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QUINTE WEST, Ont. — Police say five students from India have been identified as the victims of a fatal collision between a van and a tractor trailer on Highway 401 in Quinte West, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's next budget will set a roadmap for recovering from COVID-19, perhaps doubling as the Progressive Conservatives' election platform, and many stakeholders are asking the government to shore up the health system by looking beyond hos

TORONTO — Joanna Dales started to worry about her young children as soon she heard of Ontario's plan to lift mask mandates in most settings, including schools and daycares, later this month.

QUINTE WEST, Ont. — Provincial police say five people have died after a van and a tractor trailer collided on Highway 401 in Quinte West, Ont.

Ontario is reporting 722 people in hospital with COVID-19 Saturday, and 232 in intensive care. That’s compared with 717 people in hospital and 238 in ICUs on Friday. Public Health Ontario is also reporting 16 more deaths due to COVID-19.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has told several school boards looking to extend mask mandates to stick to the province's end date because "they aren't medical experts.

TORONTO — The authority that operates the Toronto Pearson International Airport says things are running smoothly on what is expected to be its busiest travel day since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario is contributing funds to a northern park meant to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The province is spending $230,625 on the Rotary Peace Park project in Kenora, Ont.

Some of Ontario's post-secondary institutions are opting to keep mask mandates in place, even after the provincial rules lift.

The Ontario government says it's launching a new scholarship for post-secondary students enrolled in programs related to esports.