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TORONTO — Ontario long-term care homes won’t accept general visitors or allow residents to leave for social reasons starting this week.

TORONTO — Ontario long-term care homes will halt general visits as COVID-19 outbreaks spike, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Mississauga city officials are cancelling their New Year's Eve fireworks amid concerns about a spike in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Toronto police are investigating after a man was fatally shot in the city's west end on Boxing Day. Police say 29-year-old Jamar Hall was shot in a townhouse unit in the area of Humber Boulevard and Alliance Avenue Sunday evening.

TORONTO — Ontario saw a dip in new COVID-19 infections Monday following record-breaking numbers on Christmas Day. Health Minister Christine Elliott says Ontario reported 9,418 new cases of COVID-19.

TORONTO — A 27-year-old man was killed in a shooting east of Toronto early Monday morning. Police say they were called a residential unit in Ajax, Ont. at approximately 2:00 a.m.

TORONTO — A woman in her 60s has died in an early morning fire east of Toronto that forced other tenants to evacuate their apartment building.

Toronto police say several people suffered serious injuries after a car flipped onto the sidewalk in the city's downtown core on Boxing Day. Const. Laura Brabant says the crash happened at Yonge and Richmond streets at about 2 p.m.

TORONTO — Ontario health officials reported 9,826 new cases of COVID-19 Boxing Day. The numbers come a day after the province reported a record 10,412 COVID-19 cases on Christmas.

TORONTO — One person has died and several firefighters were injured following a fire in Toronto's east end. Toronto Fire District Chief Stephan Powell says firefighters arrived at a home on Scarborough Golf Club Road just after 3:30 a.m.