Ontario News

TORONTO — One of Premier Doug Ford's caucus members has been stripped of her parliamentary assistant role for misrepresenting her COVID-19 vaccination status.

TORONTO — Staff at Ontario long-term care homes must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the government announced Friday, reversing a previous vaccine-or-test policy it defended as recently as a few weeks ago.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., say they have received no formal reports related to online allegations of drugging and sexual assaults at a Western University residence, but will keep the investigation open.

TORONTO — Canada's top court has upheld an Ontario law that slashed the size of Toronto's city council nearly in half during the last municipal election, with a narrow majority ruling the move was constitutional.

TORONTO, Kan. — For residential school survivor James Bird, the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation represented an incredible moment to work toward healing, but he wanted Canadians to remember why it was being marked.

TORONTO — Several months after Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine rollout began, about 20 per cent of eligible residents have yet to get fully immunized against the virus.

TORONTO — A fourth person is now facing charges in connection with alleged fraud involving Ontario COVID-19 relief funding. Ontario Provincial Police say 41-year-old Manish Gambhir of Brampton, Ont.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Police say a historic bronze statue has been stolen from a cemetery in Niagara Falls, Ont. Investigators say they believe the theft took place sometime between early Monday and Wednesday morning at the Drummond Hill Cemetery.

Hamilton police are searching for the driver of a stolen vehicle involved in a fatal collision.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A Brampton, Ont., man has been arrested in connection with two separate assaults in city parks earlier this month. Peel Regional Police say shortly before 11 a.m. on Sept. 15, a woman was grabbed while in Massey Park.