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TORONTO — For Stephen Ouderkirk, the normal anxieties of becoming a parent have been heightened as Ontario rolls back public health restrictions based on high COVID-19 vaccination rates and declining infections.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say no charges will be laid after a child was hit and killed by a vehicle in Brampton, Ont., overnight. Peel Regional Police say the one-year-old was hit by a vehicle in the driveway of a home shortly after midnight.

A trial is set to resume today for Linda O'Leary, who is charged in a boat crash that killed two people.

TORONTO — Mourners trickled into a funeral home north of Toronto Sunday to pay their last respects to a police officer who died in the line of duty. The visitation for Const. Jeffrey Northrup at the Kane-Jerrett Funeral Home in Thornhill, Ont.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — The federal government says it's helping to evacuate residents of Poplar Hill First Nation in northern Ontario, which is under an "imminent" wildfire threat.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 166 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 28 of the cases are in Waterloo and another 28 are in Toronto.

TORONTO — Family doctors are awaiting clear details of Ontario's plan to ramp up their involvement in the COVID-19 vaccination effort.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 179 new cases of COVID-19 today, along with eight additional virus-related deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 32 of the cases are in Waterloo, 27 are in Grey Bruce and 23 are in Toronto.

A Toronto teacher accused in the drowning of a student on a school canoe trip fell short of his responsibility to keep the kids in his care safe, even in his approach to planning the excursion, a prosecutor argued Friday as she delivered her closing

TORONTO — The City of Toronto is making walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations available at more of its mass immunization clinics.