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Ontario's fractured vaccine booking system is complex, but gets job done: experts

Ontario's fractured vaccine booking system is complex, but gets job done: experts

Ontario's vaccine booking system has been described as complex, fractured, and frustrating, but as first-dose uptake tops 75 per cent, experts say it's getting the job done.
Ontario reports 296 COVID-19 cases, 60 deaths on Tuesday as historic case data added

Ontario reports 296 COVID-19 cases, 60 deaths on Tuesday as historic case data added

Ontario is reporting 296 COVID-19 cases and 60 deaths today, but the province says the numbers include older infections and deaths that are just now being counted.

Residents displaced by large gas leak in Mississauga, Ont., allowed to return home

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — An Ontario utility says residents displaced by a large gas leak in Mississauga, Ont., can now go home. Enbridge Gas says its crews will be making repairs today.
Arrest made in children's birthday party shooting, Toronto police say

Arrest made in children's birthday party shooting, Toronto police say

TORONTO — A 24-year-old man has been arrested after a shooting over the weekend at a birthday party in Toronto left three children injured.

Toronto hospital staff urged to follow protocols after outbreak includes vaccinated

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital network says several vaccinated people have been infected in a COVID-19 outbreak at one of its facilities.

Toronto man charged for allegedly poisoning child who died at sleepover

Toronto police allege a 45-year-old man poisoned a three-year-old child who died after eating cereal laced with an unnamed substance. They say they began an investigation on March 7 after the death of a child at a sleepover.
Ontarians encouraged to see mRNA shots as interchangeable as more 2nd doses open up

Ontarians encouraged to see mRNA shots as interchangeable as more 2nd doses open up

TORONTO — Officials and experts emphasized the interchangeability of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Monday as many more Ontarians became eligible to book accelerated second shots.
Suspect in London attack on Muslim family has case adjourned for week

Suspect in London attack on Muslim family has case adjourned for week

LONDON, Ont. — A man facing terrorism charges for allegedly targeting and killing a Muslim family with his truck in southwestern Ontario has had his case adjourned for a week.
Ford calls Toronto birthday party shooting that injured four a 'senseless tragedy'

Ford calls Toronto birthday party shooting that injured four a 'senseless tragedy'

TORONTO — Condemnation poured in on Sunday for a weekend shooting at a northwest Toronto birthday party that injured four people, including three children, with politicians and police alike describing it as a "senseless tragedy.
Ontario reports 318 new cases of COVID-19 as province prepares for Pfizer delay

Ontario reports 318 new cases of COVID-19 as province prepares for Pfizer delay

Toronto is scaling up doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to compensate for a delay in shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech shots to Ontario.