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More than 80,000 customers remain without power in windswept Ontario: Hydro One

More than 80,000 customers remain without power in windswept Ontario: Hydro One

TORONTO — More than 80,000 Ontarians remained without power Sunday, a day after violent winds blew through the southern part of the province.
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Queen's University postpones remaining in-person exams due to COVID-19

Queen's University postpones remaining in-person exams due to COVID-19

An eastern Ontario university has postponed in-person exams due to rising COVID-19 case counts in the community.
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Ontario needs new pandemic response strategy as Omicron makes inroads: experts

Ontario needs new pandemic response strategy as Omicron makes inroads: experts

TORONTO — With the Omicron variant poised to become Ontario's dominant COVID-19 strain, experts want the province to explain how it plans to shift its pandemic response if many people are infected much more quickly than in previous waves.
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More than 200,000 without power as high winds blow through southern Ontario

More than 200,000 without power as high winds blow through southern Ontario

More than 280,000 Ontarians lost power on Saturday evening due to high winds that wreaked havoc in the southern part of the province and triggered a widespread warning from Environment Canada.
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Ottawa public health confirms Omicron community spread, Waterloo probes outbreak

Ottawa public health confirms Omicron community spread, Waterloo probes outbreak

Ottawa confirmed community spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant on Saturday as another public health unit investigated likely outbreaks of the strain and the province reported more than 1,600 new virus infections.
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GO Transit website back online after precautionary outage over cyber threat

GO Transit website back online after precautionary outage over cyber threat

A southern Ontario transit agency brought its website back online Saturday afternoon following a 17-hour outage in response to a cyber threat. Metrolinx said the GO Transit website was back online and fully functional as of 1:15 p.m.
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Premier Doug Ford invites Justin Trudeau to summit on housing affordability

Premier Doug Ford invites Justin Trudeau to summit on housing affordability

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is inviting the prime minister to a summit on housing affordability.
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Ontario to expand booster eligibility, urges smaller holiday gatherings, remote work

Ontario to expand booster eligibility, urges smaller holiday gatherings, remote work

TORONTO — All adults in Ontario will become eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine booster next month, the province's top doctor announced Friday, warning that the highly transmissible Omicron variant may become the dominant strain in mere weeks.
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Oakville, Ont., restaurant's liquor licence suspended over alleged COVID violations

Oakville, Ont., restaurant's liquor licence suspended over alleged COVID violations

OAKVILLE, Ont. — The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it has suspended, and is seeking to revoke, the liquor licence of an Oakville, Ont., restaurant over alleged breaches of pandemic rules.
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'I stopped eating': Rise in eating disorders seen among Ontario youth during pandemic

'I stopped eating': Rise in eating disorders seen among Ontario youth during pandemic

Hadley Phillipson-Webb didn't know right away that the symptoms she began experiencing last December were those of an eating disorder. She knew she was eating less, but she didn't think much of it.
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