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TORONTO — Big city policing has come something of a full circle, Toronto's interim chief of police says of what he's seen in his 40 years with the service.

LISTOWEL, Ont. — A hospital in Listowel, Ont., is closing one of its units to admissions due to a COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened 10 people.

The family of a mentally ill man shot and killed by police west of Toronto this spring says their son deserved better.

TORONTO — Ontario is asking hospitals to be ready to use their surge capacity within 48 hours should soaring COVID-19 cases prompt the need for extra beds at short notice – a request that came as the facilities' leaders held an emergency meeting on r

MONTREAL — While other provinces focus on front-line workers, Quebec stands alone in its decision to install vaccine distribution sites in long-term care homes and begin inoculating residents along with health staff.

Toronto and its neighbouring regions are exploring the possibility of stricter restrictions over the holiday season as COVID-19 cases soar, the city's mayor said Wednesday.

TORONTO — A Toronto legal clinic has written to the city's top doctor asking that she suspend residential evictions amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

MONTREAL — A former Montreal university professor who murdered four academics in 1992 has been denied parole.

TORONTO — Cash-strapped Ontario communities will receive an additional $695 million to help cover pandemic-related costs, the province's municipal affairs minister said Wednesday.

Ontario has a significant backlog of driving tests in regions with some of the highest rates of COVID-19 after pandemic restrictions forced the cancellation of road exams.