Toronto News

TORONTO — The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting the need for more public toilets in communities across Canada, particularly as softening restrictions encourage people to spend more time outside their homes, advocates and experts say.

TORONTO — Police say a fire that killed a boy inside a home north of Toronto is not suspicious. York regional police say the body believed to belong to a 12-year-old boy was found inside the Markham, Ont., home Tuesday.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford is vowing to increase COVID-19 testing after several days of low numbers, while also warning he will re-enact restrictions if the amount of new cases climbs.

Toronto police say a 58-year-old man found dead inside a Toronto apartment where a fire broke out over the weekend was the victim of a homicide.

Toronto police say they have laid charges related to a November homicide. They say a man -- 50-year-old Antonio Fiorda of Maple -- was found shot in a west-end parking lot and died in hospital.

TORONTO — Ontario schools will stay closed for the rest of the school year, Premier Doug Ford announced Tuesday, saying that returning children to the classroom isn't worth the risk while the province continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario entered its first stage of reopening many businesses Tuesday, even as the number of new COVID-19 cases rose and the province extended its emergency orders and shuttered schools until September.

TORONTO — A teenager accused in a deadly attack at a Toronto massage parlour was inspired by the so-called "incel movement," the RCMP said Tuesday as they announced terrorism charges against the accused.

TORONTO — Students and schools in Canada's post-secondary system are finding themselves at an impasse over tuition for the fall term as they say financial pressures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic leave many students struggling to pay for school and

TORONTO — Physical distancing will now be standard in Toronto's shelter system during the COVID-19 pandemic after the city settled with a group of advocates for the homeless who took it to court.