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No winning ticket for Friday night's $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket for Friday night's $70 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $70 million dollar jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.
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Ontario to shift testing focus to vulnerable groups, raise daily capacity to 16k

Ontario to shift testing focus to vulnerable groups, raise daily capacity to 16k

TORONTO — Ontario will quadruple its COVID-19 testing capacity over the next month while shifting focus to those most vulnerable, officials announced Friday as a group home for disabled adults reported an outbreak led all but four caregivers to walk
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Canada to 'lose more people' to COVID, Trudeau warns; jobless rate surges 40%

Canada to 'lose more people' to COVID, Trudeau warns; jobless rate surges 40%

TORONTO — Amid crippling job losses across the country due to COVID-19, the federal government on Thursday warned the number of Canadians killed by the novel coronavirus would likely double over the next week and could reach thousands over the course
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Panel recommends light-rail or bus rapid transit for Hamilton

Panel recommends light-rail or bus rapid transit for Hamilton

TORONTO — A panel created to recommend how Hamilton should spend a billion dollars on transit says the city needs a project like its recently cancelled light-rail line.
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Ontario chief medical officer issues new COVID-19 testing guidelines

Ontario chief medical officer issues new COVID-19 testing guidelines

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor has issued new COVID-19 testing guidelines aimed at front-line health workers and long-term care residents — though they stop short of a call by the premier to test all of those people. Dr.
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Finance minister calls for auto insurance breaks during COVID-19 pandemic

Finance minister calls for auto insurance breaks during COVID-19 pandemic

TORONTO — Ontario Finance Minister Rod Phillips said Thursday he wants to see insurance companies giving drivers breaks on their premiums that reflect the "devastating impact" of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges

Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges

TORONTO — Health care workers should immediately be restricted to working for only one long-term care or retirement home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the head of an association representing Ontario's registered nurses said Wednesday.
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COVID cases surge past 19,000 with 501 deaths; Quebec has most fatalities

COVID cases surge past 19,000 with 501 deaths; Quebec has most fatalities

TORONTO — Canada's confirmed cases of COVID-19 surged past 19,000 on Wednesday, with more than 500 deaths ascribed to the raging global pandemic as Quebec became the province with the most fatalities attributed to the disease.
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Ford says 'patience has run thin' with low numbers of COVID-19 tests in Ontario

Ford says 'patience has run thin' with low numbers of COVID-19 tests in Ontario

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford vowed Wednesday to immediately and vastly increase the number of COVID-19 tests Ontario performs after the province faced criticism for allowing most of its lab capacity to sit idle for days.
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Canada's testing shortfalls come under scrutiny as leaders vow to up their game

Canada's testing shortfalls come under scrutiny as leaders vow to up their game

TORONTO — The shortcomings of Canada's COVID-19 testing strategy came to the fore Wednesday as Ontario's premier admitted to "unacceptable" testing rates, Quebec promised to aggressively root out infections in long-term care homes and Nova Scotia exp
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