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TORONTO — The smell of rotting flesh fills the Toronto shelter room where Pat Gallagher lives in the city's north end. He unwraps bandages that cover his left foot. His toes look like lumps of black coal. The diagnosis: severe frostbite.

TORONTO — Ontario is removing most mask mandates on March 21 and ending all remaining public health orders a month later, shifting the onus of protection from COVID-19 to individuals – a move some experts worry comes too quickly.

Ontario has laid out its plans to lift remaining COVID-19 public health measures, including mandatory masks and workplace vaccination policies, by the end of April.

TILLSONBURG, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say one person has died in Tillsonburg, Ont., after being ejected from a vehicle and then hit. Police say it happened just before 8 p.m. Tuesday on Lisgar Avenue.

International beverage company Diageo announced plans today for a $245 million carbon neutral distillery in Ontario to support the growth ambitions for its Crown Royal Canadian whisky brand.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A woman and two children were in hospital and a man faces attempted murder charges after police responded to an emergency call in a residential neighbourhood of Mississauga, Ont.

DRYDEN, ONTARIO — Ontario Province Police are investigating after human remains were discovered in the northwestern city of Dryden.

TORONTO — The federal government says Ontario submitted its spending plan for billions of dollars in proposed child-care funding "late last week.

TORONTO — Ontario elementary students will be taught more hands-on science, technology and engineering skills starting in September as part of a new curriculum unveiled Tuesday.

An investigation into the police shooting death of a 70-year-old gunsmith in southwestern Ontario is "filled with holes," his family claimed Tuesday.