Ontario News

MONTREAL — A Montreal police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a man in a drug raid last year.

PICTON, Ont. — Provincial police say an 84-year-old woman has been charged following a collision involving a school bus. They say a car and the bus collided in an intersection Wednesday morning in Picton, Ont.

(NSElxn-Tories-Health) Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative leader says the health care system has long struggled with such problems as emergency room closures and doctor shortages, but worsening circumstances in recent years have created a crisis.

FERGUS, Ont. — Provincial police say a 14-year-old boy is charged after allegedly robbing a fellow student. They say the boy allegedly took a black pellet gun, which resembled a semi-automatic pistol, to a high school in Fergus, Ont., on May 15.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — The Special Investigations Unit is looking into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 26-year-old man in Cambridge, Ont.

WINDSOR, Ont. — When the Seattle Thunderbirds fell 7-0 on Tuesday to the Saint John Sea Dogs at the Memorial Cup, it signalled the last time the franchise's core would play together.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Tories and NDP have pinpointed health care as the Liberals' Achilles heel as the election campaign enters its final days, hoping to convince voters it is in crisis and they can fix it.

TORONTO — Ontarians will be paying a net $21 billion over the next three decades to get short-term savings under the Liberal government's hydro plan, which is designed to make the province's bottom line look better, two watchdogs said Wednesday.

TEL AVIV, Israel — Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says he is ruling out a snap provincial election. Couillard said Wednesday he does not want to take advantage of his opponents' perceived weaknesses.

WASHINGTON — Federal safety regulators are telling airlines to remove a certain type of seat from their planes, saying the seat could cause neck injuries during otherwise survivable crash landings.