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MONTREAL — The Quebec government says parks and pools will be permitted to reopen across the province as health authorities reported the fewest number of confirmed new cases of COVID-19 since late March on Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario is extending its COVID-19 residential electricity rate relief for another five months, but the fixed price will be going up by nearly three cents per kilowatt hour.

MONTREAL — A wayward humpback whale has strayed from her usual habitat and ended up in the Montreal area on Saturday — a first according to marine mammal experts.

TORONTO — The scene at a downtown Toronto park was much calmer on Saturday than a week earlier when thousands of people defied physical distancing rules during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario will begin allowing campers to return to provincial parks on Monday. The province says backcountry camping will resume under physical distancing measures that limit the number of people who gather.

TORONTO — A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 17-year-old suspect wanted in connection with a downtown Toronto shooting earlier this week.

TORONTO — A rally is set to take place in Toronto today in protest of what organizers describe as anti-black and anti-Indigenous racism around the world.

TORONTO — Ontario is implementing an expanded COVID-19 testing strategy, including targeting specific sectors and using mobile teams, and the increased data that's expected to follow is prompting the premier to consider a regional approach to reopeni

MONTREAL — More than 40 staff and students tested positive for COVID-19 in the first two weeks after elementary schools outside the Montreal area opened on May 11, Quebec's Education Department confirmed Friday.

TORONTO — The Toronto police chief called for calm Friday and promised to fast-track the use of body-worn cameras after the death of a 29-year-old woman who fell from a 24th-floor balcony while officers were in her home.