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BRANTFORD, Ont. — An Ontario First Nation began searching the grounds of a former residential school Tuesday, looking for unmarked graves in what some survivors called a difficult but necessary step toward healing. The search in Brantford, Ont.

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it will not seek to take a legal fight over post-secondary student fees to Canada's highest court.

Ontario’s health minister says the government isn’t changing course on its reopening plan despite a recent rise in COVID-19 infections.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Ontario plans to spend $12.4 million on more mental health and addictions supports for front-line health-care workers. The province says $5.

TORONTO — COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in Ontario in a trend experts attribute to cooling temperatures, lifting capacity limits and less stringent precautions among the public.

Residential school survivors and Indigenous leaders are raising concerns about the allocation process for funds the Ontario government has promised to support searches for burial sites near residential schools.

TORONTO — Muslim leaders are calling on Ontario to take action against Islamophobia. Imam Aarij Anwer of the London Muslim Mosque said Monday that the province should tackle the issue now and not wait for the results of next year's election.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has committed to fully funding a controversial Greater Toronto Area highway project that's been in the planning stages for decades, though it hasn't yet been fully costed by his Progressive Conservative government.

LONDON, Ont. — Police are investigating a suspicious fire at a golf course that was to be used as a respite for London, Ont.'s homeless population in the winter.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 636 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with two more deaths linked to the virus It marks the first time since Oct. 9 that the daily case count rose above 600.