Ontario News

TORONTO — Muslim leaders are calling on Ontario to take action against Islamophobia. Imam Aarij Anwer of the London Muslim Mosque said Monday that the province should tackle the issue now and not wait for the results of next year's election.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has committed to fully funding a controversial Greater Toronto Area highway project that's been in the planning stages for decades, though it hasn't yet been fully costed by his Progressive Conservative government.

LONDON, Ont. — Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a golf course that was to be used as a respite for London, Ont.'s homeless population in the winter.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 636 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with two more deaths linked to the virus It marks the first time since Oct. 9 that the daily case count rose above 600.

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to establish a housing affordability task force, as both prices and the number of home sales have grown in the past year, though it's a pledge the opposition parties dismiss as meaningless.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police east of Toronto say they've arrested a 40-year-old woman as part of an investigation into a homicide in Oshawa, Ont., earlier in the week.

TORONTO — Several groups of high-risk Ontarians are eligible to book COVID-19 booster shots as of 8 a.m. this morning. The expanded vaccine program comes as Ontario reports 508 new cases of COVID-19 and three more virus-related deaths.

An Independent member of Ontario's legislature has apologized for a post in which he used names and photos of people who had died to suggest without evidence that they had died due to COVID-19 vaccination.

ZORRA TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA — It could be called a condom caper. Provincial police say a truck and trailer containing $90,000 worth of condoms were allegedly stolen early Friday morning.

ZORRA TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO, CANADA — It could be called a condom caper. Provincial police say a truck and trailer containing $90,000 worth of condoms were allegedly stolen early Friday morning.