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TORONTO — Sophie Gregoire Trudeau has launched a podcast in which she discusses the mental health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — A former employee of Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ont., has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. Halton regional police allege the incidents involved a 50-year-old man and his co-workers between 2012 and 2019.

MONTREAL — Quebec's English-language school boards don't have the right to refuse to reopen their elementary schools, Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said Sunday on the eve of the province's gradual economic relaunch.

Toronto police have identified a man killed in a shooting late Saturday. Police say the shooting happened in front of a house in the city's east end. They say 23-year-old Daniel Bolma was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

GEORGIAN BAY TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Provincial police say a man is dead after his ultralight plane crashed into Georgian Bay on Saturday. Police say they got the call at 12:40 p.m.

TORONTO — A union representing health-care workers in Ontario says a third personal support worker has died in as many weeks.

MONTREAL — Quebec reported 114 more deaths linked to COVID-19 on Saturday ahead of the province's planned phased reopening set to begin Monday. The province now has 2,136 recorded deaths since the coronavirus pandemic hit the province.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Peel Regional Police say three stabbing victims are in serious to life threatening condition and a suspect arrested following an incident in Mississauga, Ont., Saturday morning. Const.

MONTREAL — Quebec's lottery corporation says it will begin reopening some lottery terminals on Monday after shutting them down due to fears surrounding the novel coronavirus.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A case of mistaken identity had police in Brampton, Ont., looking for an alligator in a storm drainage pond.