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All family and criminal trials before the Ontario Court of Justice are being suspended in light of growing concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto has introduced some new infrastructure to protect the homeless population during the COVID-19 pandemic.

TORONTO — The union representing Ontario's correctional workers says an employee at a Toronto jail is being tested for COVID-19.

Toronto police say they're investigating after a man with two swords attacked a person at a business in the city's north end. Police say they were able to arrest the suspect, who was still at the scene when they arrived on Friday morning.

TORONTO — A local health unit reported a second death in Ontario linked to COVID-19 on Thursday, saying it may be a case of community transmission, as the premier strongly urged people to practise social distancing and self-isolation.

TORONTO — Canadian health officials are trying to calm fears that anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen can worsen COVID-19 symptoms by stressing the lack of concrete evidence.

MONTREAL — A woman who says her grandmother was the first Quebecer to die of COVID-19 has published an impassioned plea urging people to follow recommendations of public health officials.

TORONTO — Lawyers for a Toronto landlord say tenants in a west-end apartment building were mistakenly sent eviction notices this week as the company rushed to shut its offices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

LONDON, Ont. — A team of Western University researchers has begun work on creating a vaccine for the devastating novel coronavirus.

Toronto's transit agency says one of its employees has tested positive for COVID-19. The Toronto Transit Commission says the employee worked at a maintenance shop for buses.