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TORONTO — Ontario students returning to schools next month will be able to play on sports teams, use instruments in music class, go on field trips and ditch masks outdoors, even if distance can't be maintained.

KINGSTON, Ont. — The Nature Conservancy of Canada says a stretch of forest and wetland about 40 kilometres north of Kingston, Ont. is now protected land. The organization says the 0.

Environment Canada says smoke from growing wildfires in northwestern Ontario is leading to poor air quality in the region.

ELORA, Ont. — A 24-year-old man has been charged in a crash near Elora, Ont., that killed a man and injured several others. Provincial police say the accused, who is from Kitchener, Ont., was driving one of two vehicles that collided on Sunday night.

ROSSEAU, Ont. — A summer camp in the Muskoka region has decided to shut down after COVID-19 cases were linked to an outbreak.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. — Niagara Regional Police say a woman is dead and a man is missing after they went for a Sunday afternoon swim in the Niagara River.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 218 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 40 of the new cases were in Toronto, 33 in Peel and 23 in York regions. She says the numbers are based on over 14,100 tests.

TORONTO — Ontario pharmacists say thousands of doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are set to expire soon and they warn the supply could go to waste if people don't show up to get a shot.

Toronto police say a two-year-old boy has died after he was hit by an SUV in a shopping centre's parking lot. They say it happened Saturday afternoon outside Majestic City in Toronto's east end.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 258 new cases of COVID-19 and six more deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 53 of the new cases were in Toronto, 33 in York Region, 28 in Waterloo Region, 27 in Hamilton and 26 in Peel Region.