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SYDNEY/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian share markets opened slightly higher on Tuesday buoyed by the prospect of a COVID-19 vaccine, reversing the previous days dips as investors took profits at the end of a record-breaking month. An investor places his hands on the back of his head in front of…

Rita Ora has apologised for breaching lockdown rules after holding a “small” gathering with friends to celebrate her 30th birthday. The singer said she was sorry for a “serious and inexcusable error of judgment” after the party was held at a restaurant in Notting Hill, west London, on Saturday evening.…

image copyrightGetty Images Rita Ora says she’s “deeply sorry” for breaking English lockdown rules to celebrate her 30th birthday. The singer says she attended a party at a restaurant in west London on Saturday. “Given the restrictions, I realise how irresponsible these actions were and I take full responsibility,” she…

TORONTO — A new report on food bank use across Ontario shows there was a surge in demand for those services when the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the province over the winter. The latest study released today by Feed Ontario says the number of people accessing food banks had…

The testing of asymptomatic students and staff at a school in East York has resulted in 19 additional cases of COVID-19. In a letter sent to parents on Sunday, the principal of Thorncliffe Park Public School said Toronto Public Health (TPH) notified the school of the cases after 433 tests…

Police broke up a house party in Mississauga on Sunday that resulted in more than $47,000 worth of fines being issued to some of those attending. The event was taking place at a short-term Airbnb rental unit in the area of Ninth Line and Deepwood Heights that saw 60 people…

One male victim is dead and another is in serious condition in hospital after a shooting in downtown Oshawa on Sunday morning, police say. A staff sergeant with Durham Regional Police says they were called to Simcoe Street South and Athol Street East sometime after 10:30 a.m. Sunday for a…

TORONTO — The number of active COVID-19 cases in Canada has more than doubled this month, as the total number of Canadians infected by the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic nears one per cent of the country’s population. There were 364,810 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Canada…