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Ontario releases new COVID-19 guidance to manage school outbreaks

Ontario releases new COVID-19 guidance to manage school outbreaks

TORONTO — Ontario has released new guidance to parents and educators to help prevent and manage COVID-19 outbreaks in schools, including provisions that will not require ill students to take a test for the virus before returning to class.
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Federal government gives Ontario $381 million to help with back-to-school plan

Federal government gives Ontario $381 million to help with back-to-school plan

TORONTO — Ontario's controversial back-to school plan received an infusion of cash from the federal government on Wednesday, with at least $381 million being added to what Premier Doug Ford has already earmarked for the upcoming return to class.
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Person charged after allegedly killing roommate's kitten during argument

Person charged after allegedly killing roommate's kitten during argument

WEST NIPISSING, Ont. — Provincial police say a 40-year-old is facing charges after he allegedly killed his roommate's kitten during an argument in West Nipissing, Ont.
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Ottawa teacher facing new sex charges; police say there could be more victims

Ottawa teacher facing new sex charges; police say there could be more victims

OTTAWA — An Ottawa high school teacher is facing new sex charges in relation to alleged incidents involving two female students in 2013.
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Quebec reviewing dozens of positive COVID-19 tests after contamination issue

Quebec reviewing dozens of positive COVID-19 tests after contamination issue

MONTREAL — Quebec health authorities are reviewing dozens of positive COVID-19 test results after they say some lab samples from the Montreal area became contaminated.
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No grounds to charge officers in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet:SIU

No grounds to charge officers in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet:SIU

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says there are no grounds to charge officers who were in the home of Regis Korchinski-Paquet when she fell to her death from a Toronto balcony.
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Man charged months after allegedly using unregistered drone to film crash site

Man charged months after allegedly using unregistered drone to film crash site

CHATHAM-KENT, Ont. — Police say a man is facing charges after allegedly using an unregistered drone to film the scene of a fatal crash in Chatham-Kent, Ont.
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Campus coalition urging UofT to "listen to its own scientists" in back-to-school plans

Campus coalition urging UofT to "listen to its own scientists" in back-to-school plans

TORONTO — A campus coalition at Canada’s largest university is urging the school to listen to its own expert research on COVID-19 and roll back its plan to reopen doors to students and staff in the fall.
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Ontario's credit rating remains stable despite COVID-19 pandemic: FAO

Ontario's credit rating remains stable despite COVID-19 pandemic: FAO

TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog says the province's credit rating has remained stable in 2020 despite the costs incurred by the government during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Teachers' unions ask Ontario for workplace safety orders as schools reopen

Teachers' unions ask Ontario for workplace safety orders as schools reopen

TORONTO — An escalating disagreement over school reopening safety standards between Ontario's major teachers' unions and Premier Doug Ford's government could be headed to the province's labour board, a letter to union members said late Tuesday.
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