Ontario News

TORONTO — The Ontario government is tightening restrictions on three more regions in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. Moving into the "orange" zone are the Middlesex-London and Thunder Bay areas.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — A driver has been charged in the death of a woman who was struck while walking her dog in Oakville, Ont. Halton Regional Police say the fatal collision happened Thursday afternoon.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after police shot and injured a man in the west end of Toronto. The Special Investigations Unit says the shooting happened Thursday afternoon after 4 p.m.

QUEBEC — An all-party committee is recommending the Quebec government make the fight against the sexual exploitation of minors a priority.

QUEBEC — A Quebec action plan to fight domestic violence announced Thursday includes no new money to develop the provincial network of shelters for women fleeing abuse.

TORONTO — Ontario will unveil its COVID-19 vaccine task force on Friday, said Premier Doug Ford, pledging that the province will be ready to distribute the doses whenever they arrive.

TORONTO — Ontario's attorney general says that the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the province's justice system to evolve. Doug Downey addressed the Empire Club of Canada on Thursday in a live video stream from his downtown Toronto office.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government backtracked Thursday on its plan to allow holiday gatherings over four days at Christmas, saying the COVID-19 situation in the province was unlikely to improve enough for them to be safe.

Hamilton police say they have arrested and charged a man following an alleged hate-motivated altercation.

A man has died nearly a week after being shot by provincial police in an incident that also left his one-year-old son dead, Ontario's police watchdog announced Thursday.