Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario is lowering the age for regular, publicly funded breast cancer screenings from 50 to 40, which Health Minister Sylvia Jones says will help with early detection.

TORONTO — The Toronto Public Library says it is dealing with a cybersecurity incident that's affecting its website and some in-branch services.

TORONTO — This respiratory virus season in Ontario should be easier on the province and its hospitals than last year, but success will largely depend on levels of vaccination, the chief medical officer of health said Monday.

TORONTO — Ontario residents who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and the new COVID-19 vaccine starting on Monday.

PORT LAMBTON, Ont. — Police in southwestern Ontario say they are looking for two people of interest in a suspected weapons smuggling case after finding three dozen illegal firearms near the Canada-U.S. border.

TORONTO — Two people are being treated in hospital after an early morning stabbing in downtown Toronto. Police say officers were called to the King Street and Spadina Avenue area shortly before 3:30 a.m. for reports of an altercation in a laneway.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Police say an 82-year-old man who lived at an Oshawa, Ont., home that functioned as a daycare is facing multiple charges in a sexual assault investigation.

TORONTO — Peter Nygard testified Friday that he has "never done" the things five complainants in his sexual assault trial have accused him of, nor would he engage in such behaviour.

A father convicted of killing his son in a horrific case of child abuse has been granted full parole and is set to be deported back to Jamaica on his release.

TORONTO — Several First Nations and health officials in northern Ontario are asking for help after declaring a state of emergency over mental health crises across their territories.