issueThe HBSPCA restricts adoptions, urgent surrenders and end-of-life-care by appointment only.Local impactPotential pet owners are being screened online and by phone before they get an appointment to visit the Dartnall Road shelter

The issueThe Hamilton-Burlington SPCA restricts adoptions, urgent surrenders and end-of-life-care by appointment only.Local impactPotential pet owners are being screened online and by phone before they get an appointment to visit the Dartnall Road shelter

Food bank, Meals on Wheels, senior transportation all available

Hospital taking steps to pause or postpone non-essential services and has restricted all visitors due to COVID-19.

Hamilton Police located more than $1 million of stolen construction equipment at a 40-acre Flamborough property on March 16.

Scugog councillors have agreed to close the municipal office to the public as part of unprecedented cascading closures as the township braces for the COVID-19 virus.

The University of Toronto Mississauga has closed its buildings to both students and the public in an effort to help limit the spread of coronavirus.

Ontario has its first death with a COVID-19 connection as provincial health officials battle a backlog in testing for the new coronavirus and push to significantly increase daily lab capacity.The death of a 77-year-old man in Barrie’s Royal Victo

The 77-year-old tested positive after his death.

Seniors homes across the country have tightened visitation hours and broadened restrictions for the elderly as Canada’s older population proves to be at the highest risk of contracting a fatal diagnosis of COVID-19.

An employee at Waterdown’s TD Bank branch has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

LCBO has announced it will reduce hours at its stores across the province in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Facebook ads offering fake remedies to hoax companies offering COVID-19 tests for sale, Canadian anti-fraud officials have been tracking an uptick of attempts by fraudsters taking advantage of panic over the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Canadians have been divided on the idea of closing off the border, suggests a new survey that has also found what the pollster calls a “warning sign” about xenophobia in this country amid the escalating COVID-19 pandemic.

The Hamilton public school board’s first-ever staff census shows more employees are female and white than the city’s population, but that men are still twice as likely to be in senior roles like principals and superintendents despite being in the minority.

Even with a dining room that’s off limits to customers, Tom Ngo is eager to serve patrons at Banana Leaf Asian Cuisine.

The Ontario government’s unprecedented move to close all publicly-funded schools in the province until April 6 has left parents across the country with their children at home for an additional two weeks following March break.

The service has restricted access to the public front desk reception areas at its five community stations to emergencies only.

Starting March 22, WestJet it will suspend scheduled commercial operations for all international and U.S.-bound flights for 30 days.

Lakeridge Health has implemented a new visitor protocol excluding most visitors to Durham hospitals as a safety measure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.