Ontario News

TORONTO — Student unions and youth advocacy groups across Ontario are calling on the provincial government to ensure free menstrual products are made available on all post-secondary campuses.

A few weeks ago, there was an abrupt spike in COVID-19 cases in Eabametoong First Nation. The virus spread rapidly through the remote community located about 300 kilometres north of Thunder Bay, Ont.

Ontario is reporting 779 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, and 246 in intensive care. That's compared with 693 in hospital and 249 in intensive care Monday. The province is also reporting 20 more COVID-19 deaths.

Ontario is offering all nurses incentive pay of up to $5,000 per person to encourage job retention. Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday the payments are meant to support nurses as the province recovers from the pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario is reversing course on a plan to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture, saying it will instead require that the regulatory college for the profession offer licensing exams in Cantonese and Mandarin.

HAMILTON — Casey Creehan, Chuck Winters and Tamara Hinic are all back with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Ontario is reporting 693 patients in hospital with COVID-19 and 249 in intensive care today. That's down from a week ago when there were 849 people hospitalized and 279 in intensive care due to COVID-19.

TORONTO — Ontario bar exams scheduled for this month have been cancelled as the Law Society of Ontario investigates the possibility that test materials were leaked ahead of time.

Toronto police say a 19-year-old woman has died after a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning. Investigators say the crash happened on Lake Shore Boulevard West at about 2:40 a.m.

Ontario is reporting 684 patients in hospital with COVID-19 and 247 people in intensive care. That's down from 795 people in hospital with the virus and 253 people in ICU on Saturday.