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TORONTO — Ontario's only First Nation representative at Queen's Park plans to soon table proposed legislation, in his own Indigenous language, to have the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation declared a paid provincial holiday.

TORONTO — Toronto police say one person is dead after being shot in the northwestern part of the city on Monday morning. Police say officers were called to the scene in the Weston neighbourhood just before 7:30 a.m.

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the death of a pedestrian in the province's Muskoka region who was allegedly hit by a police cruiser. Provincial police said the incident happened before 6 a.m. Sunday on Muskoka Road 169 in Bala, Ont.

TORONTO — Toronto police say a stabbing in the city's east end Saturday night has left one person dead. Police say they responded to a report of a stabbing near Brimley Road and McNicoll Avenue in Scarborough around 6:45 p.m.

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Jill Dunlop is telling school boards to keep classrooms free of "political biases" ahead of the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. Dunlop says in a memo to boards that as Oct.

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TORONTO — Fewer Ontario students in grades 3 and 6 are meeting the provincial standard in reading and writing compared to last year, while math scores are steady or slightly improving — though still low — according to new standardized testing results

Prosecutors are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to urgently review a recent ruling that could undermine the murder charges against Kenneth Law.

TORONTO — Live Nation plans to build an open-air music venue with a capacity of 50,000 near Toronto's Downsview Park.

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