Cases of the Omicron variant in the area are soaring in young adults, pushing up already-high infection rates from a Delta-fuelled fourth wave.

The science table’s numbers show doubling every three days as questions remain over the likely effects on the unvaccinated and double-vaccinated.

Ontario will unveil new restrictions to protect nursing home residents from COVID-19 and is working to get boosters into the arms of those 18 and over sooner.

Starting Monday, eligible people 50 and over can book a booster dose.

Toronto police have for the past four years maintained they are working hard on the probe. Officers are preparing to release information on Tuesday in hopes the public can help.

Meanwhile, the NHL has postponed the Calgary Flames’ next three games after six players and a staff member entered the league’s COVID-19 protocol over a 24-hour period.

“It felt like somebody hit me with a bat,” bystander Michelle Weir said Monday, describing the feeling of being shot in the leg.

Hours after the Bulls outbreak postponed Thursday’s game and potential COVID-19 contact forced the TV team to isolate, the Raptors took care of business at Scotiabank Arena.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he won’t immediately intervene in Quebec’s debate over Bill 21 because he doesn’t want the Quebec government to politically weaponize any federal intervention.

Long-haul truckers have filed thousands of complaints over unpaid wages and other abuses. How drivers in Brampton are mobilizing against a mounting crisis.

Defence Minister Anita Anand, deputy minister and head of the military delivered a virtual apology Monday afternoon.

The federal Liberal government says it is setting aside a whopping $40 billion to settle outstanding Indigenous child welfare lawsuits and to meet long-term needs for First Nations children and families.