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BRAMPTON, Ont. — A religious leader in Brampton, Ont., has been arrested after allegedly sexually assaulting a female during a religious ceremony. Peel police say a 69-year-old man from Brampton was charged Friday with one count of sexual assault.

Ontario mining companies say they’re ready to work with Indigenous communities, but this week’s PDAC conference shows rules for doing so are far from settled

TORONTO — Infectious disease experts are urging seniors to get the latest COVID-19 booster shot as uptake plunges five years after the coronavirus pandemic struck.

TORONTO — The City of Toronto and CUPE Local 79, which represents thousands of municipal workers, say they have reached a tentative agreement. The union would have been in a legal strike position and the city in a lockout position at 12:01 a.m.

Restrictions on third-party advertising ahead of elections let political parties ‘drown out’ other groups such as unions: top court

HAMILTON — A high-speed stolen car chase ended with the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old boy in Hamilton's east end, police said in an update Friday.

MARKHAM, Ont. — One person is dead and another was injured Friday morning when suspects carried out a "brazen" double shooting inside a suburban Markham, Ont., home, police said, a residence they say had been repeatedly targeted in recent years.

Health officials in Ontario's Peel Region say they are investigating suspected cases of avian influenza after a large number of dead wild birds were recently discovered.

ST. THOMAS, Ont. — For the second time in five years, some doctors in southwestern Ontario are encountering a virus they've never treated before. But unlike when COVID-19 struck in 2020, this illness is no mystery.