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Ontario reports 15-patient increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, 13 deaths

Ontario reports 15-patient increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, 13 deaths

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 13 additional deaths linked to COVID-19 today and a 15-patient increase in hospitalizations linked to the disease. The Health Department says 1,676 people are in hospital, up from 1,661 on Thursday.
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Ontario party leaders try to connect with francophone voters while none speak French

Ontario party leaders try to connect with francophone voters while none speak French

TORONTO — A token bonjour here, an offhand bienvenue there — there may not be much more French than that spoken when Ontario's party leaders soon hit the campaign trail, as for the first time in recent years, none is fluent in the language.
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Elon Musk's Twitter bid may push marginalized voices off the platform: experts

Elon Musk's Twitter bid may push marginalized voices off the platform: experts

TORONTO — A sense of unease is percolating in some pockets of Twitter over concerns that Elon Musk's pending takeover could amplify toxic elements on the platform and drown out marginalized voices.
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Toronto police to increase presence in downtown in anticipation of protests

Toronto police to increase presence in downtown in anticipation of protests

Toronto police say they will be increasing their presence in the downtown core this weekend in anticipation of more than a dozen protests.
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Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20

Ontario Liberals pledge to remove HST from prepared food under $20

TORONTO — The Ontario Liberals proposed Friday to remove the provincial portion of the HST from prepared food purchases under $20 and pay for it by increasing taxes on wealthy residents and highly profitable corporations if the party is elected this
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Toronto physician named new scientific director of expert COVID advisory group

Toronto physician named new scientific director of expert COVID advisory group

Ontario's expert COVID-19 advisory group has named a Toronto physician as its new scientific director. Public Health Ontario, which now oversees the group, says Dr. Fahad Razak will replace Dr.
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Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

Promise tracker: What the Ontario parties are pitching on the campaign trail

TORONTO — A running list of election promises announced by the Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in Ontario since late March: Progressive Conservatives April 28: Spend $158.
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Protests affect bus service at three Toronto-area locations: Metrolinx

Protests affect bus service at three Toronto-area locations: Metrolinx

TORONTO — Metrolinx says protests have affected bus service at three Toronto-area GO Transit hubs this morning, including Toronto's busy Union Station. The agency that operates GO Transit says demonstrators gathered around 7:20 a.m.
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Ontario reports 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 209 in intensive care.

Ontario reports 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 209 in intensive care.

Ontario is reporting 1,679 people in hospital with COVID-19 today and 209 in intensive care. Both are slightly up from Thursday, when the province reported 1,661 in hospital and 202 in ICUs.
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Ontario election campaign approaches after Tories table budget-as-platform

Ontario election campaign approaches after Tories table budget-as-platform

Ontario's election campaign has all but begun now that the Progressive Conservative government has adjourned the legislature following the tabling of their latest budget.
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