Ontario News

GAUTHIER TOWNSHIP, ONT. — Provincial police have charged a 72-year-old man for failing to isolate for 14 days after entering the country.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Public health officials are advising all restaurant workers in Kingston, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario is expected to announce new public health measures for Toronto and two other COVID-19 hot spots on Friday afternoon, but one of the communities is asking to be spared from a full lockdown.

TORONTO — Ontario’s government says public health orders currently in effect across the province will remain in place for another month. The province says the current orders under the Reopening Ontario Act will remain in force until Dec. 21.

The City of Toronto is opening 79 additional park washrooms this winter to accommodate outdoor activities during the pandemic. The move will more than double the usual number of available washrooms in winter to a total of 143.

MONTREAL — Premier Francois Legault on Thursday offered Quebecers a "moral contract" for the Christmas holidays while extending lockdown orders across most of the province until Jan. 11. Gatherings up to 10 people will be allowed between Dec.

An intergovernmental dispute has kept more than 100 high school students from a Quebec Indigenous community out of the classroom at their New Brunswick high school for over a month.

MISSISSAUGA — Police in Peel Region have ended a program that placed uniformed officers in schools, saying the long-running initiative had a negative impact on parts of the student population.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — A Burlington, Ont., hospital has declared an outbreak in one of its inpatient units after three health-care workers and one patient tested positive for COVID-19.

LONDON, Ont. — Public health officials have declared an outbreak at a Western University student residence in London, Ont., where eight people have tested positive for COVID-19.