Ontario News

TORONTO — Before wading into the water at Queen's Royal Park in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Elizabeth Fry looked over the list of names on a plaque dedicated to all the men and women who had completed a solo swim across Lake Ontario.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Health officials in southwestern Ontario say two people have died from West Nile virus in the last week, the first deaths linked to the infection in the area since 2012. The public health unit in Windsor, Ont.

Five stories in the news for Tuesday, Sept. 12 ——— PM TRUDEAU AND HIS CABINET PLOT COURSE FOR FALL SESSION Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have gathered in St. John's, N.L.

WATERTON LAKES NATIONAL PARK, Alta. — Mandy Mulcahy and her fiance Dave Formosa were watching nervously for news as a wildfire spread closer to the Waterton Lakes National Park townsite in southwestern Alberta.

TORONTO — Darwin Barney has been doing just about everything for the Blue Jays lately. That includes providing some comic relief.

EDMONTON — An old felt top hat that's been sitting on a shelf in an Edmonton antique store for 12 years is soon heading back to the museum in Quebec where it was stolen 42 years ago.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet are gathering in St. John's, N.L., where they will look to the past before preparing for the months ahead and the second half of their mandate.

TORONTO — Mel Didier, a former scouting director for the Montreal Expos who finished his career as a senior adviser for the Toronto Blue Jays, died Monday. He was 90.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's fledgling New Democrat government released its interim budget after taking power in July.

VICTORIA — British Columbia's minority NDP government has released an update of its budget before a full budget is tabled in February.