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TORONTO — A new report says food bank visits in Toronto climbed this summer because of economic instability caused by COVID-19.

A wind storm that swept through swaths of southern and central Ontario has left hundreds of thousands of residents without power.

TORONTO — A spike in deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic is largely tied to Ontario's nursing homes, the province reported Sunday as it continued to post massive surges in cases of the novel coronavirus.

MONTREAL — Quebec residents must not become complacent about following public health precautions in light of a single day of slightly declining case numbers, the province's health minister said on Sunday.

HAMILTON — A 30-year-old Hamilton man is facing a murder charge after an alleged knife attack that left his mother dead and his father injured. Police say they were called to a home in the city Friday afternoon to respond to a domestic incident.

TORONTO — Businesses in a prominent Ontario COVID-19 hot spot may face steep fines in the weeks ahead if they ignore rules meant to keep the virus from spreading further afield, the region's top doctor announced Saturday as the province posted yet an

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Protesters gathered in a city south of Montreal on Saturday to urge their elected officials to reconsider a plan to cull half the deer in a local park in a bid to control overpopulation.

Quebec's daily COVID-19 case load hit a new single-day peek today as the province recorded 1,448 new cases in the past 24 hours. The province is also reporting 25 additional deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.

Police are investigating a suspicious death in a rural community north of Uxbridge, Ont. Durham Regional Police say they were called to a home in Leaskdale around 12:40 a.m. today.

Toronto police are investigating the death of an 11-year-old boy who they said fell through a skylight above the gymnasium of a North York high school. Officers were called to Victoria Park Collegiate Friday around 5:30 p.m.