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Ontario not ready to lift stay-at-home order and should extend lockdown, OMA says

Ontario is not ready to lift the stay-at-home order and should extend the current lockdown measures past May 20, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) says.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford arrives at a press conference at Queen's Park during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. The provincial government unveiled a new tiered system for COVID-19 restrictions that will give municipalities and public health units guidelines for when to implement lockdows and closures. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)

Ontario working on plan for how to use 250,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that will arrive next week

Ontario is expecting to receive 250,000 more doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine next week, a shipment that will be reserved for second shots as the province has suspended use of the vaccine for first doses.

Ontario Deputy Premier and Minister of Health Christine Elliott addresses the COVID-19 daily press conference at the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park in Toronto, Monday, June 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Richard Lautens -Pool

Ontario reports more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases as ICU admissions drop below 800

Ontario is reporting more than 2,300 new cases of COVID-19 Wednesday as the number of patients in intensive care with the disease drops below 800 for the first time in weeks.

A man arrives with two young girls for his shot at the COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto on Tuesday May 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Audit flags issues with tracking Ontario pandemic pay program, other COVID expenses

An audit out today has found the Ontario government failed to track properly $4.4 billion in COVID-19 relief spending.

Three 'armed and dangerous' suspects sought by police in connection with deadly North York shooting

Police are looking for three suspects they consider to be armed and dangerous in connection with a shooting in North York last September that left one man dead.

Ontario will no longer offer first doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Ontario will no longer offer first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to an increase in reports of rare blood clots.

Lockdown measures in Ontario connected to fewer early premature births, study finds

Ontario saw fewer early premature births during the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new study is suggesting that it may be associated with strict lockdown measures.

Ontario should increase hotel quarantine length when COVID-19 cases decline, health official says

As vaccinations roll out and COVID-19 cases come down, one public health official says rather than relaxing the border, restrictions need to ramp up.

Tribunal sides with developer who owns air rights vs. Toronto in dispute over Rail Deck Park

A provincial tribunal sided with a developer over the City of Toronto in its bid to build Rail Deck Park, saying the city should not have rejected a proposal by the developer to build a stretch of buildings in the space it sought for the park above a major rail corridor.

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More provinces are limiting the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine

Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as Manitoba limited use of the shot and Ontario said it was deciding how it would use an incoming shipment reserved for second doses.

A member of the medical staff draws serum from an AstraZeneca vaccine container at a vaccination center in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Ontario working on plan for how to use 250,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine that will arrive next week

U.S. House Republicans oust Donald Trump critic Liz Cheney from top post

U.S. House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her post as the chamber's No. 3 GOP leader on Wednesday, punishing her after she repeatedly rebuked former President Donald Trump for his false claims of election fraud and his role in inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating

Political 'brinksmanship' in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc. to abandon plans for a $500-million tunnel that would protect an ecologically sensitive Great Lakes waterway from the controversial Line 5 pipeline, business leaders warned Wednesday.

Nearly 800 fines issued to returning travellers who refused to quarantine

The Public Health Agency of Canada says 798 fines have been issued to travellers arriving in Canada for refusing to quarantine in a government-authorized hotel.