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CLINTON, ONT. — A hospital in southwestern Ontario says it will close its emergency department overnight Thursday, the latest in a number of recent temporary ER and urgent care centre closures in the province.

As of Jan. 1 pharmacists in Ontario will be allowed to prescribe treatments for 13 common conditions, but that doesn't mean they'll all be ready to do it.

HAGERSVILLE, Ont. — Charges are expected to be announced today regarding a police investigation into a shooting that left an Ontario Provincial Police officer dead in southeast Ontario. OPP say Const.

TORONTO — Some passengers who have flown out of Toronto Pearson during the frantic holiday season say they've waited days for their bags to show up at their destinations, with little communication on the status of their luggage.

TORONTO — A Toronto hospital has opened a stand-alone clinic where paramedics can drop off homeless people who are intoxicated by alcohol so they can recover and then access services.

TORONTO — Ontario is staring down an electricity supply crunch and amid a rush to secure more power, it is plunging into the world of energy storage — a relatively unknown solution for the grid that experts say could also change energy use at home.

ORILLIA, Ont. — One man is dead after two vehicles were struck by a train in Brechin, Ont.

TORONTO — Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man who fell from a Toronto apartment balcony on Christmas morning after police tried negotiating with him.

HAMILTON — Police say they have charged a woman after she let her dog loose in a Hamilton, Ont., restaurant, where it attacked 11 people. The victims have injuries that range from minor to serious, including two that will require surgery.

TORONTO — Rosalina Hutchinson remembers how anxious she'd get when encountering a fellow resident who routinely harassed her and others at her former Toronto-area condominium.