Around Ontario

TORONTO — Ontario is ramping up pandemic safety inspections on farms where thousands of migrant workers are set to arrive for the new growing season, although the labour minister wouldn't say if those employees would have access to COVID-19 vaccines.

TORONTO — Canadian writer Elan Mastai is developing an adaptation of his book "All Our Wrong Todays" for NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service. Comedy star Seth MacFarlane will serve as an executive producer.

HAMILTON — There was never a doubt in Jeremiah Masoli's mind whether he'd be returning to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats this season. The veteran quarterback was slated to become a free agent next month but re-signed with Hamilton on Tuesday.

Ontario is moving to bar colleges and universities from asking students who report sexual violence or harassment about their sexual history.

A Canada Post worker who contracted COVID-19 amid a major outbreak at a Mississauga, Ont., facility has died, the company announced Wednesday, as the union representing postal workers demanded its members be kept safe.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Jack Kopacka and a 2022 seventh-round draft pick from San Jose in exchange for defenceman Christian Jaros.

TORONTO — Chris Murphy, a member of Canadian rock band Sloan, says he's been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a form of facial paralysis.

CALEDON, Ont. — Police in Caledon, Ont., say a vehicle using emergency red and blue lighting roared by a patrolling cruiser on Highway 410. The officer pulled the vehicle over and, after investigating, seized two emergency light bars.

Officials say the first person who tested positive for a variant of COVID-19 in the Kingston, Ont., area caught it through community spread in a different region that's grappling with over 100 likely cases of the more infections strain.

TORONTO — Canadian comedy star Seth Rogen is set to publish a book of stories about his life. Crown, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, says "Yearbook" is due out May 11 in hardcover and digital formats.