Alison Chiasson

An Ontario court was scheduled to hear on Thursday a challenge to the province's decision to grant a new licence to a Pickering long-term care home where more than 70 residents died during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For Ontario parents struggling to put food in their child's backpack each day, help could be on the way. On Friday, Premier Doug Ford told reporters he's "all in" on a federal plan to provide meals to students and confirmed the province is in talks with the federal government to work out details of the plan.

A new medical school focused on family medicine at York University will open its doors in 2028, the province said Wednesday. Seventy per cent of its postgraduate seats will be reserved for students who intend to go into primary care.

Nearly five years after Toronto amended its noise bylaw to limit amplified sound and motorcycle noises and empower officers to enforce it, the city is finally reviewing the bylaw — nearly four years behind schedule.

Toronto is not prepared for a major disaster involving mass casualties because the city has a shortage of ambulances on the road, warns a spokesperson for the union that represents paramedics in the city.