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Police say one person has safely emerged from an Oakville, Ont., residence where one other person remains barricaded. Halton regional police say they continue to negotiate with the person still inside the home on Lakeshore Road West.

Provincial police are urging people not to call 911 with questions about Ontario's stay-at-home order.

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford ousted a member of his government from caucus on Friday after the politician voiced his opposition to lockdowns.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 2,998 new cases of COVID-19 today and 100 more deaths linked to the virus.

Tanya Bogatin's once pristine home is no longer quite so organized, and she's waiting a little longer between loads of laundry, but it's no skin off her back.

Educators teaching students with special needs are raising concerns about returning to physical classrooms in southern Ontario while schools otherwise remain closed to in-person learning due to COVID-19.

Toronto's Catholic school board has reinstated the link to an LGBT support phone line on its website following outrage from the community.

BRACEBRIDGE, Ont. — A boil water advisory has been lifted for an Ontario cottage country town affected by a water main break. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit says lab tests have confirmed the water in Bracebridge, Ont., is now safe to drink.

TORONTO — The province's police watchdog says it is investigating after a Toronto police officer shot a 31-year-old man. The Special Investigations Unit says the shooting happened in the city's east end at about 8 p.m. Thursday.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Health Department said Thursday that it plans to make more use of rapid COVID-19 tests, less than a week after the province's health minister told reporters the tests were unnecessary.