Ontario Provincial Police have laid criminal charges against a Barrie, Ont. police officer who was captured on video making a violent arrest in February.
The OPP took over the investigation at the request of the Barrie police chief and on Thursday announced 46-year-old Const. Jason Stamp had been charged with...
Canada’s Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that a major Toronto Hospital could not withdraw life-support from a minimally conscious and severely brain-damaged man without his family’s consent.
Now, in another sign of these extraordinary times, the Ontario government is being asked to temporarily suspend the law requiring doctors get consent...
As the Ontario government reported 2,759 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, it also marked a pivotal new milestone in its 15-month pandemic fight: cumulatively more than half a million tests — 502,171 — have come back positive for the virus.
When COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic in March 2020,...
A Canadian company is telling the government today that its trials of a potential COVID-19 vaccine on animals completely blocked the virus, but it must conduct human trials to know whether it has found a possible cure for the pandemic.
And a leading health-care expert says the findings are promising...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not break federal ethics rules in what has become known as the WE Charity scandal — but his former finance minister, Bill Morneau, did.
Mario Dion, the conflict of interest and ethics commissioner, issued his reports into the conduct of both Trudeau and Morneau on...
The dire COVID-19 situation in long-term care homes continues, with the Ministry of Long-Term Care announcing 14 new outbreaks in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 145.
There has been a spike in infections, with 2,455 residents diagnosed with COVID-19 (an increase of 168) and 1,120 staff members...
Forty-one staff and students have tested positive for COVID-19 in Quebec since it opened its elementary schools on May 11, the province’s education department confirmed to The Canadian Press on Friday.
A survey, conducted on May 25, revealed that 19 students and 22 staff members have been diagnosed with COVID-19....
Public health officials announced 169 new COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan Wednesday.
Of those, 38 are in Saskatoon, 35 in the northwest zone, 30 in Regina, 28 in the north central area, 13 in the northeas, and three in the far northwest.
Two new cases were reported in each of the far...
Alberta reported an estimated 1,200 new cases of COVID-19 on the second last day of 2020.
Dr. Deena Hinshaw posted a "preliminary" update Thursday morning on Twitter, and said another like it will be shared on Jan. 1. That update will give estimated case numbers for the final day of...
