Ontario News

TORONTO — A night out at an east-end Toronto restaurant turned tragic for a family of four on Wednesday evening when a mother and her five-year-old daughter died after being struck by a car. Toronto police Sgt.

OTTAWA — The Liberal government's way forward to promote and encourage Canadian culture at home also includes leaning heavily on those influencing it from south of the border.

TORONTO — The case against two former top political aides in Ontario accused of illegally destroying emails in the premier's office took a serious blow Thursday when the judge ruled a key prosecution witness could not testify as an expert.

HALIFAX — It started out largely as a cheerleading exercise, a way of touting Halifax's best-kept secrets to show the world we're open for business.

TORONTO — A Home Capital Group Inc. (TSX: HCG) executive is leaving the company mere months after he assumed a newly created position.

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — Police are warning the public about a man and a woman they say are wanted in connection with what investigators are calling a "crime spree" across southern Ontario.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Tom Hickey says he feels safer on the roads almost anywhere else in North America — Toronto, New York, L.A. "It's insane," said Hickey, president of Wedgwood Insurance, one of Newfoundland and Labrador's major providers.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador's justice minister will see for himself today the difference therapy dogs are making in a jail that critics say is a tinderbox. Andrew Parsons will visit Her Majesty's Penitentiary in St.

EDMONTON — Alberta's education minister says he will be introduce legislation to make it illegal to out students who join gay-straight alliances.

OTTAWA — A government bill intended to increase transparency for Canadians would actually do the opposite, the federal information watchdog said Thursday.