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TORONTO — Ontario could see 2,500 daily cases of COVID-19 by the end of the month if the virus keeps spreading at the current rate, the province's top doctor said Thursday, telling residents they needed to heed calls to stay home in order to curb ris

MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister defended his government's decision to go further than public health recommendations by shuttering restaurant dining rooms in regions hard-hit by the second wave of the pandemic earlier this fall.

Public health officials have ordered all schools in the Windsor-Essex region to close due to the rapid rise of COVID-19 cases in the area.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A hospital network in Mississauga, Ont., said Thursday that 36 staff members across its three facilities have tested positive for COVID-19 in the last ten days.

TORONTO — New data further illustrates COVID-19's disproportionate impact on the poor.

Toronto education workers are calling for the expansion of an asymptomatic COVID-19 testing program that revealed outbreaks in local schools, as well as a delayed return to in-class learning in the new year.

TORONTO — The Canadian Paediatric Society is advising parents unable to breastfeed their newborns to stay away from unregulated breast milk sold or shared online.

TORONTO — A church in Toronto's northeast corner has filed a constitutional challenge over Ontario's COVID-19 health regulations.

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Wednesday he has asked the province's police forces to issue more tickets to people violating COVID-19 regulations as the number of new cases in the province remains high.

Poor infection control practices, low staffing levels and inconsistent use of personal protective equipment harmed residents at a Whitby, Ont.