Ontario News

Ontario is increasing a speculation tax on non-resident homebuyers to 20 per cent. The tax will also be expanded to cover the entire province.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to recruit more nurses for underserved communities, boost the pay of personal support workers and make it easier for foreign health professions to get a job.

The number of people with COVID-19 in Ontario hospitals went up 20 per cent Tuesday from the previous day, as wastewater indicators suggest the number of cases has been on the rise since early to mid-March.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says bird flu has been found at a second farm in southern Ontario in as many days.

TORONTO — Ontario has reached a deal with the federal government to reduce licensed child-care fees to an average of $10 a day within five years. The province was the last jurisdiction to sign on to the national program.

Ontario parents of children aged five and under will start getting rebates for licensed child-care fees in May and can expect to see costs cut in half by the end of the year now that the province has become the final signatory to a national program.

Ontario physicians have ratified a new contract with the province. The Ontario Medical Association shared the outcome of last week's vote on the agreement on Monday.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says bird flu has been found at a poultry farm in southern Ontario.

Ontario is reporting 655 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 158 in intensive care on Monday. That's compared with 553 hospitalizations and 157 people in ICUs Sunday. There were 551 people in hospital one week ago.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Three children and two adults have died after an early-morning fire at a home in Brampton, Ont. Peel Regional Police say the house fire at Conestoga Drive and Sutter Avenue broke out around 2 a.m. today.