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FORT ALBANY, Ont. — Members of the military are helping a remote First Nation in northeastern Ontario deal with a COVID-19 outbreak.

A police chief in the Greater Toronto Area apologized Friday for travelling to Florida during the pandemic, saying he regretted the decision.

TORONTO — Ontario's four major teachers' unions say they want the government to establish specific benchmarks that would trigger moves to in-person or virtual learning.

MONTREAL — Quebec on Friday defended its decision to reopen schools despite soaring COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations, with one public health official saying classrooms aren't the primary drivers of transmission.

TORONTO — Ontario's current lockdown may be extended and "extreme" new measures could be put in place if skyrocketing COVID-19 rates do not come down, the government said Friday as daily infections hit a new high.

An independent commission has heard that a COVID-19 outbreak at an Ottawa women's shelter was linked to two long-term care workers staying at the facility. Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario hospitals have been warned to ready themselves for patient transfers from outside their regions as rising COVID-19 admissions place increasing pressure on the health-care system.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Police in Sudbury, Ont., say they’ve charged a suspect in a December homicide. The Greater Sudbury Police service says the 40-year-old woman is accused of second-degree murder.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A physician who travelled internationally over the holidays against public health advice is out of his job as CEO of two Ontario hospitals. The St. Joseph's Health System says it has "parted ways" with Dr.

TORONTO — Three Toronto hospitals say they've had early success with their virtual emergency departments and hope that the service introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay. Two hospitals — Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and St.