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MONTREAL — A movement demanding special status for asylum-seeking "guardian angels" working on the COVID-19 front lines took their cause to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's constituency office in Montreal on Saturday.

MONTREAL — Quebec met its COVID-19 testing goals for the first time Saturday, announcing it had administered 14,000 tests as the province continues to gradually ease restrictions.

Montreal police say major crimes detectives have been dispatched to an east-end home where the bodies of two people have been found. Const. Julien Levesque says a call came in about 10 a.m.

TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 412 new cases of COVID-19 and 27 new deaths related to the virus today. The province now has a total of more than 25,000 cases, which includes 19,146 resolved cases and 2,048 deaths. The rise in cases represents a 1.

The body that regulates dentistry in Ontario has released new guidelines for treating patients in-person that include extra precautions as the spread of COVID-19 continues to slow.

TORONTO — The Canadian Elite Basketball League says it is considering a single-site tournament in Ontario as it looks for a way to resume playing after the COVID-19 pandemic postponed the start of its second season.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Public Security Department says two investigations have been launched into the death this week of a Montreal inmate from COVID-19.

TORONTO — You could forgive Toronto FC rookie Ifunanyachi Achara if he thought "Why me?" When the 16-year-old Achara came to the U.S.

MONTREAL — As Quebec announced its latest plans to loosen restrictions on museums, libraries and drive-in movie theatres, the province's public health director warned Friday against citizens letting their guard down and failing to follow health measu

TORONTO — Ontario will be testing asymptomatic front-line health-care workers starting this weekend, doing a second round of COVID-19 testing in long-term care homes and will soon launch an advertising campaign, Premier Doug Ford announced Friday.