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Officers with Thunder Bay police had a "lack of human compassion" for people they were interacting with at the time when two men died of medical conditions while in custody, the force's acting police chief told an inquest on Wednesday.

Toronto police have identified a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a shooting outside a high school in the city's east end that left one dead Monday. Police say the shooting took place outside Woburn Collegiate Institute around 3:20 p.m.

TORONTO — A union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers has indicated that a strike planned for Friday will continue indefinitely, potentiallyclosing many schools across the province, but the government is refusing to negotiate further unless

TORONTO — The "triple threat" of a bad flu season, COVID-19 and the resurgence of a childhood viral illness is putting a strain on the health system, Ontario's top doctor said Wednesday,with a decision on masking recommendations possibly coming in a

Doug Walsh remembers being rushed to the emergency department in his rural Ontario community when he had a stroke a decade ago and credits the urgent care he received with saving his life. But the 79-year-old who lives in Chesley, Ont.

TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is criticizing the Ontario government's use of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause in legislation to impose contracts on education workers and ban them from striking.

TORONTO — A ranking of the country’s best new restaurants highlights several eateries that are touting efforts to address long-standing complaints about the sector's oft-poor labour and wage standards.

TORONTO — Parents of children in licensed child care in Ontario should now know if they will be getting rebates on their fees, as Tuesday was the deadline for operators to opt in or out of the national $10-a-day program.

TORONTO — Some families in Ontario are scrambling to make alternative child-care plans after several boards said they would close schools Friday in response to a planned walkout by education workers.

TORONTO — Social workers were offering support to students and staff after a shooting outside a Toronto high school left one person dead, the board said Tuesday.