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TORONTO — New projections suggest the growth of the COVID-19 pandemic is slowing in Ontario even though cases remain on the rise, health officials said Thursday as they warned the situation could quickly worsen again.

AURORA, Ont. — Police north of Toronto have seized millions of dollars worth of illegally grown cannabis in a series of raids that also uncovered several exotic animals.

MONTREAL — Health Minister Christian Dube said he wasn't surprised to receive a letter from nearly 700 doctors who complained Quebec's overcentralized health-care system is hurting their ability to fight COVID-19.

Toronto police say a 19-year-old has died in hospital a month after he was shot in the chest. They say Jonathan Rodriguez-Sanchez was shot on Sept. 27, and died on Wednesday.

The family of a missing teen from Bradford, Ont., is begging that he return home as a massive search effort for the boy stretched into its seventh day.

TORONTO — Accusations the Ontario government is looking to slap a tax on marriage by shutting down the ability to take on the surname of a spouse is based on misinformation, the province said Thursday.

TORONTO — A year-long investigation that began as a probe into an alleged Toronto gang has led to more than 100 arrests across Ontario for crimes that include murder, drug trafficking and firearms offences, police said Thursday.

OSHAWA, Ont. — Durham Region police say two people are facing charges after allegedly stealing seven puppies from an apartment in Oshawa, Ont. Officers say a woman reported a break-in at her apartment on Sept. 18.

GEORGINA, Ont. — Homicide detectives are working to identify a woman whose body was pulled from the waters of Lake Simcoe two months ago. York police say officers were called to the docks near Lake Drive North in the Georgina, Ont.

TORONTO — The Toronto Transit Commission says it's going to expand its mask giveaway program next week with a focus on its bus network.