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Ontario preparing 'back to basics' curriculum for kindergarten

Ontario preparing 'back to basics' curriculum for kindergarten

TORONTO — Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce is extending his "back to basics" curriculum push into kindergarten.
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Forcillo tells inquest feedback on use of force would have been helpful

Forcillo tells inquest feedback on use of force would have been helpful

TORONTO — A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar more than a decade ago told a coroner's inquest Tuesday it would have been helpful to receive feedback from superiors on his use of force before that fatal incident.
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Forcillo tells coroner's inquest having a stun gun would have 'changed everything'

Forcillo tells coroner's inquest having a stun gun would have 'changed everything'

TORONTO — A former Toronto police officer who shot a teen on an empty streetcar told a coroner's inquest Monday that having a stun gun would have "changed everything.
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Toronto police search for machete-wielding suspect, one person sent to hospital

Toronto police search for machete-wielding suspect, one person sent to hospital

Toronto police say one person has been sent to hospital as they look for a suspect reportedly carrying a machete.
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Ontario to open housing-enabling infrastructure funding to more municipalities

Ontario to open housing-enabling infrastructure funding to more municipalities

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is opening up funding for housing-enabling infrastructure to more municipalities. Municipalities had asked the province to change criteria for its $1.
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11 charged in alleged car theft ring operating in GTA, southwest Ontario, police say

11 charged in alleged car theft ring operating in GTA, southwest Ontario, police say

Police say they have charged 11 people with close to 100 offences after a months-long investigation into an alleged car theft ring operating in the Toronto area and other parts of southwestern Ontario.
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Toronto officer charged, suspended with pay for allegedly assaulting woman in dispute

Toronto officer charged, suspended with pay for allegedly assaulting woman in dispute

Toronto police say one of their officers has been suspended with pay and is facing criminal charges after a woman involved in a landlord and tenant dispute was allegedly assaulted and robbed.
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Two men arrested in connection with December pro-Palestinian Toronto protest

Two men arrested in connection with December pro-Palestinian Toronto protest

Toronto police have arrested two men in connection with a December pro-Palestinian protest at the downtown Eaton Centre mall.
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Ontario municipalities push for frank talk with province on who pays for what

Ontario municipalities push for frank talk with province on who pays for what

TORONTO — Steep property tax increases being proposed across the province are partly the result of Ontario offloading various costs to local governments in the 1990s, municipalities say, and it's time for a frank talk about who pays for what.
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Almost 2 kilometres of Ottawa's Rideau Canal to open for the first time this winter

Almost 2 kilometres of Ottawa's Rideau Canal to open for the first time this winter

OTTAWA — The Crown corporation that manages Ottawa's Rideau Canal says a section of the famous skateway is to open on Sunday for the first time this winter.
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