The Ontario government will allow businesses such as restaurants, bars and fitness centres to start lifting COVID-19 capacity limits starting on Monday, a senior government source has told CBC News.A patron enters a fast-food restaurant on Queen Street in Toronto, past a sign displaying proof of vaccination information on Sept. 22, 2021. A senior Ontario…
Ontario’s chief coroner says “it’s possible” unmarked graves linked to residential schools have been missed, and is setting up a team to review death investigations from past decades to see whether any should be reopened.Dr. Dirk Huyer, Ontario’s chief coroner, says a team will review decades-old death cases to determine if any could be linked to residential schools. (CBC)WARNING:…
The Progressive Conservative government to bring in Ontario’s strictest-ever rules for companies that recruit temporary workers, including a system for shutting down temp agencies that exploit staff, CBC News has learned.New measures to be announced Monday by the Ontario government will give the province the power to shut down firms that recruit and place temporary workers if…
A First Nations leader in northern Ontario says a new recommendation from a government oversight body, if implemented, would bring the standard of care for grieving Indigenous families to a bare minimum.Dr. Dirk Huyer, Ontario’s chief coroner, says he expects all coroners to communicate regularly with families, not just when there is a change in…
The Ontario government says it has partnered with Shoppers Drug Mart to provide free menstrual products for students across the province beginning this fall.Menstrual products at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Toronto on Friday. Inequitable access to menstrual products, sometimes called period poverty, has been a significant barrier to education and extracurricular activities for many…
The Ontario government says it will allow private cannabis shops to offer delivery and curbside pickup. This comes as part of a…
A 32-year-old man from Kitchener, Ont., is facing charges for uttering threats against Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau during a campaign stop in Cambridge, Ont., last month.Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau announces green incentives toward climate change at a campaign stop during the federal election campaign in Cambridge, Ont., on Aug. 29. The Waterloo Regional Police Service…
Fido is currently running a “50 percent off” home internet deal if you already have a ‘Data, Talk & Text’ plan with…
Residents of Wollaston Township, a small cottage-country township in Ontario, say their local government has been hijacked by seasonal campers who formed a voting bloc to influence the local government. The campground owners say their customers deserve a voice.Red Eagle campground in Wollaston Township has been operating on Wollaston Lake since the 1930s, and has about…
Ontario will announce a form of proof-of-vaccine certification — commonly known as a “vaccine passport” — for the province, sources tell CBC News. The plan is expected to be revealed early next week.Ontario Premier Doug Ford, right, watching a health-care worker fill a vial with a COVID-19 vaccine as he tours a mass immunization clinic for Peel Region…