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Ontario hair salons urge province to allow industry to reopen

Ontario hair salons urge province to allow industry to reopen

Hair salon owners are calling on Ontario to allow their industry to reopen, saying their establishments are safe and employ ample measures to guard against COVID-19. The province entered the first phase of a three-step reopening plan last Friday.
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Some long-wear makeup linked to toxins harmful to health and environment, study says

Some long-wear makeup linked to toxins harmful to health and environment, study says

TORONTO — The secret ingredient to some long-lasting makeup looks could be toxins that pose long-term hazards to human and environmental health, suggests a new study by University of Toronto researchers.
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Children and adults under 30 driving COVID-19 surge in parts of northern Ontario

Children and adults under 30 driving COVID-19 surge in parts of northern Ontario

Children, adults under 30 and people who are not vaccinated are driving a surge of COVID-19 cases in a northern Ontario region, the area's top doctor said Tuesday.
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Eastern Ontario doctor's murder case adjourned for two weeks

Eastern Ontario doctor's murder case adjourned for two weeks

L'ORIGNAL, Ont. — An eastern Ontario doctor charged with first-degree murder after the death of a patient at a hospital has had his case adjourned for two weeks. Dr.
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Queen's U ignored allegations staff falsely claimed Indigenous identity: group

Queen's U ignored allegations staff falsely claimed Indigenous identity: group

KINGSTON, Ont. — Dozens of academics want Queen's University to retract a statement defending employees anonymously accused of falsely claiming Indigenous identity.
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What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision.

What is the notwithstanding clause? An explainer on the rarely used provision.

The Ontario government has used the notwithstanding clause to restore parts of the Election Finances Act that had been declared unconstitutional.
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Ontario passes election advertising bill using notwithstanding clause

Ontario passes election advertising bill using notwithstanding clause

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservatives employed a rarely used legislative power on Monday to pass a bill limiting third-party election advertising amid shouts of "shame" from the opposition.
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Wilmot Township, west of Kitchener, cancels Canada Day festivities

Wilmot Township, west of Kitchener, cancels Canada Day festivities

WILMOT, ONTARIO — A township in Waterloo Region says it has decided to cancel Canada Day festivities this year.
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Frustration in Ontario over lack of spots for 2nd COVID-19 shots as Delta takes hold

Frustration in Ontario over lack of spots for 2nd COVID-19 shots as Delta takes hold

TORONTO — Residents in several of Ontario's COVID-19 hot spots expressed frustration Monday at their inability to book vaccinations close to home amid a crush of demand after the province accelerated second doses in areas where the Delta variant is s
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York police charge man in alleged hate-motivated incident at vaccination clinic

York police charge man in alleged hate-motivated incident at vaccination clinic

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Police in York Region have charged a man in what they're calling a hate-motivated incident at a vaccination clinic in Vaughan, Ont. They allege the man yelled anti-Black racial slurs at one of the clinic's employees in early June.
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