An Ontario court has awarded $107 million, plus interest, to the families of six people who died in the destruction of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 almost two years ago.Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corp fired two surface-to-air missiles at Flight PS752, killing all 176 people onboard, on Jan, 8, 2020. (Reuters)An Ontario court has awarded $107 million, plus…
Ontario will stop reporting COVID-19 cases in schools and child-care settings, prompting criticism from the opposition New Democratic Party, which called the move “terrifying for parents.”Kindergarten students at King Edward Junior and Senior Public School in Toronto wear masks on the playground in February 2021. In memos to school boards and child-care licensees on Friday,…
Ontario long-term care homes won’t accept general visitors or allow residents to leave for social reasons starting later this week in an effort to protect residents from the highly contagious Omicron variant.A person peers into a window outside Roberta Place long-term care home, in Barrie, Ont., on Jan. 18, 2021. Ontario long-term care homes won’t…
CBC Radio special, Circulation, takes a trip to Tilbury, Ont., to find out what happens when the local newspaper packs up and leaves.Humphrey Rogers, 87, has lived in Tilbury, Ont., since 1946 and seen a lot of changes. The biggest was the closure of the paper, the Tilbury Times, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Haydn Watters/CBC)CBC…
Ontario is reporting 9,826 new COVID-19 cases on Boxing Day after the province hit a grim record of more than 10,000 new cases the day before.The province saw a record 10,412 cases reported on Saturday, surpassing the previous record of 9,571, which was set Friday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Ontario is reporting 9,826 new COVID-19 cases on Boxing…
The Ontario Government is doubling down on its previous $85 million Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network with a new six-step plan and a…
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit says it has received testing results that it was waiting on linked to a high-profile case where Ontario Provincial Police shot a baby boy and his father — but nearly a year on from the shooting, the agency has made no conclusions.Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit says it is still investigating a case where…
An employee with Ontario’s Ministry of Government and Consumer affairs who worked at its vaccine contact centre, and a man from Quebec have been arrested and charged for breaching the province’s COVID-19 immunization system.Ontario Provincial Police arrested two men from Ottawa and Quebec for allegedly breaching the province’s COVID-19 immunization system and sending people fraudulent…
Interactive Ontario has unveiled The Lodgge, a digital hub for all things video games and interactive entertainment in the province. The not-for-profit…
Ontario is lifting capacity limits today at restaurants, gyms, casinos and some other locations where proof of vaccination against COVID-19 is required.Ontario Premier Doug Ford, seen at a press briefing on Friday, said on Twitter that the province is ‘in a good place right now because we stayed cautious and disciplined. That hard work has…