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TORONTO — Arpeggio may seem like a puffed-up name for a puppy, but Alison Hodd says it suits her Australian bernedoodle, whose expensive tastes may as well have been imported from Italy. The mother of two in Oakville, Ont.

Ontarians took to malls and other pop-up sites Thursday in a scramble to secure free rapid antigen test kits after the provincial government launched its holiday testing blitz.

TORONTO — Officials say no children were injured in an explosion at a daycare in east-end Toronto on Thursday. Toronto Fire Services says "a few adults suffered minor injuries" but otherwise everyone is OK.

TORONTO — Ontario must introduce stronger public health measures to blunt the impact of Omicron, the province's COVID-19 experts said Thursday, warning cases could soon surge to 10,000 a day in what will be "the hardest wave of the pandemic." Dr.

CHATHAM-KENT, ONT. — Anita Shovel, Gordie Plow and Sled Zeppelin will be out clearing the streets of Chatham-Kent, Ont., starting next month.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police in Brampton, Ont., say a 12-year-old girl has been taken to hospital after she was hit by a school bus this morning. Peel Regional Police say they were called shortly after 8 a.m.

TORONTO — Some Ontario universities are delaying the start of in-person classes planned for January amid a rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant.

TORONTO — All eligible adults in Ontario can book COVID-19 booster shots starting Monday, part of an accelerated rollout of third doses the premier is touting as the centrepiece of the province's response to the highly infectious Omicron variant.

Several school boards in Ontario are asking students to take home their personal belongings and electronic devices as they prepare for the possibility of a switch to remote learning in the new year.

An Ontario man who tried to kill a baby and her mother out of hatred for women was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday, with a judge calling his crime "an attempt to terrorize a community.