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EAST GWILLIMBURY, Ont. — York Regional Police say three hospitalized victims, including two boys under the age of five, are expected to survive their injuries after a weekend incident in East Gwillimbury, Ont., that left two other people dead.

MONTREAL — Quebec became the first Canadian province to record more than 10,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, as the government prepared to relax some health restrictions.

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MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a woman died after falling from an 11th-floor balcony in Montreal early this morning. The Bureau des enquetes independantes says police received a 911 call at 3 a.m.

TORONTO — At age 70, retired nurse Donna Lessard can expect to be towards the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine when supply and distribution expands in coming months.

A woman has died and three other people — including two young children — were in hospital following a stabbing in East Gwillimbury, Ont., police said Saturday as they announced the suspect in the case had also died.

MONTREAL — Quebec is one COVID-19 death shy of 10,000 since the beginning of the pandemic after reporting 27 further fatalities along with 1,204 new infections on Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,388 cases of COVID-19 today and 45 new deaths linked to the virus. The province says 1,021 people are hospitalized with COVID-19, with 325 in intensive care and 228 of those patients on a ventilator.

A senior government source says Ontario Premier Doug Ford will announce plans for a gradual reopening of the province's economy on Monday.

Owners of an Ontario long-term care home plan to defend themselves against a class-action lawsuit alleging they failed to protect residents from a COVID-19 outbreak. Roberta Place Retirement Lodge and Jarlette Inc.