A group of medical experts that have been advising the Ford government on the safe operation of schools say that the suspension of in-person learning should be a “a last resort for pandemic control” given the “significant negative impact” that last year’s prolonged closure had on children.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he doesn’t accept the explanation given by a major global vaccine maker as to why its coroanvirus vaccine deliveries are falling to zero next week.
A Durham Region doctor and her husband have been charged for allegedly misleading contact tracers about how they were exposed to the contagious coronavirus variant first detected in the United Kingdom.
The Halton police board will meet behind closed doors again today to discuss a decision by Chief Steve Tanner to go to Florida over the holidays despite public health officials warning against non-essential travel.
A worker who had close contact with someone who travelled abroad was one of the first to be suspected of carrying a highly contagious coronavirus variant into Barrie’s Roberta Place long-term care home, health officials said Thursday.
Metrolinx says it is making some service adjustments to respond to plummeting ridership numbers amid a stay-at-home order to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla by phone Thursday, the same day the company informed Canada delays to its shipments of COVID-19 vaccines are going to be even worse than previously thought.
Toronto police have issued a public safety alert after investigators say a man tried to force his way into an apartment in Parkdale and allegedly threatened to sexually assault a woman inside.
More than one-fifth of Canadian companies say they will adjust their employee's pay if they move to a different location, according to a recent survey.
Farmers who employ migrant workers are urging the federal government to waive the negative COVID-19 test result required before the employees can fly to Canada, saying the cost of the tests in certain countries are proving to be a barrier for some.
If Joe Biden's decision to kill off Keystone XL is supposed to sound the death knell for Canada-U.S. relations, you wouldn't know it from the newly minted president's call sheet.
A director at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association believes provinces should set targets for vaccinating inmates in provincial jails -- something half of jurisdictions have yet to do.
Passengers aboard the first Boeing 737 Max flight in Canadian airspace in nearly two years weren't overly concerned about the plane's safety, saying they trusted that regulators had addressed any issues with the aircraft.
The COVID-19 pandemic is about to force another big break from tradition in the House of Commons: MPs using an app on their smartphones or laptops to cast votes remotely.