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TORONTO — Ontario spent about $10 billion less in the last fiscal year than it had planned, the province's financial watchdog said Wednesday as the opposition criticized the government for not investing those funds in more pandemic supports.

Celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary testified at his wife's trial on Wednesday, saying he did not recall if she had consumed alcohol in the hours before a "chaotic" boat crash that killed two people.

NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO — Residents from two more First Nations in northwestern Ontario are being evacuated today due to the threat posed by growing wildfires in the region.

HAMILTON — Police in Hamilton, Ont., have made an arrest in the weekend stabbing death of a man. Christopher La Rose was stabbed on Sunday morning at a Hamilton motel and died not long after.

Ontario imposed new restrictions on mining, rail, construction and transportation industries in the province's northwest on Tuesday to reduce the likelihood of human-caused wildfires.

A local politician in Barrie, Ont., says she'd like to see all new properties in the province better secured against tornadoes after a twister caused severe damage to homes in the city last week. Coun.

TORONTO — There may not be high enough levels of immunity to COVID-19 across the province by September for kids to return to school unmasked, Ontario's chief medical officer of health said Tuesday.

TORONTO — Police and city inspectors moved in to clear another homeless encampment at a public park in downtown Toronto on Tuesday, arresting several people, including a photojournalist with The Canadian Press.

A northern Ontario town is under a drinking water advisory. Public Health Sudbury & Districts issued the advisory for Gogama, Ont., on Monday. The issue follows an interruption to the town's water supply due to mechanical issues.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is pouring nearly $120 million into affordable rental units in Brampton, Ont.