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KITCHENER, Ont. — A hospital in Kitchener, Ont., says it's postponing some elective surgeries and temporarily closing an operating room as 120 staff members have to stay home due to COVID-19.

Public health units and hospitals in Ontario are planning kid-friendly COVID-19 vaccination settings for babies and preschoolers when shots become available next week.

DEER LAKE FIRST NATION — Police say they've laid a first-degree murder charge in a death at Deer Lake First Nation Provincial police says officers with the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service responded last weekend to a report of a person in medical distre

TORONTO — Several regions in southern Ontario continue to be under heat warnings for a fourth consecutive day Friday, with sweltering conditions expected to last into Saturday.

TORONTO — The union representing safety inspectors at the Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) says contract negotiations have broken down, resulting in 170 of its members walking off the job as of 12:01 a.m. Thursday.

Ontario parents expressed excitement and relief on Thursday after the province announced that COVID-19 vaccinations for infants and preschoolers could start being booked late next week.

Unions representing some 70,000 hospital workers in Ontario renewed their calls Thursday for the province to address staffing shortages contributing to recent emergency room closures, suggesting measures such as raising wages and putting in financial

TORONTO — A pandemic program offering Ontario workers three days of paid sick leave is being extended until the end of March, a move the government said is meant to ensure people don't miss out on pay due to COVID-19.

Windsor, Ont., police say they have charged two people they allege led a February truck convoy that blocked North America's busiest international land border crossing.

TORONTO — Ontario's long-term care minister says supply chain issues and COVID-19 outbreaks are hampering efforts to install air conditioning in all resident rooms.