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COVID expected to kill thousands just in Ontario even with stiff restrictions

COVID expected to kill thousands just in Ontario even with stiff restrictions

TORONTO — As known COVID-19 cases rose nationally and almost all construction in the country's economic heartland was idled on Friday, health authorities in Ontario said the death toll in that province alone could be kept below a still-staggering 15,
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Trudeau rejects mandatory stay-at-home order for now; COVID deaths up

Trudeau rejects mandatory stay-at-home order for now; COVID deaths up

TORONTO — An already grim employment toll looked set to worsen Thursday as authorities pondered further tightening restrictions on people and businesses to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep the pandemic from suffocating the health-care system.
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Ontario returns to table with last teachers' union as backdrop for talks changes

Ontario returns to table with last teachers' union as backdrop for talks changes

TORONTO — The Ontario government is attempting to close an ugly round of bargaining as it restarts talks with the only remaining teachers' union without a contract, and an expert says the COVID-19 pandemic may create a path to labour peace.
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Region of Peel 'accidentally' mails wrong COVID-19 test results to 16 people

Region of Peel 'accidentally' mails wrong COVID-19 test results to 16 people

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The Region of Peel in Ontario is apologizing after it "accidentally" mailed letters to 16 residents saying their COVID-19 test results were negative when, in fact, they were positive. Dr.
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Ontario to release COVID-19 modelling; Ford says numbers will be hard to hear

Ontario to release COVID-19 modelling; Ford says numbers will be hard to hear

TORONTO — Ontario will release data Friday showing how many Ontarians could die from COVID-19 in various scenarios, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, warning that the projections will be hard to hear.
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The race to trace the spread of COVID-19 in Canada using disease trackers

The race to trace the spread of COVID-19 in Canada using disease trackers

TORONTO — Increasingly frustrated health officials say they are prepared to take more aggressive measures to track and contain people with COVID-19 as the number of sick and dead continues to soar.
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Royal Canadian Legion branches adapt to support veterans during pandemic

Royal Canadian Legion branches adapt to support veterans during pandemic

TORONTO — Royal Canadian Legion branches are adapting their services to support veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the national organization warns financial pressures could result in the closure of some branches.
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Key staff may need to stay at work sites, Ontario power system operator says

Key staff may need to stay at work sites, Ontario power system operator says

TORONTO — A group of personnel key to keeping Ontario's electricity system functioning may end up locked down in their control centres due to the COVID-19 crisis, according to the head of the province's power operator.
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Ontario high school teachers to resume bargaining for first time since December

Ontario high school teachers to resume bargaining for first time since December

TORONTO — Ontario's high school teachers are set to bargain with the province Thursday for the first time since December. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation is the only one of the four major teachers' unions without a contract deal.
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Toronto imposes mandatory quarantine for infected to help contain COVID-19

Toronto imposes mandatory quarantine for infected to help contain COVID-19

TORONTO — Canada's most populous city has imposed a mandatory home quarantine on residents infected with COVID-19, as officials move to "aggressively halt" the spread of the virus.
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