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TORONTO — There is no evidence patients substituted hospital emergency rooms for virtual visits with their family doctors in the first year of the pandemic, a study led by researchers with the Ontario Medical Association suggests.

TORONTO — Globalive is looking to return to the Canadian wireless market with an offer to buy spectrum licenses from former wireless company Xplore Mobile.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors' early lead was nothing out of the ordinary. The victory at the end of the night, however, was.

TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 28 points, Gary Trent Jr. had 24 before fouling out and the Toronto Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the New York Knicks 125-116 Sunday.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Kyle Jackson's third-period goal was the winner as the North Bay Battalion edged the Sudbury Wolves 2-1 on Sunday in Ontario Hockey League action. Jackson scored with 3:50 into the period.

TORONTO — The Toronto Police Service is investigating after a bus driver was shot with a BB gun. Police say a TTC operator was waiting to take over a bus on Saturday evening shortly before 6:30 p.m. when they were shot. No injuries were reported.

One person is missing and another is in hospital after their snowmobiles fell through the ice into the water of a southern Ontario lake. Ontario Provincial Police say they were contacted at 10:45 a.m.

TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Rogers-Shaw appeal The Federal Court of Appeal will hear the Competition Bureau's appeal of a decision that cleared the way for Rogers Communication Inc.

TORONTO — As workers in Toronto's Financial District scurry through the Brookfield Place food court on their lunch breaks, the darkened Starbucks at the space's far end looms large.

Nearly 12,000 children are on a wait list for surgeries across Ontario, a situation officials at four major pediatric hospitals say is part of a much bigger problem they need help from the province to solve.