Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will address a surprise request by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to suspend the arrival of international students into the province.

Premier Doug Ford’s goverment was “slow” to react to the threat of COVID-19, and this condemned thousands of vulnerable residents in unprepared nursing homes to “a parade of sickness and death.”

Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar said in a statement that he is “disappointed, surprised and upset with today’s news.” The Jays will remove his name from the Level of Excellence and take down his banner at the Rogers Centre.

Uday Jaswal’s lawyer alleged the watchdog is not impartial and said his client will “answer these allegations in due course.”

The pandemic has shown us that the structures that allow society to operate include a lot more than just roads and bridges, Edward Keenan writes.

Meanwhile: A southwestern Ontario golf course has been charged after it opened up for business illegally, despite provincial COVID-19 stay-at-home orders.

Green Leader Annamie Paul vented frustration with how top party officials were preventing her from making key decisions in the first months of her leadership, according to an audio recording of an internal meeting that was obtained by the Star.

Canada is poised to pull supplies from its COVID-19 stockpiles and ship them to India to help that country cope with the ravages of a severe outbreak.