Ontario News

Ontario plans to add hundreds of positions to medical schools over the next five years. The province says it will add 160 seats to undergraduate programs and 295 postgraduate positions.

WEST PERTH, ONT. — Police say a 10-year-old girl who was reported missing west of Stratford, Ont., has been found dead.

TORONTO — Clients at a food bank in north Toronto have recently been going home with baskets of potatoes from Prince Edward Island as truckloads of the vegetable caught up in an export ban have been making their way across the country.

TORONTO — Vaccination against COVID-19 will still be required for employees at many Ontario long-term care homes even though the province has lifted its official mandate for the sector, but some are concerned about the possibility of legal challenges

The Law Society of Ontario says bar exams that were cancelled this month have been rescheduled for April.

QUINTE WEST, Ont. — Police say five students from India have been identified as the victims of a fatal collision between a van and a tractor trailer on Highway 401 in Quinte West, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's next budget will set a roadmap for recovering from COVID-19, perhaps doubling as the Progressive Conservatives' election platform, and many stakeholders are asking the government to shore up the health system by looking beyond hos

TORONTO — Joanna Dales started to worry about her young children as soon she heard of Ontario's plan to lift mask mandates in most settings, including schools and daycares, later this month.

QUINTE WEST, Ont. — Provincial police say five people have died after a van and a tractor trailer collided on Highway 401 in Quinte West, Ont.

Ontario is reporting 722 people in hospital with COVID-19 Saturday, and 232 in intensive care. That’s compared with 717 people in hospital and 238 in ICUs on Friday. Public Health Ontario is also reporting 16 more deaths due to COVID-19.