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TORONTO — More infectious COVID-19 variants will likely make up 40 per cent of new cases in Ontario by mid-March, an expert group said Thursday, calling it a "minefield" the province will need to navigate very carefully.

TORONTO — Eight schools in Toronto now have at least one case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant. In a letter to parents, Toronto Public Health says the discovery is not unexpected as the variants are known to be spreading across Ontario.

TORONTO — Ontario had no updated plan for dealing with a pandemic when COVID-19 began cutting a deadly swath through the province last spring, a public commission was told.

TORONTO — Ontario's Progressive Conservative government introduced legislation Thursday that would reform the province's election laws.

TORONTO — Ontarians can't yet access an online system for booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments because the province wants to ensure it won't crash when it's launched.

HAMILTON — Police say they've arrested and charged a 39-year-old man accused of stabbing two female co-workers at a workplace in Hamilton. Maple Leaf Foods says the incident took place at its facility in the city.

A fourth provincial police officer has been charged in a two-year long probe into alleged crimes in the tow-truck industry. Ontario Provincial Police say 62-year-old Insp. Steve Grosjean with the force's highway safety division in Mississauga, Ont.

TORONTO — The magazine long known as the Ryerson Review of Journalism is temporarily removing "Ryerson" from its name.

TORONTO — Parole board officials say a drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather in a Toronto-area crash still has difficulty recognizing that his attitude towards alcohol prior to the incident was problematic.

TORONTO — Ontarians aged 80 and older will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines in the third week of March, with the province planning to target seniors in decreasing five-year age increments until 60-year-olds get the shot in July. Retired Gen.