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Toronto police are seeking a suspect in a string of suspected hate crimes at various subway stations. Investigators say the incidents took place last Friday and Sunday. They say a man allegedly spat on someone at Christie station last Friday morning.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting another record in new daily COVID-19 infections as the government considers additional measures to curb surging cases. The province logged 4,812 new cases today, up from Thursday's record of 4,736.

A 38-year-old man has been charged after police in Niagara Region allege he sexually assaulted a woman in her 80s. Police say the investigation began last month after a woman reported an incident involving a man she met through the dating app Zoosk.

TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 situation is "dire," one of the province's top doctors said Thursday as the government considered new restrictions to deal with an alarming rise in cases.

MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister said Thursday the province may soon expand access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to more age groups as the government sought to assuage concerns over seemingly empty vaccine sites in the Montreal area.

TORONTO — Photos of a packed early morning bus prompted Toronto's transit authorities on Thursday to promise more vehicles in service but the union said it has been sounding the overcrowding alarm for a year.

TORONTO — An ongoing exodus of nurses and other key workers from long-term care has exacerbated what was already a critical staffing shortage before the COVID-19 onslaught, representatives of the sector said on Thursday.

A Hamilton constable has been charged with sexual assault following an investigation by the province's police watchdog.

TORONTO — Police say they had to close the eastbound express lanes of Highway 401 near Highway 400 this morning following a fatality. Ontario Provincial Police say a 78-year-old woman from Mississauga, Ont., was killed in the crash.

MONTREAL — Health experts in Quebec are criticizing the provincial government for what they say is a confusing vaccine rollout for people with chronic conditions.