A Scarborough long-term care home is reporting 92 residents have tested positive for COVID-19 in its latest outbreak, with 29 dead so far.
A group of advocates, lawyers and families with loved ones in long-term care have issued a joint call to the Ford government to amend legislation they say makes it "significantly harder" to hold homes responsible for illness or death stemming from exposure to COVID-19.
This year is a significant one, marking 100 years since the first public Remembrance Day ceremony and 75 years since the end of World War Two.
A little over two months into the school year, fears of a widespread shutdown like Canada saw last spring have not materialized. However, schools haven't been immune to COVID-19. Though some protective measures seem to have helped, health experts are raising additional concerns as winter approaches.
Applicants for Canadian citizenship say they are trapped in "limbo" as the federal government has indicated no plans to resume the citizenship knowledge tests required of prospective citizens.
Despite promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates on the horizon worldwide, experts say Canada needs to overcome major hurdles before it can develop rollout strategies to get the right shot into Canadians' arms.
Thanks to the pandemic, the Remembrance Day service in Ottawa this year will look like nothing we've ever seen before — no parade of elderly veterans, no solemn crowds depositing poppies on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. But by moving to digital platforms, the people telling the stories of Canada's soldiers are also reaching for new audiences. ...
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or the first time during the current resurgence of the novel coronavirus, Peel Region clocked the most cases at 468, while Toronto had 384 and York Region 180, as well as 63 in Durham Region and 62 in Hamilton.
The new cases include 393 in Toronto, 400 in Peel Region and 168 in York Region. The province has now seen more than 100,000 confirmed cases of the illness since the first was reported in late January.
22 days without a new COVID case or death. That’s what Melbourne, Australia can boast, after some of the strictest lockdown measures in the world were put in place. University of Melbourne's Jason Thompson shares some lessons from their experience.
Toronto’s mayor, medical officer of health and other officials are set to speak Friday afternoon, just after Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce new restrictions for COVID-19 hot zones in Ontario.
Parents of students who attend the Toronto catholic school where education worker Ingrid Salt died after contracting COVID-19 are remembering her as “sweet” and passionate about her job. The 67-year-old woman tested positive for the virus last Thursday and died Wednesday morning, becoming the first education worker to die of the disease in Ontario....
Speaking to reporters on Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his “deepest condolences” to the family of Malvina Shabes, a Toronto woman who survived the Holocaust, made a new life in Canada and died of COVID-19 on Nov. 10. His sentiments follow a CBC Toronto story published earlier this week, detailing her life story.
The Toronto Raptors will begin the next season playing in Tampa, Fla, after their request to play home games in Toronto was denied by the federal government. A federal source with direct knowledge confirmed to CBC News that the team could return to Toronto later in the season if pandemic conditions improve.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is poised to announce Friday whether Toronto, Peel Region and York Region will face stricter COVID-19 measures — or even a lockdown — as the count of new coronavirus cases continues its upward climb.
An investigation by CBC Sports reveals that in the past decade, nearly $8 million has been stolen from dozens of sports leagues and associations across Canada, almost all of it by someone on the inside, leaving the organizations and their members devastated. Rebuilding trust with their communities could take years.
Ten months after Toronto reported its first case of COVID-19, close to 40,000 people across the city have had confirmed novel coronavirus infections. What’s less clear is how many of the survivors will have long-term impacts — for months, or even years, down the line.
York Region Catholic students walked out of classes on Thursday to protest what they say is persistent, often unchecked racism in their schools.
Dean Nixon travels to the U.S. twice a month for life-saving experimental treatment. But government officials say he's not eligible for an exemption from Canada's mandatory 14-day coronavirus quarantine. He faces up to a year of isolation while in Canada unless the rules change or the border opens.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to address Canadians today as COVID-19 cases climb across the country and provinces impose new restrictions to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
New cases of COVID-19 could reach 60,000 a day by the end of December if Canadians increase their current level of contact with other people, according to new modelling from the Public Health Agency of Canada that will be released tomorrow.
A psychiatrist at the trial of the man behind Toronto's van attack says Alek Minassian had a long history of fantasizing about shooting other people.
An officer with the Ontario Provincial Police was killed in the line of duty on Thursday on Manitoulin Island. A civilian is also dead.
The provincial NDP has asked both Elections Canada and Elections Ontario to investigate what the opposition says was an illegal donation or unaccounted-for rental of space by Canada Christian College to Premier Doug Ford’s leadership campaign.
A Toronto gynecologist is facing a lawsuit alleging he performed a "forceful" transvaginal ultrasound that caused "severe pain" and did not obtain the patient's consent for the procedure.
A Toronto street pastor is accusing city staff of giving out inaccurate information about the number of beds available daily in its homeless shelters — saying the system often has no capacity even when the city says beds are available.
Two people are dead after a vehicle crashed into the guardrail on Highway 427 near Highway 409 close to Pearson Airport.
A handful of language and cultural advisers who served alongside the Canadian army during the Afghan war have filed injury claims with Ontario's workplace safety board. Many of those who ended up with PTSD as a result of their experiences have been unable to access federal benefits because they were contract employees.
With COVID-19 cases surging in Ontario, the Doug Ford government is ruling out sending the province’s students home early for Christmas break, while leaving the door open for a tweak of the school schedule in the new year.