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Health care staff provide life saving medical care to 60-year-old COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, April 13, 2021. The patient was intubated and put on a ventilator successfully. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Ontario to limit outdoor gatherings amid wave of infections

By Rob Gillies Apr. 16, 2021 01:42 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 10, 2018 file photo of a courtroom sketch, from left, defense lawyer Boris Bytensky, Justice Ruby Wong, Alek Minassian and Crown prosecutor Joe Callaghan are shown in court as Minassian appears by video in Toronto, Canada. Minassian, who admitted using a van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto on April 23, 2018, was found guilty on Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (Alexandra Newbould/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
Man who used van to kill 10 pedestrians in Toronto guilty

By Rob Gillies Mar. 03, 2021 10:41 AM EST

A man carries his empty oxygen tank to be filled after arriving at the head of the line, in the Villa El Salvador neighborhood of Lima, early Thursday morning, Feb. 18, 2021. A crisis over the supply of medical oxygen for coronavirus patients has struck in Africa and Latin America, where warnings went unheeded at the start of the pandemic and doctors say the shortage has led to unnecessary deaths. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
The Latest: Kentucky urges Black citizens to get vaccinated

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2021 02:54 AM EST

A man walks past a COVID-19 retail supplies sign during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto's lockdown extended until at least March 8

By Rob Gillies Feb. 19, 2021 01:42 PM EST

A man walks past a COVID-19 retail supplies sign during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada's largest city, Toronto, wants lockdown extended

By Rob Gillies Feb. 17, 2021 03:37 PM EST

A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger at Bandra train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Health officials have detected a spike in COVID-19 cases in several pockets of Maharashtra state, including in Mumbai, the country's financial capital. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
The Latest: Hong Kong ease pandemic rules as cases decline

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 03:24 AM EST

Wind-surfers glide on Lake Ontario at Cherry Beach on a warm fall day during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto goes back into lockdown because of a surge in cases

By Rob Gillies Nov. 20, 2020 04:26 PM EST

Nashville Predators' Nick Bonino (13) stretches before an exhibition NHL hockey game against the Dallas Stars in Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday, July 30, 2020. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Game On: NHL restart a small step toward return to normalcy

By John Wawrow Jul. 31, 2020 02:55 AM EDT

Photographers cover the game in an empty stadium during fourth-inning intrasquad baseball game action in Toronto, Friday, July 17, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
No Canada: Blue Jays barred from playing games in Toronto

By Rob Gillies Jul. 18, 2020 12:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 1992, file photo, spectators look out at the field from a window of the SkyDome Hotel before Game 5 of the World Series between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Atlanta Braves in Toronto. All 30 Major League Baseball teams will train at their regular-season ballparks for the pandemic-shortened season after the Blue Jays received a Canadian federal government exemption on Thursday, July 2, 2020, to work out at Rogers Centre. Toronto will move camp from its spring training complex in Dunedin, Fla., where players reported for intake testing. The Blue Jays will create a quarantine environment at Rogers Centre and the adjoining Toronto Marriott City Centre Hotel, formerly the SkyDome, which overlooks the field. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)
Jays closer to home games approval; Canada OK needed

By Rob Gillies Jul. 16, 2020 04:52 PM EDT

Tara Donsky walks with her dog along Queen Street West during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Monday, June 1, 2020. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto makes masks mandatory, citing US problems

By Rob Gillies Jun. 30, 2020 09:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2020, file photo, fans pose below the NHL league logo at a display outside Falcon Stadium before an NHL Stadium Series outdoor hockey game between the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche, at Air Force Academy, Colo. The uncertainty raised by coronavirus pandemic leads to experts providing a bleak short-term assessment on the NHL's financial bottom line, with some projecting revenues being cut by almost half. What's unclear is how large the impact might be until it can be determined when fans can resume attending games and if the league is able to complete this season. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
NHL's focus shifts to Canadian cities as possible hubs

By Rob Gillies And John Wawrow Jun. 19, 2020 01:11 PM EDT

Boys play together while wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus infection, in St.Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
The Latest: S Korea has 56 new COVID cases amid resurgence

By The Associated Press Jun. 11, 2020 01:16 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 5, 2012, file photo, the  twin spires at Churchill Downs are shown in Louisville, Ky. Churchill Downs has delayed reopening stables at the track and training center to April 28 and postponed its spring meet that was scheduled to open April 25. (AP Photo/Janet Cappiello, File)
The Latest: 3rd Avalanche player test positive, 8th in NHL

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2020 04:56 AM EDT

People get exercise outside on the lake shore path along Lake Ontario in Toronto on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Health officials and the government has asks that people stay inside to help curb the spread of the coronavirus also known as COVID-19. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)
Toronto to fine people for not distancing in parks, squares

By Rob Gillies Apr. 02, 2020 05:26 PM EDT