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TORONTO — Ontario is preparing an order to fight what Premier Doug Ford is calling "disgusting" price gouging during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the province ramps up its testing capacity to handle the growing number of infections.

TORONTO — Restaurants and bars in Ontario will temporarily be allowed to sell alcohol with food takeout and delivery orders as part of new measures meant to help businesses and residents weather the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police say they've charged a 22-year-old man with murder in the killing of two people in Brantford, Ont. Sixty-four-year-old Larry Reynolds and 62-year-old Dorothy Lynn VanEvery were found dead in their home on the morning of July 18, 2019.

A group representing Ontario's municipalities is asking the province to commit enough cash to keep cities from going into debt amid concerns that COVID-19 will throw them into a fiscal hole so deep they can't climb out.

TORONTO — Ontario introduced a $17-billion package Wednesday to support the province through the COVID-19 outbreak, including an influx of cash for the health sector, direct payments to parents, and tax breaks for businesses.

NORTH PERTH, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have charged a 15-year-old who they allege accidentally shot a friend while playing with a gun in Perth County.

TORONTO — Ontario reported four new COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday evening, bringing the provincial total to 13. The new figures come as the province saw its largest single-day spike in new cases.

Quebecers are in the battle of their lives against COVID-19, Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday as the province's death toll rose to six from four.

TORONTO — Ontario introduced a $17-billion package Wednesday to provide COVID-19 relief.

TORONTO — Ontario will pump over $2.1 billion into its health-care system to bolster its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.