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Toronto Public Health says a case of a COVID-19 variant has surfaced in a city homeless shelter. Officials provided few details about the case, which was identified at a city-funded shelter run by the Salvation Army.

Ontario is reporting 1,300 new cases of COVID-19 today and 19 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 433 new cases in Toronto, 253 in Peel Region, and 116 in York Region.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police in Peel Region are investigating after a dead body was found inside a damaged bus in Brampton, Ont. Peel Police were called in just before 2 a.m. on Saturday about a parking incident.

TORONTO — The victims of a mass shooting in Toronto's Greektown have cleared their first legal hurdle in a proposed class-action suit against the manufacturer of the gun used by the killer.

TORONTO — Pandemic restrictions will loosen in 27 Ontario health units next week as the province moves ahead with a reopening plan criticized in light of projections showing a likely third wave of COVID-19 in the near future without strict protection

MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister says the province remains on track to administer a second dose of COVID-19 vaccine within the 90-day time frame recommended by public health authorities.

TORONTO — A 14-year-old girl is in hospital in critical condition after an early morning shooting in Toronto.

TORONTO — A 14-year-old girl is in hospital in critical condition after an early morning shooting in Toronto. Police confirm it happened in an apartment building near the intersection of Jane and Finch.

Bureaucratic turf concerns prevented a highly trained team of infection prevention and control experts from helping Ontario long-term care homes in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent commission has heard. Dr.

MONTREAL — Quebec will send a larger proportion of vaccines to hard-hit Montreal and devote most of its efforts to screen for novel coronavirus variants in that city, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday.