Around Ontario

TORONTO — Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock is convinced adversity can be a good thing. His team is dealing with plenty of it at the moment.

TORONTO — Ontario plans to create a centralized procurement system across government and the broader public sector as a way to save money. The government estimates it will save $1 billion a year, starting in about five years.

TORONTO — After 15 years playing in France, Quentin Westberg wanted something new — professionally and personally. Born in France to an American father and French mother, the 32-year-old goalkeeper already had ties to North America.

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TORONTO — A woman found not criminally responsible for killing a stranger in a Toronto pharmacy has been ordered detained in a mental health hospital because she lacks insight into her crime and remains a significant threat to the public, a board ove

TORONTO — Bianca Andreescu has turned Carling Bassett-Seguso back on to Canadian women's tennis.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Police say 13 school buses were badly damaged in Windsor, Ont., over the weekend. Officers say the buses had their windows, windshields, lights and doors broken.

TORONTO — Students at Ontario colleges and universities plan to stage walkouts on Wednesday to protest the provincial government's changes to post-secondary funding.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Police say a man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant has been arrested and charged in the shooting death of a member of the Hell's Angels biker gang in Mississauga, Ont.

SOUTH GLENGARRY, Ont. — Ontario provincial police say a 79-year-old man has been charged following an investigation into alleged historical sexual assaults. Investigators with the detachment in South Glengarry, Ont.