Ontario News

MONTREAL — Unionized home daycare workers in Quebec have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a general strike as of April 1. The union representing some 10,000 workers said today that its members voted 97.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Health Department has announced another presumptive case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total of confirmed and presumptive cases in the province to four.

LAVAL, Que. — A mother in her 40s suffered serious injuries in a fire at a Laval home on Saturday morning. The Laval fire department says it received a call at around 1 a.m.

TORONTO — The number of Ontario residents infected with the novel coronavirus continued to climb on Friday as public health officials recorded six new cases in the past 36 hours, bringing the total in the province to 28 by late afternoon.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford continued Friday to pressure the province's teachers' unions to hammer out new contracts with his government, just days after making what Ford called "tremendous concessions" on class size and online learning.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford announced Friday he intends to keep a key campaign promise to lower hydro rates by 12 per cent, saying the details of the much-anticipated plan would be coming within weeks.

TORONTO — Police have charged five guards from the Toronto South Detention Centre with aggravated assault. The alleged the incident occurred on Dec. 20. Police say six correctional officers at the centre assaulted a prisoner.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in northern Ontario arrested 32 people during a months-long investigation into allegations of drug trafficking and organized crime.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Ontario says it will spend $202 million more over the next five years to fight human trafficking in the province.

MONTREAL — Earthquakes Canada has reported a magnitude 3.3 earthquake that was lightly felt on the island of Montreal early this morning.