Around Ontario

TORONTO — Electricity rates are set to rise this weekend in Ontario, with the average customer seeing a nearly two per cent increase to their hydro bill compared to before the pandemic.

TORONTO — Canadian researchers are testing a new approach to treating Parkinson's disease they hope can slow and even stop its progress.

TORONTO — New projections suggest the growth of the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing in Ontario even though cases remain on the rise, health officials said Thursday as they warned the situation could quickly worsen again.

AURORA, Ont. — Police north of Toronto have seized millions of dollars worth of illegally grown cannabis in a series of raids that also uncovered several exotic animals.

MONTREAL — Health Minister Christian Dube said he wasn't surprised to receive a letter from nearly 700 doctors who complained Quebec's overcentralized health-care system is hurting their ability to fight COVID-19.

Toronto police say a 19-year-old has died in hospital a month after he was shot in the chest. They say Jonathan Rodriguez-Sanchez was shot on Sept. 27, and died on Wednesday.

The family of a missing teen from Bradford, Ont., is begging that he return home as a massive search effort for the boy stretched into its seventh day.

TORONTO — Accusations the Ontario government is looking to slap a tax on marriage by shutting down the ability to take on the surname of a spouse is based on misinformation, the province said Thursday.

TORONTO — A year-long investigation that began as a probe into an alleged Toronto gang has led to more than 100 arrests across Ontario for crimes that include murder, drug trafficking and firearms offences, police said Thursday.

TORONTO — Filmmaker Deepa Mehta says she's proud of what "Funny Boy" stands for, as the upcoming drama represents Canada in the Oscar race for best international feature film — marking the director's second time competing in the category.