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KINGSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA — A school bus driver was charged after a crash that sent two students on board to hospital with minor injuries on Thursday morning.

TORONTO — Ontario will eliminate the practice of academic "streaming" for students entering high school next September. Deputy Education Minister Nancy Naylor outlined the planned changes to Grade 9 courses in a memo to school boards.

TORONTO — A crowd returned to the grounds of Ontario's legislature on Thursday for the second Remembrance Day of the pandemic, with speakers highlighting the service of Canadian soldiers in conflicts abroad and at home during the fight against COVID-

TORONTO — Ontario reported 642 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the highest single-day increase in more than a month. The jump in cases -- which hasn't been so big since Oct.

TORONTO — Male doctors disproportionately refer patients to male surgeons over similarly qualified and experienced female surgeons, a study from a Toronto hospital suggests.

Ontario's pit bull ban isn't going to change at the moment, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday as he expressed sympathy for a teen bitten by a dog whose case had earlier drawn his attention.

CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario Premier Doug Ford doubled down on his support for another controversial Greater Toronto Area highway project that's mired in environmental concerns and uncertainty over its economic and social benefits.

TORONTO — Ontario is pausing its plan to lift capacity limits in the remaining settings where proof of vaccination is required, following a rise in COVID-19 cases.

KINGSTON, Ont. — The Ontario government says it's helping build tiny houses for homeless veterans.

More than 213,000 Ontarians have received a third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine so far as the province takes a phased approach to boosters, making them available first to people who are at higher risk of contracting the virus.