Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's cannabis store regulator says it will double the number of shops it authorizes this fall. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it will step up the pace of its approvals process at the province's direction.

MONTREAL — Combat sports such as boxing and martial arts are being allowed to resume following months of pandemic-induced shutdowns, the Quebec government announced Tuesday.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Peel Regional police say a teenage boy is dead after his bike collided with a transport truck this morning. Police say they responded to the intersection of Dixie Road and Blundell Road just after 10:30 a.m.

TORONTO — A mall in Toronto's west end has confirmed that two separate people who tested positive for COVID-19 went to restaurants at the shopping centre.

TORONTO — School boards will have no choice but to collapse and combine some classrooms when school starts this fall as administrators take into account the number of students opting for online learning, the head of Ontario's trustees association sai

TORONTO — A new study suggests it could take more than a year and a half to clear the backlog of surgeries in Ontario hospitals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Organizers of the Terry Fox Run are marking this year's 40th anniversary of the Marathon of Hope with a virtual event.

MONTREAL — Ten thousand Quebec daycare workers are launching a rotating strike today, as negotiations between their union and the province have failed to produce a deal.

TORONTO — Pamela Libralesso's family saw — and held — their 14-year-old son Monday for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Ontario.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Ontario government unveiled two new programs on Monday as part of a province-wide crackdown on sex trafficking.