Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to require employers to tell their workers if they are being electronically monitored. The government is set to introduce a new piece of labour legislation this month that will include the proposed policy.

A state of emergency in Ontario that Premier Doug Ford declared to deal with anti-vaccine mandate blockades was lifted Wednesday evening.

TORONTO — An Opposition bill aimed at fighting Islamophobia and other hate crimes was tabled in Ontario's legislature Wednesday, but it was unclear if it would receive the support of the majority Progressive Conservative government.

Police say a fire that damaged a Liberal MP's constituency office in Mississauga, Ont., has been deemed suspicious.

Ontario is reporting 1,106 people in hospital with COVID-19, up from 1,038 on Tuesday. There are also 319 people in intensive care, the same as Tuesday. The province is reporting 19 more deaths due to the virus.

TORONTO — Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have third or fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during the Omicron wave despite infection levels similar to those seen in early 2020, according to new f

TORONTO — Ontario's financial watchdog says that overall, the province's labour market has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but the recovery has been uneven across sectors and regions.

L'ORIGNAL, Ont. — An eastern Ontario doctor facing a murder charge has had his case adjourned to next month. Dr. Brian Nadler is accused of killing 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital last year.

A company that owns a mine in northern Ontario says it has resumed operations at the site six months after 39 workers got trapped underground. In a statement, Vale says the Totten Mine near Sudbury, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's legislature has unanimously passed a motion authorizing the Speaker to bar an independent member from eastern Ontario from participating in the chamber.