Two men are now facing criminal charges and the city has completely seized a building following a raucous three day-long dispute between police and city officials and a restauranteur who brazenly declared that he would open up to serve customers despite lockdown orders in effect to contain a deadly pandemic.

The number of COVID-19 cases in intensive care at Ontario hospitals will break the 200 bed threshold sometime in early December, severely hampering the healthcare system’s ability to follow through with all scheduled surgical procedures, new provincial modelling data suggests.

Ontario Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday that recent comments by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suggesting Canadians may have to wait longer for any approved vaccines are “very concerning” and she called on Trudeau to ensure a timeline that would see Ontario get its first doses in early 2021.

A forensic psychiatrist who interviewed Alek Minassian more than a dozen times says he does not believe the accused meets the criteria for a finding of not criminally responsible (NCR) as he was not suffering from psychosis before, during, or after the mass murder, a court heard Thursday.

Ontario reported 1,478 new positive tests for COVID-19 on Thursday along with 21 new deaths, as the overall positivity rate declined and hospitalizations reached their highest point so far in the second wave.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Education Minister Stephen Lecce are expected to speak in Mississauga on Thursday, as officials prepare to release new modelling about the expected progression of coronavirus in the province.

The first COVID-19 vaccine could be approved for use in Canada within two weeks, Health Canada's chief medical adviser said Thursday.

Ontario is moving to cap the fees third-party delivery apps impose on restaurants in regions where indoor dining is prohibited.

With temperatures dropping, students at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) are being advised to bundle up in the next few months as public health recommends that classroom windows be opened to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit was a financial lifeline for many when COVID-19 forced businesses to shutter and brought the economy to a screeching halt in the spring.

The man who murdered six people in a Quebec City mosque in 2017 will be eligible to apply for parole in 25 years rather than 40, the province's highest court ruled Thursday as it declared the section of the Criminal Code allowing consecutive life sentences unconstitutional.

Almost half of Ontario's hospitals are in poor repair, a situation far worse than for the provinces roads, bridges and other infrastructure, the Financial Accountability Office reported on Thursday.

As tighter COVID-19 restrictions are once again challenging businesses, new data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday shows which industries were able to endure and bounce back from the first set of lockdowns.

The Federal Court has punted consideration of airfare refunds, which customers say they are owed following hundreds of thousands of cancelled flights, to provincial courts.

Three people have injuries following a serious collision in Milton early Thursday morning.

The national spy watchdog is urging Justice Minister David Lametti to close gaps in the federal whistle-blowing framework to protect Canada's deepest secrets and the public servants who keep them.

Peel police are investigating a stabbing at a plaza in Mississauga Wednesday night that left three men wounded.

Police have laid nine charges after an Etobicoke barbecue restaurant openly flouted public health restrictions prohibiting on-site dining for a second straight day.

A person of interest has been identified in the murders of billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman, the Toronto Police Service confirmed to CP24 on Wednesday.

Every person in Toronto is at risk of acquiring COVID-19. That’s the stern warning from Toronto’s public health official on Wednesday after presenting a map that showed almost all of the neighbourhoods in the city meeting the criteria for the province’s red zone.

All residents of Ontario are being advised to only spend the holidays with members of their own household, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.

Mississauga wants to limit big box stores from selling non-essential items in an effort to level the playing field for small businesses that have been affected by the lockdown.

The Ontario government has passed legislation that would end the bi-annual changing of clocks, making daylight time permanent in the province.

Four family members who worked for the Ontario government in information technology defrauded the province of at least $11 million destined as COVID-19 relief money, a statement of claim alleges.

While much of Toronto has been shut down by a second COVID-19 lockdown, city officials have unveiled a list of activities that will be available for those itching to stretch their legs outdoors this winter.