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TORONTO — The plan to reopen schools in Ontario for in-person learning is based on the expectation that most of the students and staff will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September.

Police say they have dismantled a drug ring in the Toronto area that was allegedly importing cocaine from Colombia and the Caribbean, some of which was hidden in textiles as it was smuggled into the country.

A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 65-year-old whose body was found in a lake east of Toronto over the weekend.

MUSKOKA, Ont. — Provincial police say a 13-year-old from Toronto was killed in a boat collision on Lake Rosseau that also injured several people, one of them critically. OPP say one person, a 51-year-old woman from Oakville, Ont.

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. — A Muslim association says a mosque in southwestern Ontario has been severely vandalized in what it calls an act of hate.

DETROIT — The Canadian government has rejected a creative plan to have Ontario residents line up inside a U.S. border tunnel to tap into a surplus of COVID-19 vaccine held by Michigan, a mayor said.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 143 new cases of COVID-19 today. It also counted 10 new deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 25 of the cases are in Waterloo Region, 25 are in Grey Bruce and 20 are in Toronto.

Toronto city council has voted to rename Dundas Street. The city will also remove Henry Dundas's name from other public infrastructure such as Dundas Station and Yonge-Dundas Square.

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Police say a 38-year-old woman is facing charges after allegedly setting fire to a makeshift memorial for Indigenous children who disappeared or died while attending residential schools. Police in Brantford, Ont.

Toronto is set to consider banning the feeding of pigeons across the city. A motion proposed by Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam seeks to prohibit the feeding of the birds in public and private spaces.