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Toronto's ombudsman announced an investigation Thursday into the city's decision to deny refugee claimants certain shelter beds and instead direct them to federal programs.

TORONTO — Jury selection in the sexual-assault case against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to begin this morning in a Toronto courtroom.

TORONTO — Ontario cabinet minister Kaleed Rasheed resigned as minister of public and business service delivery as well as from the Progressive Conservative caucus Wednesday after news reports raised questions about a Las Vegas trip and his connection

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford's controversial Greenbelt land swaps felled another cabinet minister Wednesday, with Kaleed Rasheed resigning after news reports raised questions about his connections to a developer.

TORONTO — Ontario is extending funding that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures, after previously saying it would end after the summer.

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow backed a transit safety plan Wednesday to hire 178 new frontline staff, mostly new customer service agents, pitching the new measures as a way to help entice riders back to the transit system.

TORONTO — One in four adolescents in Canada have been cyberbullied and it's taking a toll on their mental health, a new Statistics Canada report says.

TORONTO — Jury selection in the sexual-assault case against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to begin in a Toronto courtroom on Thursday.

Canada's largest network of research hospitals has appointed a chief artificial intelligence scientist to harness promising technology that has the potential to speed up diagnoses, improve and personalize patient care and shorten recovery times.

A school board west of Toronto says it is focused on replenishing resources in its libraries while reviewing training after its so-called "weeding process" was criticized.