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A central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents' families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping the

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor and ministers of health and long-term care will appear before a commission examining how COVID-19 spread in the province’s long-term care system.

MONTREAL — Quebec is making more use of rapid COVID-19 tests but laboratory tests will remain the standard across the province, Health Department officials said Monday. "We do need to be precautious," Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario is still aiming to have all schools reopen for in-person learning by the middle of next week and expects to make a final decision on the issue on Wednesday, the education minister said.

SUDBURY, Ont. — A northern Ontario university is filing for creditor protection amid “unprecedented" financial challenges, as the province warned it may introduce legislation granting it greater oversight of every university's finances.

TORONTO — A teen accused of sexually assaulting two students at a private all-boys Catholic school in Toronto had made hazing "more violent, more sexual," another teen testified Monday.

TORONTO — Ontario has reported its first case of a COVID-19 variant that emerged in South Africa last year, with the province's top doctor saying more such infections are expected to be found in the future. Dr.

Two men are facing charges after police say a church in Aylmer, Ont., held an in-person service this weekend, in violation of provincial pandemic rules.

Provincial police say human remains have been found at the scene of a fire in Brighton, Ont. Investigators say the blaze was reported in the early hours of Friday morning.

Toronto police are investigating after they say a man was shot dead in his car in the city's North York area.