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TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 immunization effort moved ahead Friday with family doctors preparing to vaccinate patients over the weekend, while a spike in cases pushed another region into lockdown.

TORONTO — Three former Ontario chief justices say proposed legislation that would change how provincial judges are appointed should include a clause meant to prohibit partisanship.

MONTREAL — Quebec will reopen gyms across all pandemic-alert zones March 26, in what the minister responsible for sports says is the first part of a gradual reopening of sports and recreation in the province.

Ontario long-term care homes dealing with staffing shortages and absentee leaders were more likely to have a higher risk of mortality during the first wave of the pandemic, an independent commission has heard.

TORONTO — A former senior civil servant alleged to have embezzled at least $11 million in COVID-19 relief money is now arguing the Ontario government is to blame for any losses it suffered.

SUDBURY, Ont. — Schools in the Sudbury, Ont., area are being ordered to move classes online starting Monday as the region enters a lockdown to counter concerning COVID-19 trends.

TORONTO — There were no working smoke alarms inside a Toronto house where a fire killed four people, investigators said Friday.

Mayors in Peel Region are asking the province to further loosen restrictions in their communities days after a stay-at-home order was lifted.

TORONTO — Ontario opposition politicians are demanding an apology from Premier Doug Ford for accusing an Indigenous NDP legislator of "jumping the line" for COVID-19 vaccinations.

TORONTO — Ontario's ability to control the spread of COVID-19 variants over the next few weeks will determine if there will be a third wave of infection, the province's science advisors said Thursday.