The officer is charged with five counts of professional misconduct under the Police Services Act (PSA), the now-replaced legislation governing policing in Ontario, for alleged offences between August 2019 and December 2022, according to a notice of hearing.

Police in London have arrested some 150 people after demonstrators intentionally violated a new law banning support for a pro-Palestinian group because they say the legislation improperly restricts freedom of expression.

British police arrested more than 200 people in central London on Saturday as supporters of the recently banned pro-Palestinian group Palestine Action deliberately violated the law to challenge the government's prohibition,