Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is rolling out a rapid COVID-19 testing program for schools in areas of the province with high transmission.

TORONTO — When it comes to teens eating out with friends or catching a movie at the local cinema, identification cards are not typically staple items in their backpacks or wallets.

TORONTO — Police in Windsor, Ont., say they will lay no charges in connection with the discovery of potentially explosive devices near the U.S.-Canada border that led to the temporary shutdown of the Ambassador Bridge.

TORONTO — Both the Ontario NDP and the Liberals introduced proposed legislation Tuesday to create safety zones around institutions such as hospitals and schools to protect them from anti-vaccine harassment.

TORONTO — A former Tory who was removed from Ontario's governing caucus for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 is out as deputy speaker at the legislature.

HAMILTON — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man at Hamilton's Devil's Punchbowl conservation area Monday afternoon. The Special Investigations Unit says Hamilton police were called to Stoney Creek shortly after 3 p.m.

The Ambassador Bridge border crossing was fully reopened late Monday afternoon following a police investigation into an "isolated incident" of possible explosives found in a vehicle.

TORONTO — Ontario's education minister says about 80 per cent of school staff have attested to being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. That is roughly the percentage of vaccination seen in the eligible population provincewide.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., are investigating after they say someone was found dead inside a burning home.

TORONTO — Avoiding future lockdowns is Ontario's "ultimate goal," as laid out Monday in a throne speech that emphasized recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but made no mention of child care or education. Lt.-Gov.