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TORONTO — Ontario will pause further reopening, start offering third COVID-19 shots to vulnerable populations, and require many health and education workers to get vaccinated against the virus or take regular tests, the government announced Tuesday.

New data shows opioid deaths and emergency department visits for overdoses in Ontario were up significantly in 2020 compared to the year before.

Peggy Brekveld has owned a dairy farm with her husband in Thunder Bay, Ont., for nearly three decades and says she's never seen a drought this bad.

TORONTO — Ontario says it will immediately pay $39 million to the province's optometrists to retroactively account for the increased costs of services funded by the government.

TORONTO — Ontario's fiscal watchdog estimates 45 per cent of municipal infrastructure in the province needs repairs, which it says will cost about $52 billion.

HIGHLANDS EAST TOWNSHIP, ONT. — A nine-month-old puppy has been found safe after it was stolen along with a truck in Durham Region last week. The puppy was inside the silver Dodge Ram when it was taken on Aug. 11.

COVID-19 immunization clinics will run in Ontario schools and nearby locations as the academic year begins, the province announced Monday in a bid to reach unvaccinated youth who are set to gather in classrooms next month.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — York Region officials say 15 children have tested positive for COVID-19 after a parent sent their child to a daycare centre with symptoms of the virus earlier this month.

Ontario's teachers are gearing up for another pandemic-altered school year and for certain educators that will mean presiding over classrooms where students learn in-person and online at the same time – a model some say comes with a host of challenge

FERGUS, ONTARIO, CANADA — A 31-year-old man is dead and a provincial police officer is in hospital after an incident in Fergus, Ont., on Sunday. The Special Investigations Unit has been called in and launched a probe into the incident.