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Trustees at a school board north of Toronto have voted to rename Sir John A. Macdonald Public School as part of Indigenous reconciliation efforts.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to spend an additional $32.7 million each year to bolster addiction services across the province, an investment that comes as the government says the stresses of the pandemic have led to a spike in problematic drug use.

TORONTO — Exact details of the public health restrictions that will take effect under the next stage of Ontario's reopening plan are in the works, the health minister said Wednesday as municipal leaders called for clarity on the rules.

TORONTO — Long-term care residents in Ontario can now have outdoor visits with up to 10 people at a time. The province says they can also meet indoors with up to two essential caregivers and two general visitors.

TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor is calling for all eligible people -- especially young adults and teens -- to get vaccinated against COVID-19 ahead of the planned return to schools in September. Dr.

TORONTO — Ontario is making it mandatory for all school boards to develop a strategy to combat human trafficking by the beginning of next year. The province said Tuesday that it will spend $2.

A community in southwestern Ontario says it will scrap a project involving statues of past prime ministers in an effort to encourage healing and cohesion.

More than 200 people are being contacted to repeat their COVID-19 vaccinations because some who attended an immunization clinic in the Niagara region were injected with a saline solution instead of the shot.

Toronto police say they have charged several people who allegedly shot fireworks at beachgoers and officers. Police were patrolling Woodbine Beach on Canada Day when they saw individuals shooting fireworks into crowds, at officers, and horses.

L'ORIGNAL, Ont. — An eastern Ontario doctor charged with murder has been granted bail. Dr. Brian Nadler was released on bail on Monday, said his lawyer Brian Greenspan.