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TORONTO — Ontario's new minister of municipal affairs and housing suggests the province may not move forward with a review of six regions with both upper- and lower-tier municipal governments.

Federal prosecutors say the charges against a man accused of a triple stabbing targeting a gender studies class at the University of Waterloo amount to terrorism offences.

A hazardous-waste management company and its directors are facing 84 charges after a fire at a St. Catharines-Ont. waste plant earlier this year killed a worker and led to the evacuation of nearby homes. St.

TORONTO — A Toronto police officer is facing criminal charges in the February shooting of a man who was left with serious injuries. Ontario's police watchdog said officers had responded to a park for a report of a man with a knife.

TORONTO — The largest local bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation has told members it opposes a tentative agreement between the provincial union and the government that would avoid the possibility of strikes.

Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches.

TORONTO — While no one explicitly told developers that Ontario planned to open up the protected Greenbelt for housing last year, the government telegraphed that message to builders through actions – and silence, the province's integrity commissioner

TORONTO — The jury at an inquest into the death of a teen who died at a school for blind students has recommended the province review the availability of overnight medical resources provided to schools that cater to disabled children.

TORONTO — Ontario's new housing minister says the government has "fully implemented" 21 of its housing affordability task force's recommendations, but his office won't say which ones.

Police are looking for multiple suspects after several Buddhist temples north of Toronto were robbed. York Regional Police say two suspects forced their way into a home associated with the Buddhist Prajna Temple in Markham, Ont.