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TORONTO — Public health units encouraged some of Ontario's youngest residents to channel their inner superheroes Friday as they prepared to vaccinate kids against COVID-19 after Pfizer's vaccine was approved for children five to 11.

TORONTO — The Canada Border Services Agency has charged a Florida woman with several firearms offences after the agency allegedly found handguns, magazines and ammunition in her car trunk while she was crossing the U.S. border to Ontario.

A northern Ontario municipality's attempt to boost its roster of fire truck drivers is being stymied by a backlog of road tests, and officials are calling on the province to increase capacity in the north.

Ontario high schools will shift back to regular semesters no later than February, returning secondary students to a normal schedule for the first time since the onset of the pandemic.

TORONTO — Ontario parents will likely be able to book COVID-19 vaccine appointments for their young children as early as next week, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Thursday, ahead of the expected approval of the shot for use in kids.

TORONTO — Ontario students will be sent home for the December break with five rapid antigen COVID-19 tests each as part of the province's plan to ramp up testing over the holidays.

TORONTO — Ontario's transportation minister says a public inquiry examining Ottawa's light rail transit system will look into issues regarding safety, technical elements, value for money and accountability.

TORONTO — A school board official says a Toronto high school teacher who dressed in blackface is "no longer employed" at the board.

TORONTO — Ontario's health minister defended a plan Wednesday to allow people with COVID-19 symptoms to get tested for the virus in pharmacies, after some experts raised safety concerns.

TORONTO — Amaresh Tesfamariam's heart stopped beating several times over the past three and a half years.