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BRAMPTON, Ont. — Three children and two adults have died after an early-morning fire at a home in Brampton, Ont. Peel Regional Police say the house fire at Conestoga Drive and Sutter Avenue broke out around 2 a.m. today.

TORONTO — The province broke ground Sunday on a long-awaited new subway line in Toronto, which Ontario Premier Doug Ford described as a "once-in-a-lifetime" project.

Ontario is reporting three more COVID-19 deaths on Sunday. The province says 553 people are in hospital with COVID-19 and 157 in intensive care. That's compared with 707 hospitalizations and 157 people in ICUs Saturday.

TORONTO — Darya Ivantsova has been having a hard time focusing on her studies.

Ontario reported 707 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 157 in intensive care Saturday. That's compared with 667 hospitalizations and 161 people in ICUs Friday. Five more COVID-19 deaths were reported Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario Liberal Leader Steven Del Duca is promising that his party will boost the minimum wage to $16, work to set regional living wages, and compensate businesses for legislating 10 paid sick days if they win the June election.

TORONTO — Executives at Ontario Power Generation made up the top four highest-paid public employees in the province in 2021, according to the province's annual "sunshine list.

Ontario is prepared for an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Premier Doug Ford said Friday, but he wouldn't say yet if he will reintroduce any public health measures to respond to it.

TORONTO — Three more pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine have safely arrived in Toronto for treatment, the city’s Hospital for Sick Children said Friday. Dr.

Toronto Mayor John Tory plans to seek a third term at the helm of Canada's most populous city, ending months of speculation about whether he'd run for re-election.