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TORONTO — The largest local bargaining unit of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation has told members it opposes a tentative agreement between the provincial union and the government that would avoid the possibility of strikes.

Some eastern Ontario hospitals are bringing back mask requirements in patient-care areas as the respiratory virus season approaches.

TORONTO — While no one explicitly told developers that Ontario planned to open up the protected Greenbelt for housing last year, the government telegraphed that message to builders through actions – and silence, the province's integrity commissioner

TORONTO — The jury at an inquest into the death of a teen who died at a school for blind students has recommended the province review the availability of overnight medical resources provided to schools that cater to disabled children.

TORONTO — Ontario's new housing minister says the government has "fully implemented" 21 of its housing affordability task force's recommendations, but his office won't say which ones.

Police are looking for multiple suspects after several Buddhist temples north of Toronto were robbed. York Regional Police say two suspects forced their way into a home associated with the Buddhist Prajna Temple in Markham, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's Ministry of Long-Term Care needs to ensure in-person inspections of nursing homes can take place in a future pandemic and that inspectors can immediately act when residents are at risk of ongoing serious harm, the province's ombud

The Ontario government says it is investing almost $35 million to modernize fire response and training in northern communities.

Toronto city council voted to bring in a new surtax on high-value home sales while asking the provincial government for sales tax revenue to help tackle a looming budget crunch.

TORONTO — Refugee claimants could account for half of Toronto's homeless shelter population by the end of the year, according to a new staff report, a situation Mayor Olivia Chow called "desperate" as she pressed the federal government for immediate