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TORONTO — Ontario high schools will have the option to offer classes teaching sign language as a second language starting in September, the province's education minister announced Thursday.

TORONTO — About 1,000 people in Toronto's shelters and homeless encampments have received a COVID-19 vaccine, a health organization said, noting that immunization teams are learning how to build trust with the population to overcome hesitancy. Dr.

TORONTO — Ontarians between the ages of 60 and 64 rushed to snap up COVID-19 vaccine appointments on Thursday as a pilot project offering shots in pharmacies picked up steam, despite some early communications hiccups.

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it will make its tribunals, including one tasked with handling disputes between landlords and tenants, more accessible online in an effort to combat delays and case backlogs exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Some Ontarians aged 60 to 64 will be able to get a COVID-19 vaccine at their doctor's office as soon as this weekend, the government said Wednesday as it further expanded its immunization effort.

Toronto residents aged 80 and older will be able to book appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations at the city's mass immunization sites starting Friday.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's use of a controversial land planning tool on Wednesday amid mounting concerns it was being used to green-light developments without proper environmental consultations.

The federal government will spend more than $40 million of carbon tax revenue to make Ontario schools more energy efficient, the environment minister announced Wednesday.

MONTREAL — Quebec's auditor general says it's too early to say whether the government has taken advantage of the pandemic to spend lavishly, but she says her office has identified nine areas of concern.

TORONTO — Ontario will give municipalities and Indigenous communities $255 million to fight COVID-19 outbreaks in homeless shelters.