Patients in emergency rooms around Ontario are waiting record lengths of time to get admitted to hospital, a situation medical professionals say only appears to be getting worse. The trend is particularly worrisome for hospitals because it's happening despite a diminishing COVID-19...

Patients in emergency rooms around Ontario are waiting record lengths of time to get admitted to hospital, a situation medical professionals say only appears to be getting worse. The trend is particularly worrisome for hospitals because it's happening despite a diminishing COVID-19...

UpdateCBC News has learned the federal government is expected to announce Friday it will soon end the mandatory randomized arrival testing for incoming travellers at Canada's airports.Tori and Maddi Nixon received their testing kit on Friday afternoon, 12 days after they...

After years of daily COVID-19 data reporting from the province, Public Health Ontario (PHO) is moving to a weekly reporting system.In a news release issued late Friday afternoon, the province announced the change comes into effect as of June 11. Ontario...

Ontario's top doctor says he is planning for a new round of COVID-19 booster doses to be rolled out this fall as the province is set to lift most mask mandates in high-risk settings on Saturday.Provincial mask mandates for public transit and health-care settings...

The head of Ontario's expert pandemic advisory table says while key indicators suggest COVID-19 in the province is improving, he would have liked to have seen all remaining mask mandates in high-risk settings in place for a little while longer.On...

Ontario will lift most remaining mask mandates on Saturday, including in hospitals and on public transit.The mandates are set to expire at 12 a.m. on June 11, however masking will remain mandatory in long-term care and retirement homes, the province's chief medical...

Ontario's chief medical officer of health is "reviewing and monitoring key indicators across the province," with the mask mandate for higher-risk indoor settings set to expire.Provincial masking requirements in areas such as public transit, health care settings, long-term care homes and retirement...

Ontario is reporting 669 hospitalizations and eight more deaths linked to COVID-19 on Friday.Friday's reported hospitalizations are slightly down from 670 on Thursday and down from 948 exactly one week ago.According to the Ministry of Health, 42 per cent of those hospitalized were admitted specifically...