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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 62-year-old man who was shot by officers in Mississauga, Ont. Const.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — Dozens of nail and hair salons line Steeles Avenue in Toronto's north end, but while the shops on one side of the street were bustling with weekend customers on Saturday, businesses on the other were locked up with their lights out.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they've recovered the body of a swimmer who disappeared in the Jacques Cartier River about 50 kilometres north of Quebec City.

MONTREAL — The number of Quebecers in hospital due to COVID-19 continues to drop as the province added 33 new deaths due to the virus today.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 31 further COVID-19 deaths today and more than 200 cases for the first time in six days. The province reported 206 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total to 33,301.

TORONTO — Car after car lined up in the parking lot of Yorkdale Shopping Centre this weekend to try something different — a drive-thru food truck festival.

A document from a Toronto hospital that provides guidance for reopening Ontario schools in September garnered criticism from some epidemiologists, while other experts say it offers a useful starting point in the conversation. Dr.

MONTREAL — Quebec is easing restrictions on residents in long-term care homes hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario students will likely return to school in September with a mix of in-class and remote learning, the government announced Friday, though boards will develop various scenarios, depending on how COVID-19 is spreading at that point.

TORONTO — The community needs better options than calling police to respond to mental health crises, a Toronto police board member said Friday.