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BRAMPTON, Ont. — Brampton Transit is temporarily cancelling service on some 20 routes, citing COVID-19 related staffing shortages and reduced ridership.

WASAGA, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a woman has been abducted following a home invasion in Wasaga Beach. Police say officers were called to a home on Trailwood Place at around 8:30 last evening.

TORONTO — Students and staff in Ontario schools will each eventually get two rapid tests to use if they develop COVID-19 symptoms, but won't be notified if their peers and colleagues are off sick until a third of the school is absent.

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor is stressing that COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to 11 are safe and effective against the virus. Dr.

The federal government's response to a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected half the members of a northern Ontario First Nation is disappointing, the chief of the community said on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Amy Finn hunted for a spot to sleep on the coldest night of the season on Monday. She had been kicked out a few days earlier from a shelter hotel in downtown Toronto after a fight.

An insolvent university under investigation by Ontario's auditor general need not hand over privileged information as part of the probe, the province's superior court ruled Wednesday.

TORONTO — Ontario's top court has upheld a Toronto-area woman's murder conviction in the death of her teenage stepdaughter, rejecting the argument that she should have been granted a judge-alone trial due to negative publicity surrounding the case.

TORONTO — The Ontario government says it is temporarily changing the G-level driving road test to help reduce a backlog caused by COVID-19 restrictions and closures.

TORONTO — Students need to be at school in person for their mental and physical health, Ontario's health minister said Tuesday, amid safety concerns about the planned return to classes next week while access to COVID-19 testing is severely limited.