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Ontario chief medical officer issues reporting order on monkeypox ... (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Ontario's top public health official issued issued an order to healthcare providers requiring them to report any possible or suspected cases of monkeypox to ...

“I am urging all healthcare providers to be alert for patients presenting with symptoms that are consistent with monkeypox virus infection, especially if they have had travel or contact with a known case.” They start off with small red bumps and then fill with a clear fluid and then the rash will spread to the rest of the body.” If symptoms begin to occur, those individuals should seek care, get tested and self isolate. It also means that an alternative diagnosis cannot fully explain the patient’s ailments. “The risk is really low. The man is in stable condition and recovering in hospital, officials said.

More than 2400 Ukrainian soldiers now surrendered in Mariupol ... (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate as a ...

The 21-year-old sergeant could get life in prison if convicted of shooting a Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in a village in the northeastern Sumy region on Feb. 28, four days into the Russian invasion. An estimated 100,000 of the 450,000 people who resided in Mariupol before the war remain. “Despite the great destruction, despite the terrible crime and great suffering that the Ukrainian people suffered every day, the Russian invaders did not break you. Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova previously said her office was readying war crimes cases against 41 Russian soldiers for offenses that included bombing civilian infrastructure, killing civilians, rape and looting. Its seizure gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a badly wanted victory in the war he began nearly three months ago. It intensified efforts to capture Sievierodonetsk, the main city under Ukrainian control in Luhansk province, which together with Donetsk province makes up the Donbas. He said the fighters included some foreign nationals, though he did not provide details. “This is really a historic opportunity not to lose such strong relations, built through blood, through Russian aggression,” Zelenskyy said. Poland's government is ramping up efforts to persuade other EU members that are more hesitant about accepting the war-ravaged country as a member. “I want to say clearly: Only Ukraine has the right to decide about its future. Only Ukraine has the right to decide for itself.” Ukraine's potential candidacy is set to be discussed at a Brussels summit in late June.

Ontario COVID-19 news: province reports 2 more deaths ... (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Ontario reported two additional COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, as the number of patients hospitalized for or with COVID-19 continued to decline.

Of those, 72 patients were breathing with a ventilator, down eight from Saturday, three from one week ago and six from two weeks ago. Overall hospital admissions data was incomplete on Sunday, but there were 152 patients in intensive care on Sunday, down eight from Saturday and seven from one week ago. There have been 98 deaths reported in the past seven days and 481 reported in the past 30 days.

500+ animal species haven't been seen alive in wild for 50 years or ... (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

The study was published this month in the journal Animal Conservation. Mooers said they used a computer program that went through the group's database to ...

The paper gives a list of species that people should look for because these animals haven't been seen in a long time and it's not known if they are still around, he added. “But the people are sad even for the golden toad that they will have never seen and will ever see. “That's almost twice as many as have been declared extinct since 1500 AD. There's a huge pool of species out there that we don't know whether they're still around or not.” The aquarium has successfully bred the frogs, thought to be extinct in the wild, as part of a worldwide effort to preserve the species. Of those 562 species, he said 75 can be classified as possibly extinct. They are native to the mountainous, higher-altitude regions of western-central Panama and the goal is to eventually re-populate their natural habitat in the country.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in west-end Toronto seriously injured (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

A male patient was transported to hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries. The driver remained on scene. Dufferin Street is closed at Bloor ...

Dufferin Street is closed at Bloor Street West as a result of the crash. It happened in the area of Dufferin and Croatia streets on Sunday afternoon. Police say a pedestrian was seriously injured after they were struck by a vehicle in Toronto’s Dufferin Grove neighbourhood.

Driver dead after crashing into Beaches home, gas leak capped (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

Toronto police say a man is dead after he crashed into a home in the Beaches Sunday evening and caused a gas leak.

The immediate block, we evacuated just to make sure that it was safe,” McAlinden told CP24 at the scene. The driver of that vehicle has now succumbed to his injuries as a result.” Toronto Fire was able to eventually extricate the single occupant but he was later pronounced dead.

Shooting at Woodbine Beach Park leaves man with serious injuries (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

A man has sustained serious to life-threatening injuries following a shooting in Toronto's east end.

Toronto police said officers on scene located a man suffering from a gunshot wound. A man has sustained serious to life-threatening injuries following a shooting in Toronto’s east end. A Toronto police cruiser is seen in this undated photo.