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TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 situation is "dire," one of the province's top doctors said Thursday as the government considered new restrictions to deal with an alarming rise in cases.

MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister said Thursday the province may soon expand access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to more age groups as the government sought to assuage concerns over seemingly empty vaccine sites in the Montreal area.

TORONTO — Photos of a packed early morning bus prompted Toronto's transit authorities on Thursday to promise more vehicles in service but the union said it has been sounding the overcrowding alarm for a year.

TORONTO — An ongoing exodus of nurses and other key workers from long-term care has exacerbated what was already a critical staffing shortage before the COVID-19 onslaught, representatives of the sector said on Thursday.

A Hamilton constable has been charged with sexual assault following an investigation by the province's police watchdog.

TORONTO — Police say they had to close the eastbound express lanes of Highway 401 near Highway 400 this morning following a fatality. Ontario Provincial Police say a 78-year-old woman from Mississauga, Ont., was killed in the crash.

MONTREAL — Health experts in Quebec are criticizing the provincial government for what they say is a confusing vaccine rollout for people with chronic conditions.

TORONTO — The Ontario Medical Association says it's "troubled" by findings regarding children's mental health during the pandemic, including a decline in social and emotional development in youngsters, and a stark increase in emergency room visits fr

TORONTO — Repairing the broken trust between LGBTQ communities and Toronto police will take years of effort and a major shift in policing culture, community groups and members said Wednesday in the wake of a report that found systemic discrimination

TORONTO — Ontario’s plan to immunize all adults in COVID-19 hot spots hit another speed bump Wednesday when four clinics in Toronto ran out of vaccines and had to cancel appointments or close temporarily.