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HAMILTON — RCMP say six people have been charged with human trafficking over allegations they brought workers into Canada from Mexico to work through their companies.

TORONTO — An upcoming report on the finances of a northern Ontario university that has filed for creditor protection should be made public, the province's official Opposition said Tuesday.

A new variant of COVID-19 appears to spreading through a northern Ontario city with previously low levels of infection, prompting health officials to test all residents of an apartment building and shutter a public school.

TORONTO — The top doctor in an Ontario region hit with deadly outbreaks driven by a COVID-19 variant says residents should still limit their movement after the province's stay-at-home order lifts for the area next week.

TORONTO — Alongside the headline-grabbing race for a COVID-19 vaccine, the hunt for effective treatments has unfolded with its own share of flameouts and triumphs.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he is considering imposing more restrictions during spring break week to prevent people from gathering and reversing progress on reducing COVID-19 infections.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog has cleared a Toronto officer in the shooting death of a man last April.

TORONTO — More than a year after COVID-19 emerged, few therapies exist and many that do are expensive, cumbersome and unproven, say experts who suggest disjointed data, funding and communication are derailing efforts to tamp down disease.

A Toronto-area drunk driver who killed three children and their grandfather has been granted full parole. The decision was made as Marco Muzzo appeared before the Parole Board of Canada via videoconference.

TORONTO — Police in Toronto say they are investigating a shooting that left a 23-year-old Brampton, Ont., man dead on Monday night.