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TORONTO — Safe opioid supply programs can significantly cut down on emergency department visits and hospitalizations for people at high risk for overdose, new research from Ontario suggests.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., are investigating a fatal hit-and-run they say happened early Sunday morning. The London Police Service says reports came in at around 4:40 a.m. of a male injured in what appeared to be a motor collision.

TORONTO — Ontario is expected to make funding decisions for a long COVID strategy in the near future, the province's top doctor says, as health officials work to create standard definitions and treatment protocols.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say a man in his 40s has died after being struck by a vehicle west of Toronto. Peel Regional Police say the pedestrian was seriously injured in the collision that happened in Mississauga on Saturday evening.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The City of Mississauga says Ontario's Ministry of Labour is investigating the death of a maintenance worker for the city's transit system.

MILTON, Ont. — An international student from India became the latest victim of a deadly shooting rampage that previously killed two people in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas earlier this week.

Toronto police are working to identify a woman who was pronounced dead after her body was spotted in Lake Ontario. Police say reports of a body in the water by the west Toronto lakefront park came in Saturday morning.

TORONTO — While the head of the World Health Organization says the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is "in sight," some Canadian experts warn it would be premature to declare the global health crisis over.

Public Health Ontario says COVID-19 cases and deaths are down in the most recent week of data available, but outbreaks in nursing homes are on the rise. The agency says there were 6,968 cases of COVID-19 recorded during the week of Sept.

TORONTO — Ontario's chief medical officer of health says monkeypox activity in the province has peaked. Dr.