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Ontario aims to bring more doctors into vax rollout, assess data to reach holdouts

Ontario aims to bring more doctors into vax rollout, assess data to reach holdouts

TORONTO — More family doctors will be involved in Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the province works to reach those who haven't had a shot and eyes eventually winding down its mass immunization sites.
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Closing arguments underway at teacher trial

TORONTO — A Toronto teacher charged in the drowning of a teenage student shouldn't be held to a higher standard than the "average parent" in assessing the care and supervision he provided on a multi-day school canoe trip, his lawyers argued Thursday.
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Ontario family files suit against child services agency in death of four-yr-old girl

Ontario family files suit against child services agency in death of four-yr-old girl

Jennifer Viater wants to ensure no other family suffers the way she has. The Vaughan, Ont., resident says her life has been a nightmare ever since her four-year-old daughter was found dead under suspicious circumstances nearly a year and a half ago.
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Ontario will spent $6 million on CCTV grant program for police forces

Ontario will spent $6 million on CCTV grant program for police forces

Ontario will spend millions of dollars on a grant program allowing police forces to expand CCTV coverage. A total of $6 million will be made available over three years.
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Toronto, Hamilton open mass vaccination sites to walk-in appointments

TORONTO — Two of Ontario's most populous cities started allowing walk-ins at mass vaccination sites Thursday, offering an alternative to the scramble to secure appointments for a coveted COVID-19 vaccine.
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Funeral set for Monday for Toronto officer killed in line of duty

Funeral set for Monday for Toronto officer killed in line of duty

TORONTO — A funeral is set for a Toronto police officer who died in the line of duty last week. Toronto police say a visitation for Const. Jeffrey Northrup will take place Sunday and a funeral will follow on Monday.
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Most Ontario youth experienced depression during pandemic, early data suggests

Most Ontario youth experienced depression during pandemic, early data suggests

TORONTO — Preliminary research suggests the COVID-19 crisis is having a sustained and significant impact on youth mental health in Ontario.
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COVID-19 outbreak linked to Oakville gym operating under physical therapy exemption

An Ontario gym operating using a physical therapy exemption has been ordered to shut down after being linked to a COVID-19 outbreak that could force as many as 400 people to self-isolate.
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Niagara top doctor says reopening border with U.S. this summer is too risky

Niagara top doctor says reopening border with U.S. this summer is too risky

The top public health official in Ontario’s Niagara Region says he wants the U.S.-Canada border to stay closed until the fall even as local business leaders and politicians call for the opposite to support the area's tourism-reliant economy. Dr.
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McMaster researchers map out how rare VITT cases unfold in some vaccine recipients

McMaster researchers map out how rare VITT cases unfold in some vaccine recipients

HAMILTON — A team of researchers from McMaster University has mapped out how certain COVID-19 vaccines can trigger a rare but sometimes fatal blood clotting reaction in some recipients.
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