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Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he understands parents who are hesitant to get their five- or six-year-old children vaccinated against COVID-19 once the shots are approved for kids.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to double the province's long-term care home inspectors and allow them to lay charges on the spot, saying the changes would allow for stronger enforcement in a sector devastated by the pandemic.

TORONTO — Up to 50,000 education workers in Ontario could be fired if COVID-19 vaccines were mandated for that sector, the province's education minister said Tuesday.

Ottawa police say they've charged a man in a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination certificate investigation. The force says the investigation began in September. Police say the 27-year-old man from Gatineau, Que.

TORONTO — Reducing patient wait times, expanding mental health, addiction and home-care services, and preparing for the next pandemic should be top priorities for Ontario, says a group representing the province's doctors.

Toronto police are seeking suspects in the theft of roughly US$11 million in pure silver. Investigators say the silver, which was in bullion form, was stolen from a shipping container in Montreal in January of last year.

A possible Listeria contamination has prompted the recall of sliced white mushrooms sold in Ontario and Quebec and possibly other provinces or territories.

Ottawa police say they've arrested and charged a 62-year-old woman with hate-motivated assault after a woman had her hijab forcefully removed earlier this month. The force says a woman was out walking on Oct.

TORONTO — Municipal leaders and business owners in Ontario welcomed the lifting of capacity limits for facilities requiring proof of COVID-19 immunization on Monday, but said more help is needed to bounce back from the pandemic.

TORONTO — Every public school in Toronto will have take-home COVID-19 test kits available by the end of the week.