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MONTREAL — Quebec reported its sixth consecutive daily decrease in the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 on Monday, as retail stores across the Montreal area reopened following weeks of shutdowns to slow the spread of the virus.

TORONTO — Mother's Day gatherings contrary to physical distancing rules helped boost Ontario's COVID-19 cases, the health minister said Monday, and those rising numbers — plus concern over a large crowd at a Toronto park over the weekend — are delayi

QUEBEC — A small figurine of Quebec's director of public health, given to him as recognition for his efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, will have to be handed over to authorities because it runs contrary to the province's ethics rules, The Canadia

MONTREAL — Police say arson is suspected in a fire that badly damaged a telecommunications tower in southwestern Montreal early Monday. There were no injuries stemming fro. the blaze, which was reported about 3:45 a.m.

TORONTO — Two workers at a Loblaws grocery store at the old Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto have tested positive for COVID-19. Loblaw says it closed the store briefly to allow for additional cleaning and has since reopened.

Hamilton police say they've arrested a woman who allegedly killed a 79-year-old woman in a random act. They say the incident happened a week ago when the woman's family found her dead in an apartment.

MONTREAL — Some business owners in the Montreal area said Sunday that they're preparing to find a new normal as Quebec prepares to further relax measures aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19.

TORONTO — Officials in Toronto say a popular city park is much less crowded and under control after thousands of people gathered and broke COVID-19 physical distancing rules on Saturday.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 460 new cases of COVID-19 and 25 new deaths related to the virus today as the provincial total continues to grow. The province has more than 25,500 cases, which includes 19,477 resolved cases and 2,073 deaths.

Romaine Mitchell is confident that a summer without powwows will be "just a small blip" in the cultural history of Indigenous Peoples.