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KITCHENER, Ont. — A woman has been arrested after two young girls reported missing in Kitchener, Ont., on Monday night were found. The Waterloo Regional Police Service says in a statement posted to social media that the two girls were located safely.

MONTREAL — Quebec moved its two biggest cities into the maximum COVID-19 alert level on Monday, closing bars, cinemas and other gathering spaces for 28 days, as COVID-19 infections continued to rise.

TORONTO — Several Ontario casinos reopened on Monday as the province reported a surge in new cases of COVID-19. Great Canadian Gaming Corporation says it reopened 11 of its properties, including Casino Woodbine in Toronto and Casino Ajax.

MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner's office is launching a public inquest into the 2017 death of a Montreal-area man who was killed during a police intervention. Koray Kevin Celik, 28, was in crisis when police were called to his home shortly after 2 a.m.

TORONTO — Ontario is experiencing a second wave of COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford declared Monday, saying his government was looking at all options to combat an alarming surge in cases.

Quebec City has announced it will no longer advertise on a radio station it accuses of encouraging people to disregard the health measures put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Nearly 200 tickets have been issued over a car rally that violated COVID-19 safety protocols in an Ontario beach town, police said Monday.

Toronto police say the death of a man found shot in the hallway of a building is being investigated as a homicide. Police say a 24-year-old man was found in the hallway on Sunday night and died of his injuries at the scene.

MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog say divers have located the body of a man who reportedly jumped in a river and died during a provincial police intervention early Sunday morning. The incident occurred at about 1:15 a.m.

AURORA, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say they've laid a murder charge against a 61-year-old man in connection with a woman who went missing over the summer. York Regional Police say Helen Sedo, 61, was last seen in July in Aurora, Ont.