Around Ontario

TORONTO — Every evening at around 7:30, Justyn Warner curls up with a stack of storybooks to read to his three-year-old daughter Parys until she falls asleep. Her favourite is "The Little Red Caboose," and so every evening begins with that book.

TORONTO — Commissioner Randy Ambrosie gave the CFL some much-needed breathing room Wednesday. Ambrosie told CFL season-ticket holders during a video conference the earliest the league could start the 2020 regular season is September.

TORONTO — Tyson Barrie is trying to keep things in perspective. More than 80,000 people in Canada are confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19, and the country's death toll has surpassed 6,000.

MONTREAL — As Quebec continued to slowly reopen Wednesday following weeks of pandemic-induced shutdowns, members of the Mohawk community of Kanesatake outside Montreal demanded that authorities slow down.

TORONTO — Olympic rower Silken Laumann and "Never Have I Ever" star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan will host a star-studded special in support of Kids Help Phone this Friday afternoon. "Unsinkable Youth" will air on CTV as well as on Facebook and YouTube.

TORONTO — Police say a fire that killed a boy inside a home north of Toronto is not suspicious. York regional police say the body believed to belong to a 12-year-old boy was found inside the Markham, Ont., home Tuesday.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford is vowing to increase COVID-19 testing after several days of low numbers, while also warning he will re-enact restrictions if the amount of new cases climbs.

TORONTO — As he rises in the ranks of Hollywood, Toronto actor Stephan James has found himself fielding not only more scripts, but also many questions about a certain eating instrument.

TORONTO — The 83rd running of the $1-million Pattison Canadian International is going to have to wait a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

NATION VALLEY, Ont.