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STRATFORD, ONT. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he's doing everything in his power to add more health-care workers to the system, but indicated that won't include repealing wage restraint legislation or increasing a retention bonus for nurses.

Public Health Ontario says there were 423 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the province as of Tuesday, up from 367 on Thursday. The agency's latest report says most of the cases — nearly 78 per cent — were reported in Toronto.

Toronto Fire Services say one person is dead after a two-alarm house fire in the city's east end early Wednesday morning. A spokesperson says crews responded around 12:45 a.m.

TORONTO — A downtown Toronto hospital has issued an alert for three intensive care units it says have either reached their total bed capacity or do not have enough staff to keep all beds open safely.

An Amber Alert has ended in Ontario for an 11-year-old girl after police in Stratford, Ont., said she has been found safe.

TORONTO — A union representing Ontario education workers has asked the province for annual wage increases of 11.7 per cent – or $3.25 per hour – as the two sides hash out a new collective agreement.

TORONTO — Ontario is looking at how to get more internationally trained nurses working in the province in order to ease staffing shortages that have led to temporary emergency room closures, the health minister said Tuesday, but she didn't indicate t

Hamilton police say they are investigating an alleged hate incident on a local transit bus. Police say they became aware of a social media post through an online reporting tool.

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police are seeking witnesses in a homicide in Newmarket, north of Toronto. York Regional Police say they were called to a home in the early hours of Friday morning on reports of an injured person.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police say a senior has been charged with manslaughter months after an incident at a Thunder Bay, Ont., long-term care home that led to the death of a 91-year-old resident.