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TORONTO — Canada's largest school board is giving staff more time to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as long as they disclose their immunization status. The Toronto District School Board's mandatory vaccination policy had previously set a Nov.

Ontario's Ministry of Labour says it has laid the province's first COVID-19-related charges against a long-term care home in London, Ont.

DYSART ET AL TOWNSHIP, ONTARIO — Ontario Provincial Police say they're investigating the fatal shooting of two dogs near Haliburton, Ont. They say the owners reported that the dogs got loose from their lead in the evening of Oct.

A drinking water advisory is in place for a northern Ontario community until further notice after an issue with the water distribution system.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he understands parents who are hesitant to get their five- or six-year-old children vaccinated against COVID-19 once the shots are approved for kids.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to double the province's long-term care home inspectors and allow them to lay charges on the spot, saying the changes would allow for stronger enforcement in a sector devastated by the pandemic.

TORONTO — Up to 50,000 education workers in Ontario could be fired if COVID-19 vaccines were mandated for that sector, the province's education minister said Tuesday.

Ottawa police say they've charged a man in a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination certificate investigation. The force says the investigation began in September. Police say the 27-year-old man from Gatineau, Que.

TORONTO — Reducing patient wait times, expanding mental health, addiction and home-care services, and preparing for the next pandemic should be top priorities for Ontario, says a group representing the province's doctors.

Toronto police are seeking suspects in the theft of roughly US$11 million in pure silver. Investigators say the silver, which was in bullion form, was stolen from a shipping container in Montreal in January of last year.