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MONTREAL — Quebec will present its plan to get kids back to school and daycare on Monday, outlining the first part of the province's timeline for getting activities and businesses up and running again.

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce said all publicly-funded schools will remain closed until May 31 on Sunday, and added the closure could be extended if recommended by public health officials.

An 11-year-old girl is dead and her younger sister was recovering in hospital after they were allegedly stabbed by their mother inside a Montreal apartment on Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario will offer temporary raises for workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, Premier Doug Ford announced Saturday as he blasted anti-lockdown protesters who gathered outside the provincial legislature.

TORONTO — A COVID-19 outbreak has surged among Toronto's homeless in the last 10 days with at least 135 cases, the majority of which come from one shelter that houses refugees. Ten days ago, there were 30 cases of COVID-19 among the city's homeless.

WELLINGTON COUNTY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say they have charged one of their veteran officers with five counts of sexual assault after a months-long investigation. They say Sgt.

CHESTERVILLE, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say they've seized crystal meth and weapons — including a sword and a bow and arrow — from a home in Chesterville. They say officers searched the home early on Friday.

MONTREAL — Quebec will present its plan to reopen the province next week, but Premier Francois Legault says older, at-risk people will still need to be kept at a safe distance from others, even from loved ones.

TORONTO — Ontario pushed the federal government Friday to provide a residential rent relief program, as Ottawa announced similar help for small businesses.

SARNIA, Ont. — Police have charged a man with first-degree murder in what they describe as a "vicious assault" that left a woman dead in Sarnia, Ont., in March.