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Two Ontario universities are warning anyone planning to follow the lead of pro-Palestinian student activists in the U.S. and elsewhere in Canada that setting up encampments on campus will not be tolerated.

BRANTFORD, Ont. — Ontario says it will give wildland firefighters the same cancer, heart and post-traumatic stress disorder coverage as municipal firefighters.

TORONTO — Ontario will limit cellphone use in classrooms, restrict access to all social media networks and ban vaping on school properties starting this fall, the province's education minister announced Sunday.

Toronto police say they've charged a local man with second-degree murder after a man fell from a downtown balcony earlier this week. They say officers were called to a building in the area of Church Street and Shuter Street late Wednesday evening.

Toronto police say one of their officers is facing charges of perjury and attempting to obstruct justice. They say the officer began an inappropriate personal relationship with a member of the public during the course of his duties in December 2020.

LONDON, Ont. — Western University and picketing graduate teaching assistants have reached a tentative deal after a two-week strike.

HAMILTON — Ontario is permanently raising the speed limit on 10 sections of highways across the province.

TORONTO — An Ontario legislator refused to take off her keffiyeh at Queen's Park on Thursday, prompting an order for her removal from the legislative chamber and her subsequent refusal to budge.

Toronto's police chief has yet to apologize for the doubt he cast on a man's innocence when commenting on his acquittal, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association said Thursday as it asked the civilian body overseeing the force whether it thinks the c

OTTAWA — Police say a manager at an Ottawa landscaping company has been charged with criminal negligence. The charge is related to the workplace death of a 20-year-old employee in the city's south end last spring.