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TORONTO — Health Canada has approved two more rapid tests that can indicate the prevalence of COVID-19 immunity, devices experts say should be used judiciously but can help ensure the success of vaccines.

Montreal police have arrested a man in connection with the fatal hit-and-run of an 81-year-old woman last August. They say 53-year-old Sylvain Labelle was arrested Feb.

LONDON, Ont. — A man has died after a townhouse caught fire in London, Ont. Emergency services say they were called to the home late Wednesday. Firefighters put out the fire, then found the man's body inside.

PETAWAWA, Ont. — Provincial police say a school bus filled with children slid into a ditch in Petawawa, Ont., on Wednesday afternoon. Thirty elementary students were on board when police say the bus slid off the shoulder of the road.

TORONTO — Ontario legislators voted Wednesday to reduce a politician’s salary during the pandemic after he introduced a similar motion intended for all members.

TORONTO — Ontario said it plans to expand the province's Greenbelt by adding a moraine south of Toronto and a series of urban river lands to the protected zone.

A paramedic called to a grisly slaying in Ottawa testified Wednesday that she was approached by a woman resembling one of the accused killers as she prepared to leave the scene.

TORONTO — Ontario's two largest COVID-19 hot spots are asking the province to delay loosening restrictions in their regions for at least two weeks, saying easing measures earlier could lead to increased sickness and deaths.

Relatives of an Indigenous woman who died after being assaulted with a trailer hitch in Thunder Bay, Ont., told a court they'd lost an irreplaceable loved one as well as a sense of personal safety with her passing.

TORONTO — A fire at an encampment in downtown Toronto left a man dead Wednesday morning and renewed calls for changes to the way the city treats its homeless residents. Toronto Fire deputy chief Jim Jessop said the fire occurred around 6 a.m.