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TORONTO — A judge has denied a request by a group of homeless men and women to temporarily override a bylaw that bans them from living in Toronto parks during the pandemic.

Toronto police say they've charged a man following a string of alleged hate-motivated assaults in the city's east end.

Police say they've made an arrest in connection with a series of hate-motivated incidents in Vaughan, Ont. York Regional Police say they were contacted in September about a man yelling anti-Semitic remarks at someone driving a vehicle.

Toronto police say they've arrested a 28-year-old man after investigating an alleged online threat to commit a shooting at a school. Police say they made the arrest on Tuesday after carrying out a search warrant in the Hamilton area.

TORONTO — Another hospital in downtown Toronto has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 among its staff. Unity Health says there are five active coronavirus cases among emergency room staff at St. Michael's Hospital.

TORONTO — The Ontario government has introduced a bill that would prevent municipalities from using ranked ballots in the next civic election.

MONTREAL — Quebec's health-care system is "running on empty," Premier Francois Legault said Tuesday as the province reported 33 new hospitalizations from COVID-19.

TORONTO — Anyone with COVID-19 symptoms who lives in a virus hot spot should get tested, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday, as Ontario conducted about half the tests it had the capacity for.

CALEDON, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say they have charged a former school supervisor for allegedly sexually assaulting a student.

Quebec's police watchdog says a man injured during an arrest in Quebec City for allegedly posting online threats against a political figure is no longer in danger.