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NEWMARKET, Ont. — Videoconferencing problems have delayed the sentencing of a 24-year-old man who slaughtered his entire family as they were about to discover he lived a double life.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — A Crown lawyer has told the trial of a man who threw a trailer hitch at an Indigenous woman that evidence will prove the injuries from that incident contributed to her death.

PICKERING, Ont. — Police have charged a physiotherapist working at a Pickering, Ont., clinic with sexual assault. Durham Region police say a 28-year-old woman went to the clinic for an appointment on Oct. 1.

Police say they are investigating a pair of "very suspicious" fires that engulfed two churches in southwestern Ontario early Sunday. Emergency services say they responded to the first fire at the South Caradoc United Church in Strathroy-Caradoc, Ont.

MUNCEY, Ont. — Provincial police say a church in Muncey, Ont., was burned to the ground early Sunday morning. They're treating the fire as suspicious. They say officers and firefighters were called to St.

MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 965 new cases of COVID-19 today, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic started to 106,981. Officials also reported 26 new deaths related to the disease, including six from the last 24 hours.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 977 new cases of COVID-19 today, a slight dip from the day before when new diagnoses spiked above 1,000.

CALEDONIA, Ont. — The more things change in Caledonia, Ont., the more one group of long-standing land defenders says things stay the same.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Independent Investigations Bureau says it's launching a probe after a man was seriously injured while in custody of Quebec City police. The Bureau says the man was found unconscious in a police cell shortly after 1 p.m. today.

TORONTO — Ontario recorded more than 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 for the second time in a week on Saturday, days after politicians and health officials indicated provincial case loads were beginning to ease.