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Ontario could see 6,500 new daily cases of COVID-19 in December, new modelling shows

Ontario could see 6,500 new daily cases of COVID-19 in December, new modelling shows

TORONTO — Ontario could see as many as 6,500 new daily cases of COVID-19 by mid-December unless steps are taken to limit the spread of the virus, newly released projections showed Thursday as the province marked another record for new infections.
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New centre dedicated to improving health-care for First Nation, Inuit, and Métis

New centre dedicated to improving health-care for First Nation, Inuit, and Métis

TORONTO — One of Canada's leading teaching hospitals has launched an Indigenous-led centre dedicated to improving health-care services for First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities.
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Calling anti-Semite to testify at hate trial would have been disastrous, lawyer says

Calling anti-Semite to testify at hate trial would have been disastrous, lawyer says

TORONTO — Calling a notorious anti-Semite as a witness would have been disastrous to the defence of wilfully promoting hatred, the former lawyer for a convicted hate monger testified on Thursday.
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'An absolute tragedy:' Charges upgraded in Toronto shooting after 12-year-old dies

'An absolute tragedy:' Charges upgraded in Toronto shooting after 12-year-old dies

TORONTO — Charges against two men accused of firing 30 rounds at a moving vehicle in Toronto over the weekend have been upgraded to first-degree murder following the death of a 12-year-old boy who was hit by a stray bullet.
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Montreal-area mayor threatened over plan to cull deer in local park, police say

Montreal-area mayor threatened over plan to cull deer in local park, police say

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Police south of Montreal say they are investigating after a mayor was allegedly threatened over her plan to cull deer living in a city park.
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Watchdog seeking witnesses to shooting of Black man by Montreal police

Watchdog seeking witnesses to shooting of Black man by Montreal police

MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog is looking for people who witnessed police shoot a Black man in Montreal last month. Sheffield Matthews, 41, was shot and killed on Oct. 29 in Montreal's Cote-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grace borough.
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Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Brampton, Ont.: Peel police

Pedestrian dies after being struck by vehicle in Brampton, Ont.: Peel police

Police in Peel Region say a man has died after he was struck by a vehicle in Brampton, Ont. Police say the incident was reported last night just before 9:30 p.m. The man described by police as elderly was taken to a local hospital after he was hit.
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Canadian researchers tout 'game-changing' method to treat alcohol poisoning

Canadian researchers tout 'game-changing' method to treat alcohol poisoning

TORONTO — Canadian researchers say they've developed a game-changing method to treat alcohol poisoning — and it involves literally breathing alcohol out of the body by hyperventilating.
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Twenty-nine residents of Toronto long-term care home died in latest COVID-19 outbreak

Twenty-nine residents of Toronto long-term care home died in latest COVID-19 outbreak

TORONTO — A long-term care operator says 29 residents have died in a COVID-19 outbreak at an east Toronto facility that began last month.
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More than a dozen COVID-19 cases linked to two York Region weddings, officials say

More than a dozen COVID-19 cases linked to two York Region weddings, officials say

VAUGHAN, Ont. — York Region Public Health says there are at least 17 confirmed COVID-19 cases linked to two weddings in Vaughan, Ont., which it says is the third large cluster of cases linked to wedding-related events in the region.
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