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SOUTH GLENGARRY — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says the pilot killed in a Sunday mid-air collision in eastern Ontario was taking part in a training exercise.

TORONTO — Toronto police say an 84-year-old woman has died after a house fire in the city’s Annex neighbourhood. Police say emergency responders were called to a house on fire in the area of Avenue Road and Boswell Avenue just after 11 p.m. Saturday.

TORONTO — The Imperial Pub is closing its doors after 81 years of business in Toronto. The pub at the corner of Yonge and Dundas first opened its doors during World War II.

TORONTO — Housing advocates say Toronto’s winter services plan to help those experiencing homelessness is an improvement, but there’s still more work to be done to keep people warm and dry this winter.

PICTOU — Volunteers are searching for two missing Nova Scotia siblings who vanished in May. Six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were reported missing on May 2 from Lansdowne Station, N.S.

Provincial police say two people have been arrested and another is wanted in an investigation into an attempted murder and a homicide in southern Ontario. OPP say York Region police officers responded to a report of a shooting in Vaughan, Ont.

KENORA — Provincial police say two suspects have been arrested in the death of a missing Kenora, Ont., resident, and one of them is facing a murder charge. Police say Mekhi Pelly of Grassy Narrows First Nation was reported missing on Oct. 26.

A correctional officer in Windsor, Ont., is facing charges after an alleged sexual assault of an inmate at a local detention centre.

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TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is earmarking $210 million for municipalities to implement traffic-calming measures as its ban on speed cameras is set to take effect.