Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a man died following an apartment fire during a police interaction in Toronto. The Special Investigations Unit says Toronto police first responded to a call for an assault on Friday evening.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford committed $20 million in funding for Ontario researchers working on a vaccine for COVID-19, as cases of the virus topped 10,000 in the province. Ford warned that life won't return to normal without a vaccine.

TORONTO — Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating the death of a 32-year-old man in a Toronto apartment fire. Toronto police were dispatched to an apartment building Friday evening for an assault call.

TORONTO — A personal support worker at a Toronto long-term care home has died of COVID-19, her union said Friday, as Ontario reported 55 new deaths and 564 new cases, most of them in long-term care.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he takes "full responsibility" for the lack of orderlies in struggling long-term care homes, where more than half of the province's 688 deaths related to COVID-19 have occurred.

MONTREAL — An application for a class action lawsuit has been filed against a private long-term care home in suburban Montreal where 31 residents reportedly died in less than a month during the coronavirus pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario's nursing homes have seen a rash of COVID-19 cases and deaths. A look at the province's long-term care homes and their residents. All numbers are latest available as of 2 p.m.

TORONTO — The push to start measuring COVID-19 immunity is gaining steam, with several provinces hinting at plans to roll out blood tests that could pave the way for a return to some semblance of normal everyday life.

MONTREAL — Quebec expanded its push to fill staffing shortages at nursing homes ravaged by COVID-19 Thursday, taking the unusual step of calling on the military to join in the effort.

TORONTO — The province must offer financial relief to child-care providers across Ontario to ensure none close as a result of COVID-19, a coalition of advocates said Thursday, warning many centres won't be able to pay their bills as the pandemic drag