Ontario is reporting 1,301 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday as the province’s pandemic advisory table says levels of infection may have crested but that might change following the Easter long weekend.Ontario reported 1,301 COVID-19 hospitalizations Monday and 1,290 on Easter Sunday, however it’s important to note that upwards of 10 per cent of hospitals did…Continue Reading
Premier Doug Ford’s government has quietly revised its plan to meet Ontario’s 2030 targets for cutting carbon emissions. Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announce $260 million in joint funding to help the Honda manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont. upgrade to build the 2023 CR-V and CR-V Hybrid vehicles. Ontario’s new forecast…Continue Reading
Christian Brooks of Markham, Ont., got a $195,000 mortgage loan in 2019. Less than three years later, the lender says he owes $248,000 and is accusing him of missing payments.Christian Brooks, 44, has lived in this detached bungalow in Markham for 15 years. In 2019, he took out a $195,000 mortgage on the property. Now,…Continue Reading
Elections Ontario is encouraging residents to request mail-in ballots or take advantage of extra days of advanced voting this year with the intention of thinning polling station crowds on the province’s first — and hopefully only — provincial election day amid COVID-19.People line up at a polling station to vote in the federal election in Bowmanville, Ont. on Monday, September…Continue Reading
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government is introducing legislation to temporarily reduce gasoline and fuel taxes.In a news release issued Monday morning, the Ontario government said if passed, the gas tax would be reduced by 5.7 cents per litre and the fuel tax by 5.3 cents per litre for a period of six months beginning July 1. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian…Continue Reading
Ontario has unveiled a new science curriculum for Grades 1 to 8 students, with a focus on “modernizing” lessons to include more hands-on learning, engineering design and coding. Ontario has announced a new science curriculum for Grades 1 to 8 students, which will include more hands-on learning, design and coding. (AFP via Getty Images file photo)Ontario…Continue Reading
Kasabonika Lake First Nation has declared a state of emergency over a COVID-19 outbreak in the community.Kasabonika Lake First Nation has declared a state of emergency over a COVID-19 outbreak in the community. (Google)Kasabonika Lake, a remote northern Ontario First Nation about 600 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, has declared a state of emergency over…Continue Reading
Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has ordered a review of how the Waterloo Catholic District School Board handled a situation in November that led to police being called to assist with a four-year-old student at a Kitchener school.Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce has ordered a review of how the Waterloo Catholic District School Board handled…Continue Reading
Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have three or four 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 figures from the province.Residents and staff wave at Elm Grove Living Centre in Toronto wave to well-wishers…Continue Reading
The Ontario government will remove its proof of vaccination system on March 1, and is moving up the second phase of its COVID-19 reopening plan to Thursday.Ontario is moving up the timeline for its reopening plan, and will drop its vaccination passport system next month, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)The Ontario government will remove its proof…Continue Reading