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MONTREAL — Members of religious minority groups in Quebec are decrying the provincial government's plan to allow Christmas-time gatherings in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, calling the move a sign of a double standard.

OTTAWA — The first significant snowfall of the winter is expected to hit much of southern Ontario and Quebec today. Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings or weather advisories for a swath of Ontario stretching from London to Ottawa.

Two people are dead and a third is in critical condition after an early-morning collision in Mississauga, Ont. Provincial police say it happened shortly before 9 a.m. while a Ford and a Lexus were travelling westbound on a stretch of Highway 401.

MONTREAL — Quebec's human rights tribunal has found that a Black man who was stopped by police while dropping his son off at daycare was racially profiled.

Ontario's police watchdog says it has identified the civilian killed in a shooting on Manitoulin Island which also left an Ontario Provincial Police officer dead.

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 1,189 new cases of COVID-19 today and 32 additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.

TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 case numbers hit a new single-day peak today as the province reported 1,588 new instances of the virus in the past 24 hours. Government figures also show 21 new deaths linked to COVID-19 in that period.

MONTREAL — Quebecers will know for certain by Dec. 17 whether they will be permitted to gather for the Christmas holidays, officials said Friday, but even health experts who support the plan say it comes with risk.

Ontario's two foremost COVID-19 hot spots – Toronto and Peel Region – will move into lockdown starting Monday in an effort to slow the spread of the virus.

Toronto police say an officer is in hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a cruiser was hit by another vehicle during a pursuit.