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Quebec's health minister said Saturday that the province must remain vigilant about COVID-19, despite a continued downward trend in hospitalizations and intensive-care patients linked to the virus.

SEPT-ILES, Que. — Police recovered a body from a building fire near Sept-Iles, Que. on Friday after a 23-year-old man was reported missing in the area.

KITCHENER, Ont. — Public health officials have identified a probable case of a COVID-19 variant in a student at a Kitchener, Ont., school. The Waterloo Region District School Board says the patient is a student at W.T.

Toronto Public Health says a case of a COVID-19 variant has surfaced in a city homeless shelter. Officials provided few details about the case, which was identified at a city-funded shelter run by the Salvation Army.

Ontario is reporting 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 today and 19 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 433 new cases in Toronto, 253 in Peel Region, and 116 in York Region.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police in Peel Region are investigating after a dead body was found inside a damaged bus in Brampton, Ont. Peel Police were called in just before 2 a.m. on Saturday about a parking incident.

TORONTO — The victims of a mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown have cleared their first legal hurdle in a proposed class-action suit against the manufacturer of the gun used by the killer.

TORONTO — Pandemic restrictions will loosen in 27 Ontario health units next week as the province moves ahead with a reopening plan criticized in light of projections showing a likely third wave of COVID-19 in the near future without strict protection

MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister says the province remains on track to administer a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine within the 90-day time frame recommended by public health authorities.

TORONTO — A 14-year-old girl is in hospital in critical condition after an early morning shooting in Toronto.