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TORONTO — The community needs better options than calling police to respond to mental health crises, a Toronto police board member said Friday.

A long-time animal rights activist died after being hit by a truck while protesting outside a slaughterhouse west of Toronto on Friday, her friend said.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — The woman killed along with her three young daughters in a multi-vehicle crash in Brampton, Ont.

Toronto police say a man has died after a shooting in the city's north end. Investigators say they were initially told that multiple people were shot at about 11:40 a.m., but they later learned there was only one victim.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — A woman and three of her children died Thursday following a four-vehicle crash in Brampton, Ont., that is now being investigated by the province's police watchdog.

TORONTO — The body that oversees the Toronto Police Service says it will postpone weighing a report on anti-Black racism until broader public consultations are conducted on the issue.

MONTREAL — An online survey suggests Quebecers are the most likely in Canada to believe the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is over, despite having the highest caseload in the country by far.

TORONTO — Ontario is launching a mobile app to help track cases of COVID-19, the premier announced Thursday, and the province is replacing outdated public health systems to boost its ability to contain the spread of the virus as more regions reopen.

BURLINGTON, Ont. — Provincial police say they seized more than 120,000 fentanyl pills and 70 kilograms of fentanyl powder in a series of raids in the Greater Toronto Area. They say it's the largest-ever fentanyl seizure by Ontario law enforcement.

TORONTO — When Becca Orban eyeballed her grandmother's second-floor hospital window, she figured it was within reach.