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BARRIE — Multiple people were injured Thursday in a tornado that caused "catastrophic" damage in Barrie, Ont., police said, as first responders worked to assess the scope of the destruction.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford is defending the removal of language on racism and colonialism from the introduction to his government's new math curriculum, saying those issues should be addressed in other classes.

Toronto police have charged a man in two separate incidents last week that allegedly involved anti-Semitic slurs. They say officers responded to reports of assaults on Tuesday and Saturday morning that involved the same 32-year-old man.

Systemic problems tied to the legacy of colonialism have left residents of First Nations in Ontario 10 times more likely to die in fires than people who live in the rest of the province, a government report has found.

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.