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Ontario is prepared for an increase in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Premier Doug Ford said Friday, but he wouldn't say yet if he will reintroduce any public health measures to respond to it.

TORONTO — Three more pediatric cancer patients from Ukraine have safely arrived in Toronto for treatment, the city’s Hospital for Sick Children said Friday. Dr.

Toronto Mayor John Tory plans to seek a third term at the helm of Canada's most populous city, ending months of speculation about whether he'd run for re-election.

Members of a mosque in Mississauga, Ont., are raising money to repair the damage that was caused after a man allegedly attacked worshippers during an early-morning prayer last weekend.

TORONTO — Ontario is dedicating $800,000 to Indigenous health-care teams to help people experiencing trauma as a result of the residential school system.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to increase fines and other penalties for "unethical" condominium development practices.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Peel Regional Police say they're investigating after a 25-year-old man was found dead in a vehicle that ended up in Lake Ontario overnight.

TORONTO — When a mental health crisis call comes in to 911 in certain parts of Toronto next month, a team typically consisting of two people such as a harm-reduction worker and a nurse, or an Indigenous elder and a de-escalation expert – not police –

Ontario is reporting 661 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 165 in intensive care today. That's compared with 611 hospitalizations and 174 people in ICUs Wednesday. Seven more COVID-19 deaths are being reported today.

TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats say they removed a longtime legislator from caucus because he was found to be a member of an Islamophobic Facebook group.