Ontario News

MILTON, Ont. — Halton police say they're searching for a prisoner released by mistake from the Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ont. Amritpal Singh Aujla, 28, was last seen leaving the correctional complex on foot.

TORONTO — Ontario has ended police access to a COVID-19 database after a legal challenge was filed by a group of human rights organizations.

TORONTO — Talks between Canada's largest school board and the Ontario government to cut elementary class sizes and address pandemic safety concerns continue after the province rejected a board plan that would have shortened daily class time for stude

TORONTO — Metrolinx says it will increase service in September on GO Transit routes as part of the reopening of Ontario. The company says the changes on its rail and bus lines are the most significant in its history.

TORONTO — A body has been pulled from Lake Ontario in the Toronto's east end, the third in as many days. Toronto police say the body was recovered at Bluffer's Park but has not yet been identified.

TORONTO — Some private schools afraid they'd be blamed if a student gets COVID-19 are considering waivers to absolve them, but experts say that wouldn't stop a parent from suing or a school from racking up legal bills.

Quebec is reporting 55 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death linked to the novel coronavirus. Health officials said today the death occurred between Aug. 10-15.

SARNIA, Ont. — A smaller crowd than usual floated down the river that separates Sarnia, Ont., from Port Huron, Mich.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police divers have found the body of a 22-year-old man who disappeared in a Laurentians lake on Saturday after jumping off a cliff into the water.

MONTREAL — Two-thirds of Quebecers surveyed are concerned about the educational success of their children during the COVID-19 pandemic, a survey for a major teachers' union suggests.