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TORONTO — Despite being one of the final holdouts to join Ottawa's affordable child-care plan, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that he won't budge on his demands as the province negotiates a deal.

Toronto police say a male has been arrested in a stabbing at a high school that left two people injured Tuesday afternoon.

TORONTO — Ontario pharmacies will soon be able to start offering COVID-19 tests for symptomatic people, but the Opposition raised doubts about whether it can be done safely.

RENFREW, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say the bodies of two people have been found in a home in an eastern Ontario that was the scene of a fire this week. Firefighters responded to the residence on Fortington Street in the town of Renfrew, Ont.

TORONTO — As more Ontario regions contend with health system strain from rising COVID-19 infections, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday that his government will keep relying on local medical officers of health to reinstate pandemic restrictions.

TORONTO — The province says it is investing $75 million to combat guns and gangs across Ontario.

LONDON, Ont. — A total of 21 people have been arrested and charged with 118 drug trafficking offences in London, Ont. after 16-month-long investigation.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A 23-year-old Toronto man is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of a man in Brampton, Ont. this past weekend. Shortly after 4 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.

An Ontario health unit said Monday it would reinstate capacity limits and other public health rules amid a surge of COVID-19 cases, while another mulled a similar move.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Fewer than a dozen nursing homes needed staffing help from the Ontario government on Monday as the deadline for workers to get a first COVID-19 vaccine dose came due, according to the minister of long-term care.