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TORONTO — Ontario plans to double the province's long-term care home inspectors and allow them to lay charges on the spot, saying the changes would allow for stronger enforcement in a sector devastated by the pandemic.

TORONTO — Up to 50,000 education workers in Ontario could be fired if COVID-19 vaccines were mandated for that sector, the province's education minister said Tuesday.

Ottawa police say they've charged a man in a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination certificate investigation. The force says the investigation began in September. Police say the 27-year-old man from Gatineau, Que.

TORONTO — Reducing patient wait times, expanding mental health, addiction and home-care services, and preparing for the next pandemic should be top priorities for Ontario, says a group representing the province's doctors.

Toronto police are seeking suspects in the theft of roughly US$11 million in pure silver. Investigators say the silver, which was in bullion form, was stolen from a shipping container in Montreal in January of last year.

A possible Listeria contamination has prompted the recall of sliced white mushrooms sold in Ontario and Quebec and possibly other provinces or territories.

Ottawa police say they've arrested and charged a 62-year-old woman with hate-motivated assault after a woman had her hijab forcefully removed earlier this month. The force says a woman was out walking on Oct.

TORONTO — Municipal leaders and business owners in Ontario welcomed the lifting of capacity limits for facilities requiring proof of COVID-19 immunization on Monday, but said more help is needed to bounce back from the pandemic.

TORONTO — Every public school in Toronto will have take-home COVID-19 test kits available by the end of the week.

OSHAWA, Ont. — A man accused of murdering a woman and two of her children east of Toronto argued Monday that he was mentally "inanimate" at the time and lacked the criminal intent required to be found guilty in the case.