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TORONTO — Masks will no longer be part of the required dress code in most Ontario public spaces come Monday, as the government turns the public health measure into an individual choice.

Toronto police say two boys are facing multiple charges after a TTC operator was assaulted by a group of people on Saturday evening. Police say the incident occurred just before 10 p.m. at Sheppard Subway Station.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A man is facing several charges after police say worshippers at a Mississauga, Ont., mosque were attacked with bear spray in what is believed to be a "hate-motivated incident.

A southern Ontario school board is sticking to its plan to extend its mask mandate beyond the provincial one, even after the government instructed it to drop the public health measure.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 613 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 185 people in ICU. That's down from 615 hospitalizations and 193 intensive care patients yesterday. There are 13 more COVID-19 deaths being reported today.

TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo has announced the death of a 17-year-old female greater one-horned rhinoceros named Ashakiran.

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor has instructed schools that sought more time to lift mask mandates and other remaining COVID-19 public health measures to fall in line with the provincial end date set for next week.

The grief and guilt Victoria Pejcinovski felt after her mother and two siblings were killed left her longing to "escape" reality, court heard Friday, after the man found guilty of the murders was escorted out of the room for interrupting victim impac

TORONTO — The scientific director of Ontario's expert COVID-19 advisory group is resigning. Dr. Peter Juni has accepted a position at Oxford University and is set to assume his new role in July.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 615 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, as well as 193 in intensive care. That's down slightly from the previous day, when the province recorded 644 hospitalizations and 199 COVID-19 patients in ICUs.