Ontario News

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford's government said Tuesday it was considering a paid sick-leave program for essential workers amid warnings from its own science advisers that hospitals were "buckling" under the weight of COVID-19.

Quebec announced on Tuesday it will expand access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to those 45 and over and extend the lockdown order in three regions, including Quebec City, until at least May 3.

Provincial police have asked another force to investigate a "physical confrontation" between an officer and a young person on a scooter in Gravenhurst, Ont.

L'ORIGNAL, Ont. — The case of an eastern Ontario doctor charged with murder in the death of a man at a hospital has been adjourned for two weeks. Police have accused Dr.

TORONTO — A key piece of video evidence at the trial of a teen accused of sexually assaulting two students at an all-boys Catholic school in Toronto is admissible, a judge ruled Tuesday.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's freedom of information system stands out for fee estimates dwarfing those asked by larger provinces, says a group studying prison responses to COVID-19.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — After requests from Ottawa, Atlantic Canadian provinces are looking at how they might help Ontario as a deadly, record-breaking third wave threatens to overrun the province's health-care system.

TORONTO — The Ontario government rejected efforts to support essential workers with paid sick leave Monday while admitting its now-reversed moves to close playgrounds and grant police sweeping enforcement powers had been a mistake.

MONTREAL — Quebec's director of public health says the province will be lowering the age of eligibility for the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, following similar announcements by Ontario, Alberta and Manitoba. Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario police forces said Monday that they'll focus on educating the public about following new COVID-19 measures after the government expanded their powers in an effort to combat the pandemic's third wave.