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Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.

Three of the five audits the auditor general's office is publishing Tuesday are on health care, including examining access to primary care, as the government works toward a goal of connecting every Ontarian to primary care by 2029.

Fairstone Bank of Canada has agreed to acquire Laurentian Bank of Canada for $1.9 billion in cash. As part of the deal, Laurentian Bank will sell its retail and small-and-medium-sized business banking portfolios and syndicated loan portfolio to National Bank of Canada.