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LONDON, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a man died following his arrest in London. The Special Investigations Unit says the 34-year-old was arrested Monday on allegations he had failed to comply with conditions of his release.

Toronto police say two of their officers were injured after a man came at them with a knife this morning. Interim Police Chief James Ramer says the officers went to a rooming house in the city's northwest to investigate a report of a missing person.

A man has been charged in a fatal hit-and-run collision that took place roughly two months ago in Mississauga, Ont. Police say a 63-year-old woman was crossing the street on Tomken Road the evening of Dec. 8 when she was struck by a van.

LINCOLN, Ont. — Police in Niagara Region say a four-year-old boy has died after the sled he was riding was struck by a truck. Investigators say it happened around 4:15 p.m. Monday in Lincoln, Ont., when the boy's sled went into the road.

A central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents' families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping the

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor and ministers of health and long-term care will appear before a commission examining how COVID-19 spread in the province’s long-term care system.

MONTREAL — Quebec is making more use of rapid COVID-19 tests but laboratory tests will remain the standard across the province, Health Department officials said Monday. "We do need to be precautious," Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario is still aiming to have all schools reopen for in-person learning by the middle of next week and expects to make a final decision on the issue on Wednesday, the education minister said.

SUDBURY, Ont. — A northern Ontario university is filing for creditor protection amid “unprecedented" financial challenges, as the province warned it may introduce legislation granting it greater oversight of every university's finances.

TORONTO — A teen accused of sexually assaulting two students at a private all-boys Catholic school in Toronto had made hazing "more violent, more sexual," another teen testified Monday.