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TORONTO — Police say a 54-year-old man from Mississauga, Ont., has drowned in Lake Simcoe in Ramara Township. Ontario Provincial Police say emergency crews were called after two people fell off a personal watercraft near Bonnie Beach around 3:50 p.m.

TORONTO — Ontario is considering new ways to fund the national $10-a-day child-care program in the province as it seeks to address operator concerns in an ongoing bid to increase uptake, particularly from the for-profit sector, The Canadian Press has

TORONTO — A toddler has died after being hit by a car in a parking lot in Toronto's west end on Thursday evening. Toronto Police say officers were called to a parking lot in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard and Albert Avenue around 7:30 p.m.

TORONTO — The Canadian National Exhibition has returned to Toronto after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 18-day event kicked off with an opening ceremony Friday morning.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Police in Oakville, Ont., say one person is dead and another was taken to hospital with serious injuries after a late-night shooting.

Provincial police discriminated against migrant workers based on their race when they conducted a DNA sweep as part of a 2013 sexual assault investigation, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal has found.

TORONTO — The raises the province is offering education workers in a proposed four-year deal aren't enough to keep up with the cost of living, the union representing public high school teachers said Thursday.

TORONTO — Ontario's nursing college is proposing to register internationally educated nurses on a temporary basis, a move that could allow nearly 6,000 applicants to practice in the province's hospitals amid a nurse staffing shortage that has led to

TORONTO — Increasing publicly covered surgeries performed at private clinics, waiving the exam and registration fees for internationally trained nurses, and sending patients waiting for a long-term care bed to a home not of their choosing are among t

TORONTO — As Ontario's hospitals grapple with staff shortages, temporary emergency room closures and surgical backlogs, the province has announced a suite of changes in an effort to help stabilize the health-care system – although it maintains patien