TORONTO, ONT. – Doug Ford’s progressive conservative government doubles its commitment to fully fund a controversial highway project first proposed decades ago. Ford was in Bradford, Ont., On Monday to repeat the commitment to plan the 16-mile-long Bradford Bypass freeway, which would connect existing highways in the Toronto area of Simcoe County and the York … Read more
TORONTO – Ontario is logging 480 new COVID-19 cases as the province reaches a new COVID-19 vaccination milestone. Monday’s count represents a significant drop in infections after three days in which the province reported more than 500 cases. There were 636 cases of the new coronavirus on Sunday, 508 on Saturday and 563 on Friday. … Read more
TORONTO – Ontario is logging 480 new COVID-19 cases as the province reaches a new COVID-19 vaccination milestone. Monday’s count represents a significant drop in infections after three days in which the province reported more than 500 cases. There were 636 cases of the new coronavirus on Sunday, 508 on Saturday and 563 on Friday. … Read more
TORONTO – The federal agency tasked with enforcing Canada’s electoral rules says it will not intervene to resolve complaints about a Toronto lawmaker who was elected days after being dropped from the Liberal Party – but who still appeared as a liberal on signs and on paper ballots. But that has not stopped a push … Read more
TORONTO – The federal agency tasked with enforcing Canada’s electoral rules says it will not step in to resolve complaints that an elected Toronto MP who was dropped from the Liberal Party but was still elected appeared as a liberal on signs and on paper ballot papers. But that has not stopped a push to … Read more
TORONTO – Four people were hospitalized after seven vehicles collided at the western end of the city on Sunday afternoon. Toronto police said the accident happened at the intersection of Dupont and Dufferin streets just before 4:30 p.m. Two people, including a woman, were transported to hospitals with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, Toronto paramedics said. … Read more
TORONTO – A Scarborough primary school will be closed for personal learning and activities from Monday, after more than a dozen COVID-19 cases have been identified. The Toronto Catholic District School Board on Sunday night announced the temporary dismissal of all students at Precious Blood Catholic School from attending classes in person on the recommendation … Read more
TORONTO – Ontario plans to establish a task force on affordable housing, as both prices and the number of home sales have grown in the past year, although it is a promise that opposition parties reject as meaningless. Talking figures illustrating the province’s heated housing markets can be found in the government’s recently released economic … Read more
TORONTO – Ontario on Sunday reported 636 new COVID-19 cases as well as two more deaths related to the disease. The last time the province saw more than 600 new infections in one day was October 9th. The new cases mark a marked increase from the 508 infections on Saturday and the 563 cases on … Read more
TORONTO – Police are investigating a collision on Don Valley Parkway in which a person had to be released from a vehicle Saturday morning. Shortly after kl. At 8 a.m., first aiders witnessed a collision on Don Valley Parkway North at Dundas Street East. Police said a vehicle overturned on the northbound DVP. A man … Read more