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Two public health units reintroduced restrictions Friday as Ontario reported its highest daily COVID-19 case count since the beginning of September.

TORONTO — Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has had his case put over for another two weeks. Nygard, who faces sexual assault charges, did not appear at a routine hearing in a Toronto court on Friday morning.

Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating after a man died in an armed provincial police interaction near Bobcaygeon, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's rising COVID-19 infection curve is a continuation of the fourth wave that started earlier in September, and not the start of a fifth wave, the province's top doctor said Thursday as he warned that the upward trend would continue.

Kids in Ontario should wear a mask when taking photos with Santa Claus this year and should try to visit him outdoors or virtually if possible.

TORONTO — Ontario is looking to send rapid tests to regions seeing high numbers of COVID-19 cases in schools, but the province's top doctor says they won't be distributed to all areas even as virus-related school dismissals rise. Dr.

A First Nation in northern Ontario said Thursday that it requires additional services as it grapples with a suspected outbreak of lung infections in dozens of residents, including three deaths.

The mayor of a small Ontario town defended its decision to keep a famous weather-prognosticating groundhog's death a secret for about a year, saying she was protecting the "Wiarton Willie brand.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is inviting municipal leaders to a summit on housing affordability. The meeting with Ford, Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark and the mayors and regional chairs of big cities is set for Dec. 16.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto says it's on course to exceed its greenhouse gas emissions reduction target. The city says its greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 were 38 per cent lower when compared with 1990.