Around Ontario

Ottawa has been named host city for the 2026 world men's and women's wheelchair basketball championships.

TORONTO — One of the first things Alexandher Brandy wanted to do after reading Elliot Page's coming out letter was break into a dance. The urge to celebrate the Oscar-nominated performer's announcement was undeniable.

Ontario is reporting 1,824 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 14 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 592 new cases in Peel Region, 396 cases in Toronto, and 187 cases in York Region.

HAMILTON — Eighteen protesters from the Defund Hamilton Police group were arrested and charged last night for allegedly refusing to leave a sit-in at city hall.

PORT HOPE, Ont. — Provincial police say a child has died and another was injured after they were hit by a vehicle in rural southern Ontario. The incident happened on a country road in Port Hope yesterday morning just after 8:05 a.m.

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's giant kitchen is open again.

TORONTO — When Toronto-raised actor Stephan James got the inaugural Radius Award at last year's Canadian Screen Awards, he felt incredibly honoured but also a bittersweetness.

TORONTO — As a pediatrician with extensive experience working with marginalized groups, Anna Banerji believed herself more than equipped to advocate for her Inuk son when he began to display signs of deep depression.

OTTAWA — Amanda Sully had tried to get pregnant for six years, but she's grateful that her "miracle" son arrived six days after Ontario became the only province to start a newborn screening test that revealed he had a progressive and irreversible dis

MONTREAL — Organizations representing doctors and nurses in Quebec say they're increasingly worried as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb heading into what is normally one of the busiest times of the year for the province's hospitals.