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KITCHENER, Ont. — The president of a hospital in Waterloo region says all three hospitals in the area are currently experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, leading to a concern about the facilities' ability to maintain services.

TORONTO — Tighter public health restrictions come into effect in three Ontario regions today in a bid to stem the spread of COVID-19.

Half of the remaining members of Ontario's Greenbelt Council have followed their former chairman's lead by stepping down in protest of pending environmental reforms.

MONTREAL — Scaled-back ceremonies and pandemic-muted tributes did little to mask the raw emotion of those who gathered on Sunday to commemorate the 31st anniversary of a misogyny-motivated shooting at Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique Survivors and acti

Ontario endured another tough weekend as the number of new COVID-19 cases climbed to record-setting new heights twice in as many days.

A former Conservative federal cabinet minister and Toronto mayor has stepped down as head of Ontario's Greenbelt Council in protest over proposed rules he says would gut environmental protections in the province.

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 1,691 new cases of COVID-19 today and 24 additional deaths linked to the virus. Public health officials say 10 of those deaths took place in the past 24 hours.

Mental health researchers are sounding the alarm over a growing body of data suggesting that dementia patients in Ontario are increasingly being assigned to scarce health-care beds ostensibly reserved for psychiatric patients.

TORONTO — Doors open at the new Union Station GO bus hub in Toronto today. The 23,000 square-foot terminal, at the north-east corner of Bay Street and Lake Shore Boulevard, links people travelling in and out of the downtown core.

Ontario is reporting a record high of 1,859 new COVID-19 cases today, along with 20 new deaths linked to the virus. The total breaks the previous record of 1,855 reached last month.