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KENORA, Ont. — Indigenous leaders and the provincial government have opened a centre in northwest Ontario aimed at addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the justice system.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police in Brampton, Ont., say three police cruisers were involved in a crash that sent two people to hospital with minor injuries and led to five arrests this morning.

TORONTO — Introducing a mask mandate when respiratory viruses surged in the fall may not have eased the crush on pediatric hospitals, a Public Health Ontario science brief obtained by The Canadian Press concludes.

Toronto police say an alleged hit-and-run that left one man dead in the city's east end is now being treated as a homicide. They say officers were called to the area of Danforth and Cedarvale Avenues shortly before 4 a.m.

TORONTO — Councillors in Toronto are set to consider keeping warming centres open 24-7 for the rest of the winter amid growing calls for homelessness to be declared a public health crisis in the city.

Toronto police are investigating another attack that took place on the city's transit system. Police say officers were called to the Toronto Transit Commission's Eglinton West station bus terminal at 2 a.m. Sunday for reports of an assault.

BOWMANVILLE, Ont. — Durham Regional Police Service says they are investigating after two people were found dead in a home east of Toronto. Officers responded shortly after 2 p.m.

BARRIE, Ont. — Ontario's police watchdog says it is investigating the death of a man following an interaction with police north of Toronto.

TORONTO — Marit Stiles officially became the new leader of the Ontario NDP on Saturday after a majority of party members voted in favour of the lone candidate.

TORONTO — Extreme cold gripped much of Ontario on Friday, prompting warnings from Environment Canada, while homeless advocates said warming centres in Toronto were at capacity during the frigid conditions.