Ontario News

TORONTO — Ontario's new sex-education curriculum retains many elements of a previous Liberal government document that the Progressive Conservatives had slammed as ideological, leading critics Wednesday to accuse them of playing politics with students

Toronto paramedics say a woman is dead after being struck by a vehicle in the city's north end. They say the woman died at the scene. Toronto police say they were called to the scene at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a pedestrian struck.

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police say a man is facing several charges after allegedly stealing a pickup truck, ramming police cruisers and running from officers at the scene.

CALEDONIA, Ont. — Provincial police say a 93-year-old woman is dead after a collision south of Hamilton. OPP say they were called to the two-vehicle crash on Tuesday around 5:30 p.m. in Caledonia, Ont.

Toronto police say a man has been killed crossing the street in the city's north end. Sgt. Brett Moore says officers were called to the collision on Tuesday around 9 p.m. The vehicle driver remained on scene.

MATTAWA, Ont. — A Montreal man is facing a sexual assault charge after an alleged incident in northern Ontario. Provincial police say the incident took place when a local resident heard a knock at her door in Mattawa, Ont.

TORONTO — Hydro One says electricity rates for some seasonal cottagers could jump by nearly $1,000 a year if Ontario's energy watchdog makes good on a plan to eliminate a customer class geared to them.

TORONTO — A Toronto street could wind up bearing the name of one of its most notorious politicians, a possibility that's reignited the division so prevalent during Rob Ford's career.

LONDON, Ont. — Police in London, Ont., have charged a man after a human-trafficking investigation. They say the suspect, 31, faces several counts of advertising another person's sexual services and benefiting from them.

WELLINGTON COUNTY, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police in Wellington County say a man has died days after his silver sedan collided with a school bus. The head-on crash occurred on Thursday near the Town of Erin, Ont.