Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 70 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death related to the virus today. Health Minister Christine Elliott says it marks the sixth consecutive day the province has reported fewer than 100 new cases of the virus.

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. — Police say a couple is dead after a collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle in Boucherville, south of Montreal.

MONTREAL — A 45-year-old man appeared in court via telephone Friday for allegedly making threats against Quebec's public health director, Horacio Arruda. The man was arrested Thursday in Drummondville, Que.

Toronto's public health agency is calling on the local public school board to reduce class sizes in September, suggesting the province's back-to-school plan doesn't go far enough to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

TORONTO — Ontario's child-care centres will be receiving about three per cent of a major influx of cash from the federal government meant to help cope with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's premier said Friday.

TORONTO — The Ontario government began rolling out the first phase of its new program for families with autistic children on Friday, but critics and parents remain skeptical of the plan.

Toronto police are asking for help locating the suspect in a string of arson and mischief incidents on the city's east side.

MONTREAL — It's highly unlikely Quebec will reimpose a partial lockdown on its citizens this fall if there is a second wave of COVID-19, the province's top doctor said Friday.

TORONTO — Ontario's primary electricity provider says it's extending a ban on disconnecting homes from the power grid until further notice.

TORONTO — A young Black man who was badly beaten by an off-duty Toronto police officer rejected an apology from the force's interim chief on Friday, calling the move a "public relations exercise.