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TORONTO — Ontario's health minister says the province will now publicly fund a new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer.

Environment Canada says parts of Ontario are expected to be hit by heavy, blowing snow today and Wednesday, and some areas could see up to 40 centimetres.

TORONTO — Toronto police are launching an initiative to address a rise in violent criminal activity in the tow truck industry, saying they believe it is linked to seven out of the 10 shootings the city has seen so far this year.

TORONTO — Lawyers began what are expected to be several days of legal arguments on Monday in the case of four girls scheduled to face trial this year over their alleged role in a deadly group attack on a homeless man in Toronto.

Kingston police say a local waste management facility was evacuated Saturday afternoon after workers found a live grenade in a scrap metal container.

An Ontario public health unit has detected norovirus among a group of 190 people reporting symptoms of gastroenteritis at the University of Guelph over the last week.

Ontario Provincial Police say three people have been arrested and two of them have been charged with first-degree murder in a northern Ontario fire that left a man dead two years ago.

Ontario Provincial Police say a 19-year-old is facing upgraded and additional charges, including attempted murder, after allegedly making threats against a Collingwood high school and planning to harm students.

TORONTO — Two people have been charged after RCMP allege they tried to smuggle a total of about 45 kilograms of cannabis on a flight from Toronto to the United Kingdom.