OTTAWA — Ottawa Public Health says a “large number of case reports” received late Wednesday was reflected in Ontario’s COVID-19 case count and not the local tally, resulting in a major discrepancy in the reports on New Year’s Eve. Public Health Ontario reported both Ottawa and Ontario set new one-day…

OTTAWA — Ottawa and Ontario have both set new one-day records of new COVID-19 cases on the last day of 2020. Public Health Ontario reported 194 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Thursday. The previous record for COVID-19 in Ottawa was 183 cases, set back on Oct. 8. Across…

BEIJING – Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm. The inactivated, two-dose vaccine is the first one approved for general use in China. The go-ahead comes as the country carries out a campaign to vaccinate 50 million people…

TORONTO — New COVID-19 case numbers in Ontario have once again reached new heights as the province logged more than 2,900 new infections for the first time. The 2,923 cases added Wednesday mark a sharp increase over the previous record of 2,553 set a day earlier. At the same time,…

Three people are in police custody after a teenager was stabbed in East York Tuesday evening. Toronto police were called to Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue, south of St. Clair Avenue East,  around 7 p.m. for a stabbing. Police say a fight between several teenagers left a 14-year-old girl…

A teenage girl has been taken to the hospital with multiple stab wounds, police say. Police said they were called to the Victoria Park Avenue and Dawes Road area for a report of a stabbing at around 7:01 p.m. Tuesday. Investigators said three people are in custody. Photos and video…

Toronto Public Health is reporting a new daily record of close to 1,000 COVID-19 cases as the city sees evidence of increased transmission from Christmas shopping. The public health unit reported that Toronto logged 957 new cases as of 2 p.m. on Dec. 27 (The province reported a slightly lower…

LOS ANGELES – The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have dropped their first podcast. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and guests from Elton John to their son, Archie, appear on the royal couple’s first audio release Tuesday for Spotify, a 34-minute special featuring reflections on 2020. The couple who stepped…

A woman pulled from a house fire in Acton on Monday morning has died from her injuries, Halton Regional Police confirm. Crews were called to a home on Cobblehill Road at around 9:20 a.m. for a reported fire after a resident of the house contacted 911, Halton Regional Police say.…

Fire crews remain on the scene of a massive blaze that tore through a vacant building in the citys west end on Sunday evening. Crews were called to the area of Dundas Street West and Sterling Road at around 6:30 p.m. for reports of a fire at a building in…