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BARRIE, Ont. — Provincial police say there were fewer traffic collisions in 2020 but fatalities reached historic highs. They say traffic fell sharply in Ontario last year because of stay-at-home orders and other anti-pandemic measures.

Free COVID-19 testing for children and staff could help keep Ontario camps open this summer while the pandemic drags on, organizers say.

Long-term care in Ontario is losing staff to other industries that, due to the pandemic, are hiring health-care workers for infection prevention and testing supports, a group representing more than 70 per cent of the province’s homes said Tuesday.

TORONTO — An all-boys private school in Toronto has temporarily moved all classes online after several students tested positive for COVID-19. Upper Canada College says there have been 10 cases of the illness in students in grades 4, 8 and 12.

MONTREAL — About 150 protesters gathered in Montreal's Parc-Extension borough Monday night for the annual anti-police brutality march.

TORONTO — The head of Ontario's COVID-19 vaccine task force will be leaving the job this month, ending a tenure that was marked by delays and confusion over the province's immunization effort.

TORONTO — Nearly 100,000 Ontarians aged 80 and older booked their COVID-19 vaccine appointments Monday despite technical issues with the online portal and long wait times to get through to the call centre. The online booking system - www.ontario.

An Amazon warehouse that was ordered to shut down last week due to a major COVID-19 outbreak is also being investigated for potential labour violations, the Ontario government said Monday.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault hinted on Monday that he is considering pushing back the overnight curfew in the Montreal area because days are getting longer.

Toronto will have a total of six mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics operating by the first week of April. Mayor John Tory said Monday that the city is moving as fast as it can to administer vaccines to its residents.