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TORONTO — Ontario nursing homes that break the rules would face tougher penalties and individual offenders would be prohibited from working in long-term care, under proposed legislation aimed at strengthening accountability in a sector devastated by

Provincial police say a constable with the Belleville Police Service has been charged with assault.

TORONTO — An Ontario court has no jurisdiction to intervene in the case of unvaccinated workers who are challenging a Toronto hospital network's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, the network's lawyers argued Thursday.

TORONTO — Ontario won't be adding COVID-19 vaccinations to the list of immunizations for students to attend school, but the province's top doctor says he'll be exercising caution when it comes to lifting public health measures in schools. Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario is introducing legislation that would give workers the right to wear a poppy during the week of Remembrance Day.

VAUGHAN, Ont. — A 33-year-old woman is facing charges in a crash that left a 10-year-old girl dead in Vaughan, Ont., last month. York Regional Police say the crash happened on the morning of Sept. 1, when the girl was riding her bicycle.

TORONTO — Ontario has removed capacity limits at outdoor, organized public events such as Remembrance Day ceremonies and Santa Claus parades.

TORONTO — An Ontario doctor who was barred from issuing medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines has now had her licence suspended. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario says it has suspended Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario is extending a temporary wage increase for more than 150,000 publicly funded personal support workers until the end of March.

TORONTO — Schools and an information campaign targeting parents will play important roles in Ontario's effort to vaccinate young children against COVID-19 once shots are approved by Health Canada, the province's health minister said Wednesday.