Ontario News

HOLLYWOOD, United States — Some quotes on Monday from Florida-based Canadians who survived Hurricane Irma: ''I feel great to see that my house is intact.

OTTAWA — While most of his teammates were set to tee off in the Senators' annual charity golf tournament Monday, captain Erik Karlsson was sporting flip-flops and talking about his recovery from foot surgery.

TORONTO — Aaron Sanchez is ready to put his finger issues behind him and never look back. A frustrating season came to a close for the Blue Jays right-hander over the weekend when the team officially shut him down for the remainder of 2017.

TORONTO — Mexican director Guillermo del Toro says he loves Hamilton so much he'd like to set up his own studio in the southern Ontario city.

VANCOUVER — A Sri Lankan man found guilty of smuggling Tamil migrants to Canada won't serve any more time in prison, despite being handed a four-sentence on Monday.

TORONTO — North American stock market indexes jumped Monday after hurricane Irma weakened without causing as much damage as feared, while the loonie slowed its pace of recent gains.

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is defending itself amid questions about its public silence ahead of an interest-rate increase last week that caught many analysts by surprise.

Highlights from the news file for Monday, Sept.

VANCOUVER — The federal government plans to spend more than $50 million to collect data on Canada's coastlines to help determine how humans are impacting marine ecosystems.

TORONTO — Three Russian cyclists are suing the World Anti-Doping Agency and the Canadian lawyer who led the recent investigation into Russian doping allegations.