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Toronto police begin 'new enforcement approach' to stay-at-home order starting Thursday

Toronto police say they will begin a new approach to enforcing Ontario's stay-at-home order starting on Thursday.

FILE - Toronto Police officers work an active crime scene in downtown Toronto in this file photo from Monday, March 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Ontario's top doctor issues directive to cease all non-emergency surgeries immediately

Hospitals in the province are required to halt all non-emergent and non-urgent surgeries immediately as people with COVID-19 continue to fill up hospitals and put the healthcare system under strain amid the third wave.

Ontario Chief Medical Officer Dr. David Williams speaks during the daily briefing at Queen’s Park in Toronto, Friday, June 12, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

'He just disappeared': Toronto woman issues desperate plea after her husband goes missing

For 15 days, Aimee Jankowski has awaited word about her husband after he went missing. He texted her saying he would be home shortly but never arrived.

Karol Jankowski has been missing since April 6. He texted his wife saying he would be home shortly but never arrived. (Supplied)

More than 200 travellers arriving in Ontario have refused to stay in quarantine hotels

As Ontario struggles to control a brutal third wave of COVID-19, health officials say more than 200 international travellers arriving in the province have refused to stay in a quarantine hotel.

Hot real estate market causes problems for some renters amid COVID-19 pandemic

April Santala says she’s been renting a house in Oshawa, Ont., for the past four years with her two children. She says that her landlord randomly sent her an email saying he wanted to renovate and sell the property and asked her to leave within 60 days.

'A bit of a disconnect': Ontario set to clarify vaccine eligibility for pregnant women

The Ontario government is reviewing its official vaccine eligibility criteria for pregnant women, amid a sudden spike in severe COVID-19 symptoms among expectant mothers.

Death of young woman helps bring about change with new intimate partner violence unit in Peel Region

A new unit with Peel Regional Police, which aims to better protect victims of intimate partner violence, was spurred in part by the tragedy of a young woman killed during the pandemic.

Murder of 75-year-old woman in 2019 never publicly reported by Toronto police

Police say it is unclear exactly why the murder of a 75-year-old woman in Scarborough in December 2019 was never reported to the media and only came to light when the woman’s husband, who was charged in her death, died in jail.

Family of 97-year-old who just got COVID-19 vaccine fears all homebound seniors won't get shot until fall

A Scarborough family fears it will be fall before all Toronto homebound seniors get their COVID-19 vaccine.

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India records global high 314,835 cases of COVID-19 in 24 hours

India reported a global record of more than 314,000 new infections Thursday as a grim coronavirus surge in the world's second-most populous country sends more and more sick people into a fragile health care system critically short of hospital beds and oxygen.

Migrant laborers sit in a bus to travel to their villages following a six-day lockdown put into place to control the rising cases of coronavirus infections, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Canada watching COVID-19 surge in India closely, but country-specific travel restrictions 'only go so far': Tam

The country's chief public health officer says given COVID-19 variants are no longer unique to specific countries and are spreading quickly across the globe, Canada is sticking by its universal approach to travel restrictions.

Why India is shattering global infection records

The world's fastest pace of spreading infections and the highest daily increase in coronavirus cases are pushing India further into a deepening and deadly health care crisis.

Ontario's top doctor issues directive to cease all non-emergency surgeries immediately

Feelings of isolation worse now than at any point during pandemic: report

A year into the pandemic, a new mental health report by Morneau Shepell says that isolation is taking its greatest toll yet on Canadians.

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Biden speaks to PM, says U.S. looking at helping 'some more'

With case numbers still relatively low in the Maritimes, some doctors are questioning whether we have the vaccine capacity to give doses to other provinces.