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Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Friday, Feb. 21: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Washington, D.C.: Ford will be in the U.S.

Provincial police say two inmates who escaped from a prison in the Muskoka Region on Wednesday have been caught. Police say two men, aged 68 and 70, fled in a grey sedan that picked them up around 1 p.m.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston made a surprise appearance on Ontario’s election campaign trail Thursday, where he said his province will table legislation to reduce interprovincial trade barriers.

A Toronto couple is facing charges after allegedly defrauding hundreds of Canadians out of millions of dollars.

TORONTO — Nearly 30,000 unionized municipal employees in Toronto could go on strike next month.

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Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Thursday, Feb. 20: Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford Milton: Ford is making an announcement and speaking to reporters at 11 a.m.

TORONTO — A teen girl who took part in the violent swarming of a homeless Toronto man more than two years ago was the only one in the group who could have stabbed him twice during the attack, prosecutors alleged Wednesday at her murder trial.

MARKHAM, Ont. — Police say a 78-year-old Toronto man has died after he was hit by a car while trying to get his vehicle out of a snowbank. York Regional Police say the crash took place on Monday afternoon in Markham, after a weekend of heavy snow.

The City of Niagara Falls has approved an application by Marineland to sever its property so it can raise money to move its animals and operate the park. The city approved the application at a committee of adjustment hearing Tuesday evening.