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TORONTO — Fears that an invisible virus may be lurking among trick-or-treaters will keep Melanie Vicente's two children home this Halloween, but the Toronto mom says she's determined to make sure her beloved holiday is still spooktacular.

WINGHAM , Ont. — Police say they've arrested a youth minister in Wingham, Ont., and charged him with sexual assault and other sex-related offences. Huron County OPP say they arrested the 29-year-old man on Thursday.

TORONTO — Some of the most active companies traded Monday on the Toronto Stock Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (16,360.14, up 137.68 points.) Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU). Energy. Down 37 cents, or 2.03 per cent, to $17.82 on 15.8 million shares.

Toronto police allege a 28-year-old man stabbed his parents to death before he was fatally struck by a train nearby.

TORONTO — Police have identified a man fatally stabbed in the neck outside a west-end Toronto mosque as a 58-year-old volunteer caretaker for the facility.

MONTREAL — Quebec reported 279 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, bringing the total to 64,986 cases since the pandemic began. The province said one additional death attributed to the novel coronavirus was also recorded in the previous 24 hours.

KINGSVILLE, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say some residents in a southwestern Ontario town are being evacuated due to a gas leak. Police, the local fire department and Windsor Fire and Rescue are at the scene in Kingsville, Ont.

MONTREAL — A Montreal police officer and three civilians injured in a shooting in the city's Old Port early Sunday are in stable condition, Quebec's police watchdog said, as its investigation into what happened continues.

Montrealers are leaving non-perishable items on their doorsteps on Sunday as part of a city-wide food drive to help people in need during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MILTON, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after several people were injured in a multi-vehicle collision that involved a car being pursued by officers.