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TORONTO — Family, friends and several thousand members of police forces from across the country gathered in Toronto on Monday to say goodbye to an officer who died in the line of duty. They remembered Const.

Members of a second First Nation in northern Ontario were being evacuated to Thunder Bay on Monday due to the threat posed by wildfires in the region. The City of Thunder Bay said it would host 101 evacuees from Deer Lake First Nation.

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.