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TORONTO — The City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79, which represents thousands of municipal workers, say they have reached a tentative agreement. The union would have been in a legal strike position and the city in a lockout position at 12:01 a.m.

HAMILTON — A high-speed stolen car chase ended with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Hamilton's east end, police said in an update Friday.

MARKHAM, Ont. — One person is dead and another was injured Friday morning when suspects carried out a "brazen" double shooting inside a suburban Markham, Ont., home, police said, a residence they say had been repeatedly targeted in recent years.

Health officials in Ontario's Peel Region say they are investigating suspected cases of avian influenza after a large number of dead wild birds were recently discovered.

ST. THOMAS, Ont. — For the second time in five years, some doctors in southwestern Ontario are encountering a virus they've never treated before. But unlike when COVID-19 struck in 2020, this illness is no mystery.

One of Toronto's top officials says the city has tabled its final offer to the union representing thousands of municipal workers, adding he believes there's time to reach a deal as the deadline looms for a strike or lockout that could shut down city-

TORONTO — Ontario Liberal Leader Bonnie Crombie said Wednesday she intends to try again to win a seat in the legislature, but will be leading the party from outside the chamber for the foreseeable future.

Ontario has issued a provincial flood watch as heavy rain is set to sweep across parts of the province and combine with melting snow.

Guelph police say a man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted another man over snowball throwing last week. Police say a man was throwing snowballs at a youth in the area of St.

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