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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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Experts explain why Canada's third wave is less deadly so far — and why we still need to be concerned

Although COVID-19 cases are climbing to astronomical new heights, the death rate in Canada is not rising at the same rate, something experts explain is due to a combination of younger patients, public health measures and the lessons doctors have learned from a year of battling the virus.

An ICU health-care worker shown inside a negative pressure room cares for a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator at the Humber River Hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

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

'Things are going to get worse': Canada's 7-day average reaches more than 8,200 COVID-19 cases

Canada has been seeing its highest COVID-19 numbers since January this past week, in what experts suggest is due to a combination of the spreading of variants, provinces reopening too early, and hospitals that are still recovering from the second wave.

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.

More scientists now believe COVID-19 spreads primarily through the air

An increasing number of doctors and scientists believe COVID-19 is primarily spread through the air and that public health measures need adjusting to reflect the new evidence.

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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.