Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario announced small steps Wednesday toward reopening the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic as the growth in new cases slows, including allowing retail stores to open for curbside pickup.

TORONTO — Officials in Toronto announced measures to help residents resume regular routines on Wednesday, pledging to close some roads and improve cycling infrastructure in a bid to let people circulate while observing physical distancing measures me

MONTREAL — Quebec is trying to reassure people between the ages of 60 and 69 that it is safe to go back to work at schools and daycares — a week after telling them to stay home.

MONTREAL — Laurence Menard, a 33-year-old social work technician in central Quebec, is the latest health-care worker to succumb to COVID-19 in the province.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday he is scrapping a redesign of Ontario's licence plates, returning to the old, white-and-blue "Yours to Discover" version.

CALEDON, Ont. — The Peel District School Board says it has fired a school council chair in Caledon, Ont., after he posted an Islamophobic tweet last week.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police have arrested a second suspect in the alleged homicide of a 14-year-old girl from Thunder Bay, Ont. Kayliegh Ivall's body was found by a passerby in the northwestern Ontario city early last week.

MONTREAL — Quebec moved to gradually ease some restrictions Tuesday on seniors living in private residences who've been asked to remain largely hunkered down since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford issued a sharp rebuke to some of Ontario's regional medical officers of health Tuesday, blaming them for the province's inconsistent rate of COVID-19 testing and urging them to do more to increase it.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A 14-year-old girl has been charged in the death of another teen in Thunder Bay, Ont. City police say the body of 14-year-old Kayliegh Ivall was found by a passerby early last week.