Around Ontario

TORONTO — Nadine Parker couldn't have guessed that she'd be writing her will at the age of 32. But four months pregnant with identical twins and married to a nurse, Parker said the growing COVID-19 pandemic has them both confronting their mortality.

TORONTO — Ridership on two of Ontario's largest transit agencies is down between 80 and 90 per cent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a situation a national industry group said mirrors the experience of many local services.

The executive director of a group home for people with disabilities says the number of positive COVID-19 cases at the facility continues to climb. Shelley Brillinger says 12 of the 40 residents currently living at Participation House in Markham, Ont.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government will allow some residential construction to resume as an essential service during the COVID-19 shutdown that has brought much of the provincial economy to a halt.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed defenceman Jonathan Aspirot and goaltender Kevin Mandolese to three-year, entry-level contracts. Aspirot, a 20-year-old from Mascouche, Que.

TORONTO — For years they've imagined how a global calamity might unfold.

TORONTO — Its season delayed by COVID-19, the Canadian Premier League has been forced to reduce wages for players and staff.

TORONTO — MLS players and their esports counterparts are taking part in an esports tournament to support COVID-19 relief efforts.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he won't put children at risk after blowback from parents and teachers over talk of sending kids back to school and daycare in the coming weeks after an extended COVID-19 shutdown.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after it says a man was struck by a Toronto police cruiser during his arrest. The Special Investigations Unit says officers were responding to a robbery in the city's downtown core around 6:40 p.m.