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Ontario to get additional $147 million for safe childcare reopening

TORONTO — The federal and Ontario governments have agreed to a one-year, $147-million extension of child-care funding to help offset costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Post-mortem complete, scene released by police in Thunder Bay, Ont., homicide

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Police in Thunder Bay, Ont., say a post-mortem has been completed in the death of a 31-year-old man that's considered a homicide.

One dead, 6 injured after boat crash near Toronto beach, police and paramedics say

TORONTO — One person has died and several others are injured after a boat crashed into some rocks near a Toronto beach. Police say a call came in at around 12:40 p.m.
Parents, educators push for outdoor learning experiments to address COVID fears

Parents, educators push for outdoor learning experiments to address COVID fears

TORONTO — The ongoing pandemic has put masks and sanitizers on back-to-school shopping lists, but several parents, teachers and school staff are hunting for even more unusual materials: cut logs for the schoolyard, tarps to shield soccer pitches from
Legault says he'll close bars, reduce limit on gatherings if cases continue to climb

Legault says he'll close bars, reduce limit on gatherings if cases continue to climb

MONTREAL — The Quebec government will reconsider keeping bars open if the province continues to see an upward trend of new daily COVID-19 cases, Premier Francois Legault said Thursday.

Ontario, Quebec premiers, cabinet ministers to meet for two days next week

TORONTO — The leaders of the two provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 are due to meet during a two-day summit next week to discuss how they can work together to rebuild their economies while preparing for a possible second wave of the coronavirus.

Ontario will waste more clean electricity due to COVID-19, engineer group says

The amount of clean electricity wasted in Ontario is expected to increase significantly this year as a result of the changes in energy consumption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the association representing the province's engineers

Passengers threatened flight attendant after Ont. plane crash: safety board

TORONTO — The Transportation Safety Board has released its report into a crash between a Jazz Aviation LP flight and a fuel tanker in 2019 detailing how passengers ignored and threatened staff to be let off the plane.
Toronto woman to continue pressing late mom's human rights case

Toronto woman to continue pressing late mom's human rights case

TORONTO — Veronica Gerber was set to go before Ontario's human rights tribunal on Monday in a bid to see her mother more often during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ontario clarifies long-term care home visitor rules

TORONTO — Ontario clarified visitor rules for long-term care homes on Wednesday, saying the updated guidelines will even the playing field so families and caregivers across the province have greater access to residents.