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TORONTO — Ontario may not meet its greenhouse gas emission targets because they're not a "cross-government priority," the province's auditor general said Wednesday, casting doubt on a key environmental pledge made by Premier Doug Ford.

TORONTO — An education worker in the Toronto Catholic District School Board has died from COVID-19.

Toronto and two other COVID-19 hot spots in Ontario will face new restrictions later this week, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.

NAPANEE, Ont. — Police say they have arrested two people for allegedly flying drugs into a jail using a drone. Provincial police say they were contacted on Oct. 26 after a drone dropped off a package in the Quinte Region Detention Centre.

TORONTO — A Toronto woman convicted of killing her seven-year-old stepson in 1998 was denied day parole Wednesday after officials found she did not have a clear enough plan to manage her risk in the community.

TORONTO — A man accused of being the getaway driver in three separate killings in Toronto this year has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder.

MONTREAL — The partial lockdown across most of Quebec is helping to reduce COVID-19 transmission and is unlikely to be lifted before Christmas, Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Ontario students could get an extended winter break or start classes remotely in the new year as the province considers ways to reduce COVID-19 transmission after the holidays, the education minister said Tuesday while stressing the ultimat

NAPANEE, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say they have charged a 22-year-old man for allegedly claiming to have COVID-19 to avoid a traffic ticket. OPP East Region spokesperson Bill Dickson says the G1-licensed driver was driving in Napanee, Ont.

NEW TECUMSETH — Police say they have arrested a man for an alleged road rage incident in Alliston, Ont. Colin Pyne, 29, of Springwater Township, Ont., is charged with attempted murder and other offences.