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OTTAWA — A new guideline from Heart and Stroke Foundation says a daily dose of Aspirin could do more harm than good for those at low risk of stroke or heart disease.

TORONTO — Some child care centres will stay open for the kids of health-care workers and first responders, in a move the Ontario government said will help workers focus on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario is looking at ways to keep coursework going if the COVID-19 pandemic prevents schools from reopening on April 6 as planned, the province's education minister said in an open letter to parents on Sunday.

OTTAWA — A church in suburban Ottawa is joining religious institutions around the world by adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic with a drive-thru service so congregants can connect with their faith — and community — from a distance. Rev.

Quebec is ordering the closure of all restaurant dining rooms and shopping malls until at least May to prevent people from gathering and potentially spreading the virus that causes COVID-19.

TORONTO — Ontario's premier appealed to manufacturers on Saturday to help address a shortage of key medical supplies, as the province announced a third patient being treated for COVID-19 has died.

MONO, Ont. — Provincial police in southern Ontario say they've charged a 20-year-old man after he allegedly bit a cop. Police say the incident began early Saturday morning when an officer spotted a car travelling at high speed in Mono, Ont.

TORONTO — Social-distancing has forced Canadians into varying degrees of isolation, but that doesn't have to mean the end of movie date night, cocktails with pals or baby song circles.

TORONTO — A game company that incurred the wrath of Premier Doug Ford and the mayor of Toronto for allowing a long lineup of customers to form for a new release says its stores across Canada are closing their doors.

TORONTO — Ontario reached a tentative contract deal Friday with its largest teachers' union following a highly contentious round of bargaining.