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Toronto's police force is vowing to better train its officers to treat people in crisis with compassion in a mental health strategy aimed at implementing the recommendations of a former Supreme Court justice.

MONTPELIER, Vt. — A Canadian man who allegedly led a smuggling organization that operated on the U.S.-Canada border for five years is now in custody and facing human-smuggling charges. Court documents filed in U.S.

Ontario's police watchdog will not charge an officer who shot and killed a knife-wielding woman in a Hamilton apartment last October, the arm's-length agency said Monday as it wrapped up its investigation.

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say they're tied up with calls about kids who are missing from schools, in what they suspect is a rash of absences linked to a strike that didn't happen.

KING TOWNSHIP, Ont. — Police north of Toronto say they've made three arrests related to what they describe as a major marijuana grow-op with links to organized crime.

ST. THOMAS, Ont. — Police in southern Ontario say they've charged a 25-year-old man with sexual assault. Investigators say they responded to a report early Sunday morning in St. Thomas, Ont.

KAWARTHA LAKES, Ont. — Provincial police say a man has died after he was hit by a car in central Ontario on Saturday. Police say they were called to a crash in Kawartha Lakes, Ont., shortly before 8:30 p.m. and found a man had been struck by a car.

LAKESHORE, Ont. — Provincial police say a pedestrian has died after being hit by a vehicle on Highway 401 near Windsor, Ont. Police say it happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday night in Lakeshore, Ont.

Toronto police say they have arrested and charged a man in connection with a rash of thefts from storage lockers located around the city.

NEWMARKET, Ont. — Police are investigating the shooting death of a 26-year-old man in Newmarket, Ont. York regional police say two people were shot at a home on Friday evening.