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Authorities say a snowmobiler is dead after a middle-of-the-night ride went wrong. Quebec provincial police say a fellow rider who was with the victim called first responders at around 2:45 a.m. Saturday. Spokeswoman Sgt.

Ontario is reporting 795 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 253 people in intensive care. Saturday's hospitalization figures represent a slight decrease from Friday, when 821 people were in hospital with the virus and 262 were in intensive care.

Northern Ontario is being told to brace for stormy winter conditions this weekend. Environment Canada has issued a series of weather alerts and warnings for the region and people are advised to be mindful of potentially difficult travel conditions.

Provincial police are investigating a fatal snowmobile crash in eastern Ontario. The force's Killaloe detachment says the collision on private property in the town was reported early Friday afternoon.

TORONTO — Christine Elliott may have never quite landed the top job in her party, but the Ontario health minister will be leaving politics from the helm of a file she says is a source of passion.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says three levels of government are coming together to improve the transit system in Mississauga, Ont.

TORONTO — Ege Kok had been searching for weeks for somewhere in her north Toronto neighbourhood where she could easily get a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Randy Hillier, an independent member of Ontario's legislature who has been effectively barred from participating in the chamber after members unanimously condemned his statements and behaviour, says he won't seek re-election.

Two post-secondary institutions in northern Ontario will soon become independent universities with degree-granting authority.

Ontario is reporting 821 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 262 in intensive care. It's a slight decrease from Thursday, when the province said there were 834 people in hospital with the virus and 267 in intensive care.