TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce today whether Ontario will impose stricter COVID-19 restrictions on two Toronto-area regions.

Ford said Friday that the experts would look at the caseload in Halton and Durham regions over the weekend to determine whether they need to roll back to a modified Stage 2 of the province's pandemic recovery plan.

The next week in Ontario's battle with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial, an infections diseases expert said Sunday after the province reported more than 1,000 daily cases for the first time since the start of the global outbreak.

A recent report from CBC has placed Rainycrest Long-Term Care home among the 30 homes in the province with the highest number of written notices.

Northwestern Health Unit has received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the Kenora area, Wednesday, October 21.

Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted directly.

A cancer diagnosis, or news of a missing loved one, both mark the start of long journeys.

James Eastman is hoping to tackle both of these problems with a long journey of his own, and he's hoping others will join him.

Time is running out to nominate the Citizen of the Year.

At last week's council meeting, Councillor Mike Behan reminded the public that there are only a few short days left to submit nominations for the annual honour.

KINGSTON, Ont.–A board of trustees has approved Queen’s University’s decision to remove the name of Sir John A. Macdonald from its law school building.

The move marks the end of a months-long process that began after a petition to change the name gathered support.

MONTREAL–Nurses and other health-care workers blocked two major bridges in Montreal and Quebec City Monday, escalating pressure tactics to push the province to address working conditions they say have worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Restrictions on non-essential travel between Canada and the United States are being extended until at least Nov. 21.

Public Safety Minister Bill Blair confirmed the news today on Twitter.

Incidental travel - vacations, day trips and cross-border shopping excursions - has been forbidden since March in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.

TORONTO — Ontario is kicking off Waste Reduction Week by unveiling regulations to improve the blue box program. The enhancements include expanding the items that can be recycled and making producers of products and packaging fully responsible for the waste they create.