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TORONTO — The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto says two pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine have arrived for treatment. The hospital has said the kids' cancer treatment was interrupted by Russia's invasion of their home country.

Canada's prime minister and Ontario's premier announced millions in funding support for domestic hybrid car production on Tuesday but both leaders dodged questions on the possibility of incentives to help Canadians buy them.

The prime minister and Ontario's premier promised Wednesday that an announcement on a proposed $10-a-day child-care plan would come "very soon" amid calls for a deal before the fast-approaching end of the fiscal year.

TORONTO — Ontario's colleges and the union representing faculty are set to meet virtually Thursday ahead of a threatened strike by professors and other academic staff on Friday.

A 32-year-old man has been charged in connection with two violent sexual assaults in the Toronto-area. Police say the first incident occurred in September 2013 in Mississauga, Ont., and the second in November 2014 in Richmond Hill, Ont.

Ontario is reporting 649 people in hospital with COVID-19 today, and 204 in intensive care. That's compared with 688 people in hospital on Tuesday, and 220 in ICUs.

TORONTO — Two pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine are soon expected to arrive in Toronto for treatment, the city's Hospital for Sick Children said Tuesday, noting it has capacity to care for more children from the country recently invaded by Russi

TORONTO — Ontario college students can't afford a strike right now, the province's post-secondary minister said Tuesday, days ahead of a planned full withdrawal of services by faculty.

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will wear his mask "for the first few days" in the legislature after mandates lift on Monday.

The Ontario government is planning to soon make permanent an hourly wage increase for personal support workers that was brought in temporarily and extended multiple times during the pandemic.